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The description of an ancient amphibian that millions of years ago swam in quiet pools and caught mayflies on the surrounding land in Texas has set to rest one of the greatest current controversies in vertebrate evolution. The discovery was made by a research team led by scientists at the...
BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2008 - Plexxikon Inc. today announced data from preclinical studies of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) demonstrating significantly reduced kidney disease following treatment with Plexxikon's novel drug... ... BERKELEY,...
Over the last 30 years, the number of smokers in the U.S. has steadily decreased-a tribute to the efforts of public-health workers everywhere. Through reconstructing the social network of 12,067 individuals, researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Diego have...
How does a stem cell decide what specialized identity to adopt - or simply to remain a stem cell? A new study suggests that the conventional view, which assumes that cells are "instructed" to progress along prescribed signaling pathways, is too simplistic.
AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, today announced that on May 13, 2008, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted U.S. Patent No.
Research discovers method to duplicate primitive stem cells and prevent cell differentiation Research from the University of Southern California (USC) has discovered a new mechanism to allow embryonic stem cells to divide indefinitely and remain undifferentiated. "Our study suggests that what we...
Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center who reported earlier this year that an inexpensive, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug called salsalate might prevent type 2 diabetes are now reporting that the drug may also be beneficial in the treatment of the disease.
SAN DEIGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. (“CBI”) (NASDAQ Capital Market:CBTE) today provided a management discussion of its first quarter 2008 financial results and a progress update on Venturepharm (Asia), CBI’s joint venture with Venturepharm Laboratories Ltd (“VPL”)...
Thanks to a fortunate observation with NASA's Swift satellite, astronomers, for the first time, have caught a normal supernova at the moment of its birth--the first instant when an exploding star begins spewing its energy into space, transforming into a supernova that during its brief lifetime...
Jason Mick (Blog) - May 22, 2008 1:31 PM The microboat, invented by Cheng Luo uses low surface tension chemicals as a means of propulsion, jetting along microboats at a speedy rate. (Source: Cheng Luo) Don't rock the microboat, don't tip the microboat over In the world of bizarre but possibly...
