Alternate Pathway That Leads To Palate Development Identified Aug 13, 2008
12, 2008) Researchers at the University Of Southern California School Of Dentistry have uncovered another clue behind the causes of cleft palate and the process that leads to palate formation. Signaling redundancy during palate and tooth formation can shed light to understanding of cancer and cell biology in addition to cleft palate. (Science Daily)
New Model For Embryonic Limb Development Revealed May 2, 2008
" Researchers have long known that the apical ectodermal ridge (AER), a special epithelial structure at the distal tip of the embryonic limb, is important for limb outgrowth. Less clear has been the role of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family that emanate from the AER, Mariani says. "Our study shows that FGFs are not just important for limb outgrowth but act as instructive molecules that control the pattern of bones along the length of the mouse limb," she says. "The study of limb... (Science Daily)
Menstrual blood -- a valuable source of multipotential stem cells? Apr 23, 2008
Tests showed that MenSCs could differentiate into adipogenic, chondrogenic, osteogenic, ectodermal, mesodermal, cardiogenic, and neural cell lineages. According to Patel, the sample MenSCs expanded rapidly and maintained greater than 50 percent of their telomerase activity when compared to human embryonic stem cells and better than bone marrow-derived stem cells. (EurekAlert!)
Race to mimic human embryonic stem cells - Premium content Dec 20, 2007
If cloners dare to use this low-efficient "technology' to play their luck with human eggs or embryos, then they may be charged with ethical condemnation even if their goal is some grand "therapeutic cloning". In this regard I believe a scientifically "C" President has been compitent and done human society a good thing by restricting the federal fund to human cloning when not only the ethical issue but also the scientific issues of cloning have not been resolved at its basic technological levels.... (Nature News Service)
Rare disease doesn't affect boy's spirit Feb 9, 2007
Most people associate the month of February with Valentine's Day and as National Black History Month, but it is also a national awareness month for the medical disorder known as Ectodermal Dysplasia (ED) ... Oxford's three year-old Aiden Galdes is affected by a special form of ED called Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia (HED), which prevents his sweat glands from working properly, and he also lacks body hair and teeth ... Each February, the National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasia (NFED)... (Oxford Tribune, PA)
Without A Trace: No Fingerprints Jan 10, 2007
However, if certain genes mutate, the body never creates the signals that form the prints resulting in the Maynard family condition, DPR, as well as approximately a hundred other genetic disorders that fall under the umbrella of ectodermal dysplasia syndromes, or E-D'S.. Caleb Radley, an 11-year-old boy, exhibits many of the same characteristics as Maynard. (ABC News)
* `Elephant man' to undergo further surgery in Taiwan Nov 27, 2006
Von Recklinghausen's disease, also known as neurofibromatosis, is a disease characterized by disordered growth of ectodermal tissues and a variety of other dysplastic abnormalities of skin, nerve systems, bones, endocrine organs and blood vessels. This story has been viewed 362 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Breakthrough in baldness study Aug 31, 2006
The research could have important implications for the treatment of baldness. Scientists have discovered why some people have more hair than others and said it could have implications for the treatment of baldness. (ITV.com)
