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PET And Bioluminescent Imaging Aid Evaluation Of Stem Cells'Potential
Using positron emission tomography imaging with bioluminescence -- the light produced by a chemical reaction within an organism -- researchers are starting to understand the behavior of transplanted or implanted stem cells that may one day be used to develop new treatments for disease. [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him. Growth Factor May Interfere With Normal Blood Cell Production
Patients with so-called clonal myeloid disorders, such as myelofibrosis and some leukemias, often have bone marrow cells that are defective in making new blood cells, a process called hematopoiesis. Defective hematopoiesis may cause severe side effects and even death. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Could Violate EPA Ocean-quality Standards Wit
A large team of scientists state that human-induced carbon dioxide emissions will alter ocean chemistry to the point where it will violate US Environmental Protection Agency Quality Criteria (1976) by mid-century if emissions are not dramatically curtailed now. This is the first recognition that atmospheric CO2 emissions will cause ocean waters to violate EPA water quality criteria. Cosmetic Surgery Techniques Can Enhance Thyroid Surgery Results
Cosmetic surgery techniques, such as having a patient sit or stand while incision sites are marked so they blend into natural lines of the body, can improve the aesthetic result of thyroid surgery as well, researchers say. Predicting Post-traumatic Stress Disorders In Deployed Veterans
Canada's peacekeepers suffer similar rates of post-traumatic stress disorders as combat, war-zone soldiers, according to new research. Researchers also found that PTSD rates and severity were associated with younger age, single marital status and deployment frequency. Seaweed Transformed Into Stem Cell Technology
Engineers have transformed a polymer found in common brown seaweed into a device that can support the growth and release of stem cells at the sight of a bodily injury or at the source of a disease. The findings mark an important step in efforts to develop new medical therapies using stem cells. [Odd] A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitu
Daily Libertatea said on Thursday Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals."We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life,"Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying. Cuter Scooter Defined By Electricity, Portability
It's energy efficient, it's clean, compact and simple, and, above all, it's very cool. Motor scooters are a very popular form of transportation in Asian and European cities, Mitchell said, because they provide convenient, inexpensive transportation. But conventional scooters, using inefficient two-stroke gas engines, are also a source of local air pollution. The new design "was all about providing a clean, green, silent electric scooter that would provide, even better, the same kind of urban mobility,"he said. nola.com: Hurricane Center
Coverage of the effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans in 2005, with news from The Times-Picayune newspaper, photographs of the damage, maps and satellite images, and weather and flooding alerts. The "Get in touch"section provides forums for exchanging and requesting information about weather, missing people, and looting and other crimes.
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