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December 22, 2015
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Vessel discovery a major step toward growing kidneys
Charlottesville VA (SPX) Dec 19, 2015
In a significant step toward growing replacement kidneys, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified the cells that give rise to the blood vessels within the kidney. It's a discovery of critical importance, as efforts to grow kidneys have long been frustrated by the inability to create the vasculature necessary for a functional organ. The researchers also made the surprising finding that when the vessels are created, so is the blood that fills them. Until now, sci ... read more
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Cell memory loss enables the production of stem cells
They say we can't escape our past - no matter how much we change, we still have the memory of what came before; the same can be said of our cells. Adult cells, such as skin or blood cells, have a ce ... more
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Early childhood exposure to farm animals boosts immunological responses
Exposure to farm animals in early childhood modifies the key allergy-related immunological mechanisms, shows a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland. The study provides new insight int ... more
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Mosquitoes tuned to seek out warm-blooded hosts
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Swine flu toll up by 15, reached 57 in Iran: Official
An outbreak of swine flu has claimed 57 lives since mid-November in Iran, where hundreds of people have been diagnosed with the virus, the health ministry said Tuesday. ... more


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Pigs that are resistant to incurable disease developed at University of Missouri
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) virus was first detected in the U.S. in 1987. Pigs who contract the disease have extreme difficulty reproducing, don't gain weight and have a hig ... more

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Using unused human pancreata to build new organs
Researchers have been working for years to develop an artificial pancreas in the lab to help the millions of people with type 1 diabetes. But what if the answer is to "recycle" the more than 300 hum ... more
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How Ebola spread in Western Africa, 2014-2015
Late in 2013, a novel variant of the Ebola virus emerged in Western Africa to start what would become the largest human epidemic on record. In a study published December 9th in Cell Host and Microbe ... more
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Gene in 'last resort' antibiotics resistance found in Denmark
A gene that makes bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotics has been found in Denmark, a new study has shown, after first being identified by researchers in China. ... more
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FDA OKs use of transgenic chicken for drug production
Most drugs are synthesized in the lab, but scientists are now finding ways to pass off some of the synthesis work to farm animals. This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of the first drug-producing transgenic chicken. ... more
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British astronaut Tim Peake to run marathon from space
On Friday, British astronaut Tim Peake announced his intention to compete in the London Marathon - from space. ... more
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A cheap, disposable device for diagnosing disease
The development of a reusable microfluidic device for sorting and manipulating cells and other micro/nano meter scale objects will make biomedical diagnosis of diseases cheaper and more convenient i ... more
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Toil and trouble in China over Nobel medicine prize
China's Tu Youyou collects her country's first Nobel Prize for medicine next week for extracting an anti-malarial drug from a herb mentioned in a traditional text, but her award has prompted debate over the role of science in the practice. ... more
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Russian TV host reveals HIV-positive status live on air
A well-known Russian television host announced live on air that he is HIV-positive, an unprecedented revelation in a country with rising infection rates but where HIV/AIDS remains a largely taboo subject. ... more
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China 'clone factory' scientist eyes human replication
The Chinese scientist behind the world's biggest cloning factory has technology advanced enough to replicate humans, he told AFP, and is only holding off for fear of the public reaction. ... more
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With climate change, malaria risk in Africa shifts, grows
A larger portion of Africa is currently at high risk for malaria transmission than previously predicted, according to a new University of Florida mapping study. Under future climate regimes, t ... more
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Indonesia's Papua battles AIDS epidemic
Fifteen-year-old Adina curls up in bed under a sheet, her body ravaged by AIDS, one of many caught up in an epidemic sweeping Indonesia's eastern Papua region. ... more
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'Live positively': Togo's 'Tino' sets example for HIV/AIDS
Augustin Dokla is arguably Togo's most famous person with HIV, having lived with the virus - against the odds - since 1999. Sixteen years later, he's still fighting for the rights of those infected. ... more

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Fighting AIDS a top priority in western Kenya
Between plantations of bananas, mangoes and avocados, a small group of men trek along paths freshly carved out by the November rains on a mission to inform and educate in an area of western Kenya where AIDS remains rife. ... more
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Sensor sees nerve action as it happens
Researchers at Duke and Stanford Universities have devised a way to watch the details of neurons at work, pretty much in real time. Every second of every day, the 100 billion neurons in your brain a ... more
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