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- Petroleum-eating mushrooms
- Gene is first linked to herpes-related cold sores
- Engineered botulism toxins could have broader role in medicine
- Body rebuilding: Researchers regenerate muscle in mice
| Posted: 30 Nov 2011 09:54 AM PST Take a Petri dish containing crude petroleum and it will release a strong odor distinctive of the toxins that make up the fossil fuel. Sprinkle mushroom spores over the Petri dish and let it sit for two weeks in an incubator, and surprise, the petroleum and its smell will disappear.  |
| Gene is first linked to herpes-related cold sores Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:05 AM PST Researchers have identified the first gene associated with frequent herpes-related cold sores.  |
| Engineered botulism toxins could have broader role in medicine Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:04 AM PST The most poisonous substance on Earth -- already used medically in small doses to treat certain nerve disorders and facial wrinkles -- could be re-engineered for an expanded role in helping millions of people with rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, psoriasis and other diseases, scientists are reporting.  |
| Body rebuilding: Researchers regenerate muscle in mice Posted: 29 Nov 2011 08:23 AM PST Scientists have regenerated functional muscle tissue in mice, opening the door for a new clinical therapy for major muscle trauma. The team used a novel protocol to coax human muscle cells into a stem cell-like state and grew the reprogrammed cells on biopolymer microthreads. Surprisingly, the microthreads seemed to accelerate the regeneration process by recruiting progenitor mouse muscle cells, suggesting that they alone could become a therapeutic tool.  |
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