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Natural Estrogens
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- Published on Tuesday, 27 December 2011 02:40
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Natural Estrogens May Help Protect Women From Brain Damage During Stroke
Natural estrogens may offer some protection to premenopausal women threatened with severe brain damage during stroke, according to a study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins and the National Institutes of Health.
Might Help Reduce Transplantation Rejection
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- Published on Tuesday, 27 December 2011 02:40
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Researchers have shown that immune-defense cells influenced by embryonic stem cell-derived cells can help prevent the rejection of hearts transplanted into mice, all without the use of immunosuppressive drugs.
Therapy Improves Stem Cell
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- Published on Tuesday, 27 December 2011 02:39
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A therapy involving a natural compound may improve the ability of stem cells from umbilical cord blood to engraft in patients receiving a stem cell transplant for cancer or other diseases, a phase I clinical trial led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists indicates.
Bone Marrow and Blood Stem Cell
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- Published on Tuesday, 27 December 2011 02:39
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Patients who receive a blood stem cell transplant from a donor outside of their family to treat leukemia and other blood diseases are more likely to have graft failure but less likely to experience graft-versus-host disease, a condition caused by the donor cells attacking the recipient's body, if the transplanted blood cells come directly from a donor's bone marrow, rather than from blood stem cells circulating in the donor's bloodstream (PBSCs), according to new research.
Brain Disorder
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- Published on Tuesday, 27 December 2011 02:39
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A global team of neuroscientists, led by researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida, has found the gene responsible for a brain disorder that may be much more common than once believed.
Heart Disease
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- Published on Tuesday, 27 December 2011 02:39
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Heart Disease Linked to Evolutionary Changes That May Have Protected Early Mammals from Trauma Can a bird have a heart attack? A new study by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania suggests that cardiovascular disease may be an unfortunate consequence of mammalian evolution.
Cell Communication
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- Published on Wednesday, 16 April 2008 02:39
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By researching fruit flies, neuroscientists of the NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence in Berlin were able to gain a better understanding of a meaningful mechanism of neuronal communication.
Breakthrough Research
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- Published on Tuesday, 27 December 2011 02:39
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Stem cells derived from a patient’s own body have for years been used in the treatment of degenerative diseases including arthritis. However, previous technologies were noted to be enormously expensive and time consuming.
