New Ethical Questions Are Being Raised In Stem Cell Research
A groundbreaking discovery two years ago that turned ordinary skin cells back into an embryonic or “pluripotent” state was hailed as the solution to the controversial ethical question that has plagued stem-cell science for the past decade… Source:New Ethical Questions Are Being Raised In Stem Cell Research
10 Ways To Be Happy And Healthy In 2010
1) It’s Easy Being Green Whether you are a vegetarian, vegan, carnivore or pescetarian, vegetables should be a central part of your diet. Often referred to as a “protective food,” dark green foods provide essential vitamins and nutrients to your body that protect you from many of life’s worst diseases… Source:10 Ways To Be Happy [...]
Penn Researchers Find Reproductive Germ Cells Survive And Thrive In Transplants, Even Among Species
Reproductive researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have succeeded in isolating and transplanting pure populations of the immature cells that enable male reproduction in two species – human spermatogonia and mouse gonocytes… Source:Penn Researchers Find Reproductive Germ Cells Survive And Thrive In Transplants, Even Among Species
Stem-Cell Activators Switch Function, Repress Mature Cells
In a developing animal, stem cells proliferate and differentiate to form the organs needed for life. A new study shows how a crucial step in this process happens and how a reversal of that step contributes to cancer. The study, led by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital [...]
Psychotherapy Offers Obesity Prevention For 'At Risk' Teenage Girls
A team of scientists at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the National Institutes of Health have piloted psychotherapy treatment to prevent excessive weight gain in teenager girls deemed ‘at risk’ for obesity… Source:Psychotherapy Offers Obesity Prevention For 'At Risk' Teenage Girls
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