You Find It
Round Rock medical school expands, keeps eye on UT
14:49 20-05-2012; source: www.topix.com
Jenny Williams, a nursing student, and Ross Pinson, a third-year medical student, intubate a high-fidelity mannequin simulating a cardiac crash at the Texas A&M Health Science Center's Round Rock campus in April.
Oxytocin improves brain function in children with autism
05:01 20-05-2012; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Preliminary results from an ongoing, large-scale study shows that oxytocin -- a naturally occurring substance produced in the brain and throughout the body -- increased brain function in regions that are known to process social information in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
Pollution teams with thunderclouds to warm atmosphere
04:13 20-05-2012; source: www.sciencedaily.com
New simulation study shows that atmosphere warms when pollution intensifies storms. How much the warming effect of these clouds offsets the cooling that other clouds provide is not yet clear.
Oxytocin improves brain function in children with autism
04:07 20-05-2012; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Preliminary results from an ongoing, large-scale study shows that oxytocin -- a naturally occurring substance produced in the brain and throughout the body -- increased brain function in regions that are known to process social information in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
With fat: What's good or bad for the heart, may be the same for the brain
15:01 19-05-2012; source: www.sciencedaily.com
According to new research, one "bad" fat -- saturated fat -- was found to be associated with worse overall cognitive function and memory in women over time. By contrast, a "good" fat -- mono-unsaturated fat was associated with better overall cognitive function and memory.
Multipotent stromal stem cells from normally discarded human placental tissue demonstrate high therapeutic potential
15:01 19-05-2012; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Placental stem cells with important therapeutic properties can be harvested in large quantities from the fetal side of human term placentas (called the chorion). The chorion is a part of the afterbirth and is normally discarded after delivery, but it contains stem cells of fetal origin that appear to be pluripotent -- i.e., they can differentiate into different types of human cells, such as lung, liver, or brain cells. Since these functional placental stem cells can be isolated from either fresh or frozen term human placentas, this implies that if each individual’s placenta is stored at birth instead of thrown away, these cells can be harvested in the future if therapeutic need arises. This potential represents a major breakthrough in the stem cell field.
Menu:
Quotes:
If you don't know what to do with many of the papers piled on your desk, stick a dozen colleagues' initials on 'em, and pass them along. When in doubt, route.
Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.