Each year thousands of patients face life-long losses in sensation and motor function from spinal cord injury and related conditions in which axons are badly damaged or severed. New research …read more Source:: Science
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FDA phase 1 trial shows hydrogel to repair heart is safe to inject in humans — a first
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•Scientists successfully conducted a first-in-human, FDA-approved Phase 1 clinical trial of an injectable hydrogel that aims to repair damage and restore cardiac function in heart failure patients who previously suffered …read more Source:: Science
New way to protect against high-dose radiation damage discovered
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•Intensive radiotherapy can be toxic in 60 percent of patients with tumors located in the gastrointestinal cavity. Increases in levels of the protein URI protect mice against high-dose ionizing radiation-induced …read more Source:: Science
Breakthrough in ice-repelling materials
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•Icy weather is blamed for multibillion dollar losses every year in the United States, including delays and damage related to air travel, infrastructure and power generation and transmission facilities. Now …read more Source:: Science
Coral reefs suffering in Philippines despite outlawing damaging fishing practices
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•Some of the fishing methods used in today’s small-scale fisheries are causing more damage to coral reefs than ever, a new study has found. …read more Source:: Science
Experimental therapy restores nerve insulation damaged by disease
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•When the body attacks its own healthy tissues in an autoimmune disease, peripheral nerve damage handicaps people and causes persistent neuropathic pain when insulation on healing nerves doesn’t fully regenerate. …read more Source:: Science
Agricultural parasite takes control of host plant’s genes
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•Dodder, a parasitic plant that causes major damage to crops in the US and worldwide every year, can silence the expression of genes in the host plants from which it …read more Source:: Science
Healthy mitochondria could stop Alzheimer’s
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•Using a bioinformatics and experimental approach, scientists have found that rendering mitochondria resistant to damage can halt diseases caused by amyloid toxicity, such as Alzheimer’s disease. …read more Source:: Science
Study documents sea lion brain damage due to algae’s toxin
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A toxin produced by marine algae is inflicting brain damage on sea lions along California’s coast, causing neurological and behavioral changes that can impair their ability to …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
A space odyssey: cosmic rays may damage the brains of astronauts
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•WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It may not be space debris, errant asteroids, supply shortages, thruster malfunctions or even the malevolent aliens envisioned in so many Hollywood films that thwart astronauts on …read more Source:: UKScienceNews