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March 29, 2005
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Hair Follicles
Offer Source of Nerve Stem Cells
MSNBC, March 28-Stem cells found in
hair follicles can develop into nerve cells and might be useful
in medical treatment, U.S.-based researchers reported Monday.
Robert Hoffman at San Diego-based AntiCancer Inc., and colleagues
at UCSD and the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology said it may some day be possible to take a person's
own stem cells from hair follicles and grow a tissue transplant.
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March 29
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March 28
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Life on Mars? Could Be,
but How Will they Tell?
New York Times, March 29-Planetary
scientists have long thought that early in its history Mars
may have been more like Earth, warm and wet, a place where life
could have taken hold. But then the climate turned cold and
dry and has remained cold and dry for several billion years.
For many, the presumption was that Martian life, if any ever
existed, died away long ago. (Refers to research conducted by
the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More
Vital Step
in Cellular Migration
Described by UCSD Medical Researchers
Innovations Report, March 29-A vital
molecular step in cell migration, the movement of cells within
the body during growth, tissue repair and the body's immune
response to invading pathogens, has been demonstrated by researchers
in the UCSD School of Medicine. More
UCSD Researchers
Maintain Stem Cells
Without Contaminated Animal Feeder Layers
Innovations Report, March 29-The growth
and maintenance of human embryonic stem cells in the absence
of contaminated animal products has been demonstrated by UCSD
School of Medicine researchers in the Whittier Institute. More
Diet Counseling
Benefits Colorectal Cancer Patients
Reuters, March 28-In colorectal cancer
patients undergoing radiotherapy, individualized nutritional
counseling promotes better nutrition and less weight loss, leading
to a marked reduction in the severity of anorexia and diarrhea
and improved quality of life, a new study shows. (Quote by Dr.
Cheryl L. Rock of UCSD.) More
