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Stem cell therapy grows new blood vessels

Stem cell therapy grows new blood vessels

Research led by David Hess of the Robarts Research Institute at The University of Western Ontario has identified how to use selected stem cells from bone marrow to grow new blood vessels to treat…
Sleep: Spring cleaning for the brain?

Sleep: Spring cleaning for the brain?

MADISON — If you've ever been sleep-deprived, you know the feeling that your brain is full of wool. Now, a study published in the April 3 edition of the journal Science has molecular and structural…
Sleep may help clear the brain for new learning

Sleep may help clear the brain for new learning

St. Louis, March 30, 2009 —A new theory about sleep's benefits for the brain gets a boost from fruit flies in this week's Science. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis…
Lead in the blood increases women's mortality

Lead in the blood increases women's mortality

Lead concentrations in the blood are associated with an increased risk of death from coronary heart diseases (CHD). A study of 533 American women, published in BioMed Central's open access journal…
Gene discovery could lead to male contraceptive

Gene discovery could lead to male contraceptive

A newly discovered genetic abnormality that appears to prevent some men from conceiving children could be the key for developing a male contraceptive, according to University of Iowa researchers…