University of California–Berkeley biologists have found a way to keeps stem cells alive in the adult brain, scientist are trying to focus on trying to re-grow or re-seed stem cells in the brain to allow hurt or injured areas to repair themselves. they want to perform experiments on animals before they do any human experiments. [...]
Entries from March 27th, 2010
Insulin-like Signal Needed to Keep Stem Cells Alive in Adult Brain
March 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Biology
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A New Fossil Sspecies Found in Spain
March 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Biology
Back in the eighties, Spanish researchers found one of the first fossils of Cloudina in Spain, a small fossil that was tube like and one of the first animals that evolutionists claim developed an external skeleton between 550 and 543 million years ago. Now palaeontologists that go to the university of Extremadura have discovered a [...]
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Autism Susceptibility Genes Identified
March 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Biology
Two genes have been associated with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) in a new study of 661 families. Researchers writing in BioMedical Central’s newly opened journal Molecular Autism found that variations in the genes for two brain proteins, LRRN3 and LRRTM3, were very well associated with what is to be suspected as ASD. Read the article [...]
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Why Hot Water Freezes Faster Than Cold
March 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Chemistry, Physics
Why does hot water freeze faster than cold water? This is one of the modern science’s few remaining mysteries. It’s called the Mpemba effect. It only occurs under certain circumstances. Because of the bigger difference in temperature between water and the freezer, hot water freezes faster. and it helps it reach the freezing point before [...]
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