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An international scientific collaboration, whose leader is the University of Toronto, made a new discovery about the mechanism that allows stem cells “decide” on what types of differentiated cells they will become. This breakthrough allows for new perspectives in the field of regenerative medicine therapies such as cell or cancer treatment.
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A team of researchers from RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research) and Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Kanazawa Kitakyushu and identified a protein that plays a crucial role in the rejection reaction after transplantation of islets Langerhans. This finding may pave the way in developing a possible cure against diabetes type 1.
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Virtually nonexistent until recent years, the market for stem cells is currently booming. More and more people want to store the cord blood of newborns as an insurance even if the price of storage is very high.
Cord blood appears to be a less traumatic alternative to treat neurological diseases and is seen by families as a safeguard against many diseases.
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 An incapable vaccine against measles for patients in developing countries, a “nanogenerator” to charge iPod with a single hand movement or a painting for the walls that kills microbes. These three investigations are part of a list of ten that have taken place this year and have been named as the “most promising” for 2010 by members of the American Chemical Society (ACS)-the largest society in the scientific world -. The studies were selected from 34,000 reports and 18,000 technical documents released during 2009. The “top” is as follows: “The first vaccine for inhalation, without needles, measles: Presented during the ACS national meeting, the vaccine will trial next year in India where the disease still affects millions of infants and children, and kills almost 200,000 each year.
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- U.S. scientists shows that it is possible to change the bad memories before they are stored in memory.
- It would not require taking any medication.
- Therapy can not be applied in people with severe anxiety problems, including PTSD.
U.S. researchers have found a way to block out bad memories of the past that people can have. As they say, to erase these memories would be achieved with a simple therapy and without the need to take medication.
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