Stem Cells in Medicine & More for Friday, January 23, 2009

"Dr. Diego showing me brain stem cells that he is growing." image licensed under Creative Commons by Lloyd Y. Asato

Stem Cell OK Gives Paraplegics New Hope

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6714423&page=1


Green light for US stem cell work

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7847450.stm

FDA allows first test of human stem cell therapy

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50m2u9-us-stemcells/

FDA: 31M lbs of peanut products recalled

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/ap_on_he_me/med_salmonella_outbreak;_ylt=AkAwtFIC91VYqnghi7pexnqs0NUE

Peanut product recall keeps spreading

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28749159/

Peanut popularity complicates salmonella probe

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/23/peanut.probe.salmonella/index.html

Farmers slash planting due to drought

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28808767/

Study: Western forests dying at increasing rate

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090123/ap_on_sc/sci_dying_forests;_ylt=Al8ip1lYQtlRHNEtW22lifys0NUE

Antarctica Warming More Than Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121144049.htm

Treeline Advances In Canada’s Arctic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090122162332.htm

Whale pod stuck on sandbar dying

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7846429.stm



Where should the elephants go?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7828251.stm

Hen lays giant egg

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7847172.stm

Scientists solve mystery: 3 fish are all the same

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28801960/

Cetomimid whalefish

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flabby_whalefish

Novel Explanation For A Floral Genetic Mystery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090116073159.htm

Evolutionary Process More Detailed Than Previously Believed, Study Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090116142117.htm

Nigerian police detain goat over armed robbery

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_nigeria_robbery_goat;_ylt=AioynFHg9u.Kjhk6wRZjDhHtiBIF

Study: Some people hard-wired to overeat

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28794584/

Judge orders Illinois TB patient into isolation

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/ap_on_re_us/tuberculosis_patient;_ylt=ApbxgrJuzNljVGMsulsh5wKs0NUE

Vitamin D 'is mental health aid'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7845703.stm

'Warrior Gene' Predicts Provoked Aggression

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121093343.htm

Baffling The Body Into Accepting Transplants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121093345.htm

Excessive Weight Loss Can Be A Bad Thing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121144107.htm

Cachexia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachexia

Lou Gehrig's Disease In Humans Genetically Linked To Dog Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121174124.htm

For Wednesday, July 30, 2008

7-square-mile ice sheet breaks loose in Canada

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080730/ap_on_sc/canada_arctic_ice_shelf

Ward Hunt Ice Shelf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Hunt_Ice_Shelf

Bison advocates aim to seed West with new herds


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_on_fe_st/odd_two_holes_in_one;_ylt=Aijl1C_KXNgMadkCvsMK.M7tiBIF

Police hunt stolen rare shark

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080729/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_britain_shark;_ylt=AgTolg0abP2GGM8ySXZJFiLtiBIF

Atelomycterus macleayi

http://wap.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=791




Monkey from Mars: A Ga. crime lab's museum oddity

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_mars_monkey;_ylt=Aj31qloRVQRI7senoHYoOj8DW7oF


New rainforest species revealed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7531537.stm




Did Dinosaur Soft Tissues Still Survive? New Research Challenges Notion

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080729234140.htm

Lost An Appendage? Grow Another

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080728221236.htm

Ciona intestinalis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciona_intestinalis

Unexpected Key To Flowering Plants' Diversity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080728192946.htm

Protein Plays Jekyll And Hyde Role In Lou Gehrig's Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080728215336.htm

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis

Could Metals Help Treat Cancer?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080727225418.htm

Polyoxometalate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyoxometalate

New Species Of Predatory Bagworm From Panama's Tropical Forest

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080729133614.htm

Psychidae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagworm


U.N.: Millions at risk in N.K. food crisis



Will pond scum become the new oil?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/07/30/roadtrips.algae.fuel/index.html

For Friday, June 20, 2008

Photo licensed under Creative Commons by cybaea

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars;_ylt=AnC9OOG_5ybI3WrAdQ5CxmKs0NUE

Scientists believe Mars lander exposed ice crumbs - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_re_us/alaska_zoo_tigers;_ylt=Alt8W0wfQTB_.79CKZuCBS.s0NUE

Alaska Zoo gets 2 new rare Amur tigers from N.Y. - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080620/od_nm/australia_python_dc;_ylt=AuYLKX0TieZW6omDSSVKOvWs0NUE

Python found in toilet - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080620/od_nm/extraterrestrial_odd_dc;_ylt=Asvz9jXEK12JQYA5s9VFZyDtiBIF

Life in outer space? Astronomers hunt aliens - Yahoo! News

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25281490/

Life in space? Japanese astronomers hunt aliens - Space- msnbc.com

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080620/sc_afp/japanwhalinggreenpeace;_ylt=AnJWZbz1EfLJ8VrcwQw7G.EPLBIF

Japan police arrest Greenpeace members over whale meat - Yahoo! News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7461707.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Arctic sea ice melt 'even faster'

http://nsidc.org/

National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7457818.stm

BBC NEWS Science/Nature Key ocean mission goes into orbit

http://www.osd.noaa.gov/ostm/

Ocean Surface Topography Mission

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7463866.stm

BBC NEWS UK England Fisherman's shocking catch

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7463810.stm

BBC NEWS Europe Rejected tiger adopted by dog


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616144848.htm

Lou Gehrig's Protein Found Throughout Brain, Suggesting Effects Beyond Motor Neurons

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080617142851.htm

Latrines And Out-houses Trounce Toilets In Global War Against Poor Sanitation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616160514.htm

Technique Used In Human Ankle Injuries Modified To Treat Dogs' Knees

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080619111748.htm

Zebra's Stripes, Butterfly's Wings: How Do Biological Patterns Emerge?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616091602.htm

Coats Of Cellulose From Bacteria Yield Greener, Stronger Natural Composites

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080619113055.htm

Protecting Muscles Of Astronauts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-Acetylcysteine

Acetylcysteine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25273114/

Frigid future for ocean in Saturn moon - Space.com- msnbc.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enceladus_%28moon%29

Enceladus (moon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia