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Proposal to revote on pot legalization is losing steam.
While the rest of the nation argues over Colorado’s recent decision to legalize limited amounts of marijuana, a small but determined group of legislators in that state have been promoting a bill that would allow a “conditional repeal” of the pot amendment.
The proposal to resubmit the question of retail marijuana sales to Colorado voters is supported by Senate President John Morse (D-Colorado Springs) and Senate Minority […]
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A new study suggests that men with prostate cancer who take statins may have a lower risk of dying from the disease than those who do not.
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A new study by researchers at the Lillehei Heart Institute, University of Minnesota reveals that the Mesp1 gene, previously thought to only be involved in the production of heart tissue, can be used to produce blood and muscle forming stem cells if manipulated properly.Read More
Chan, S., Shi, X., Toyama, A., Arpke, R., Dandapat, A., Iacovino, M., Kang, J., Le, G., Hagen, H., Garry, D. & Kyba, M. (2013). Mesp1 Patterns Mesoderm into Cardiac, Hematopoietic, or Skeletal Myogenic Progenitors in a Context-Dependent Manner, Cell Stem Cell, 12 (5) 587-601. DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2013.03.004
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In a recent study, researchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Sloan-Kettering Institute have presented a new method to derive cortical interneurons from human embruonic stem cells. The study has implications in the treatment of several neurodevelopmental disorders, like autism.Read More
Asif M. Maroof, Sotirios Keros, Jennifer A. Tyson, Shui-Wang Ying, Yosif M. Ganat, Florian T. Merkle, Becky Liu, Adam Goulburn, Edouard G. Stanley, Andrew G. Elefanty & Hans Ruedi Widmer (2013). Turning Human Stem Cells Into Brain Cells Sheds Light On Neural Development, Cell Stem Cell, Other: Link
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A few days ago, researchers at the University of Edinburgh announced that they have made a "fundamental" discovery on how embryonic stem cells replicate and differentiate.Read More
Karwacki-Neisius, V., Göke, J., Osorno, R., Halbritter, F., Ng, J., Weiße, A., Wong, F., Gagliardi, A., Mullin, N., Festuccia, N. & Colby, D. (2013). Reduced Oct4 Expression Directs a Robust Pluripotent State with Distinct Signaling Activity and Increased Enhancer Occupancy by Oct4 and Nanog, Cell Stem Cell, 12 (5) 531-545. DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2013.04.023
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Dravet syndrome (DS), also known as severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy, is a rare and catastrophic form of intractable epilepsy that affects about 1 in every 30,000 infants. Unfortunately, research on DS is severely hampered by its extreme rareness. However, the recent findings by a team of researchers at the Fukuoka University, Japan not only shed new light into the condition, but could also help increase our current understanding of other similarly rare genetic disorders.Read More
Higurashi, N., Uchida, T., Christoph, L., Misumi, Y., Okada, Y., Akamatsu, W., Imaizumi, Y., Zhang, B., Nabeshima, K., Mori, M. & Katsurabayashi, S. (2013). A human Dravet syndrome model from patient induced pluripotent stem cells, Molecular Brain, 6 (1) 19. DOI: 10.1186/1756-6606-6-19
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by Sasha
Maria gets 300,000 krone from the Kavli Foundation(Photo: Skjalg Ekeland/BA)
I call Dr Maria Gjerpe’s 90-day campaign to raise money for a crucial confirmatory Rituximab trial a ‘fundraising marathon’ but that hardly covers it. It’s more like a triathlon a day for three months. Maria, previously bedridden for years with ME/CFS, has been working 12-hour days non-stop to fund the Phase III trial on the drug that has, for now, restored her to health.
As she explained in her
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Stem cells are magical. At least, if you listen to what docs and “practitioners” who run stem cell clinics in various parts of the world, usually where regulation is lax and money from First World clientele is much sought after, that’s what you could easily come to believe. Unfortunately, it’s not just Third World countries [...]
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Researchers found no extra benefit to adding lutein and zeaxanthin, omega 3 fatty acids EPA and DHA, or both to the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) formulation, which already included antioxidant vitamins C and E, beta-carotene and zinc, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
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The five associations representing the dietary supplement industry have requested that FDA issue revised guidance on new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications, with a specific focus on the information to be included to identify the new dietary ingredient.
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Children whose parents had no problems sucking their pacifiers to clean them had fewer allergies, lower rates of eczema and fewer signs of asthma than those whose parents typically rinsed or boiled them.
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A former Rockette runs a program teaching children in New York City public schools about better nutrition through dance, music and a play.
