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• Blood cells successfully reprogrammed

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Washington, Nov 10 (ANI): For the first time, researchers from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have shown how developing red blood cells could be used to produce lysosomal enzymes.Researchers transplanted genetically modified hematopoietic stem cells into mice so that their developing red blood cells ...
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• Stem cells restore cognitive abilities impaired by brain tumor treatment

  
  BreakThrough Digest Medical News — Authority: 481
  Human embryonic stem cells could help people with learning and memory deficits after radiation treatment for brain tumors, suggests a new UC Irvine study. Research with rats found that transplanted stem cells restored learning and memory to normal levels four months after radiotherapy. In contrast, irradiated rats ...
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• Pennsylvania State University Astrobiology Summer Program (ASP) – Deadline Feb 19, 2010

  
  OSGC Educational Resources Blog — Authority: 128
  The Pennsylvania State University Astrobiology Summer Program (ASP) will be held at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA on June 6th – August 14th, 2010.Program details: There will be independent research under the guidance of one or more astrobiologists, a field trip to NASA and astrobiology-related ...
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• NASA History Division Internships – Deadline Feb 1, 2010

  
  OSGC Educational Resources Blog — Authority: 128
  The NASA History Division sponsors internships for undergraduate and graduate students year-round. Our internships are quite substantive and are opportunities for students to learn and contribute significantly.The NASA History Division is part of the Office of External Relations at NASA Headquarters. We are a small ...
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• NASA Planetary Biology Internship (PBI) – Deadline Feb 15, 2010

  
  OSGC Educational Resources Blog — Authority: 128
  The NASA Planetary Biology Internship Program (PBI) provides opportunities to explore scientific questions of global scale about planet Earth. Each year the PBI program sponsors nine or ten interns who undertake research at NASA Research Centers or NASA-sponsored laboratories and academic institutions. Students ...
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• Regenerative Medicine News – Fully Functional Rabbit Penis Created That Works

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 515
  Well this process obviously is a success as it took only one minute for the males to begin the reproduction process after being introduced to female rabbits.  In the past only scaffolding had been used and that portion alone was not a success.  Earlier this year, Dr. Oz did a show going through the Wake Forest ...
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• NASA Langley Research Center Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Internship Program – Deadline Jan 31, 2010

  
  OSGC Educational Resources Blog — Authority: 128
  The GIS Internship Program is open to community college, undergraduate, and graduate students majoring in the fields of geography, technology, and civil engineering with experience in geospatial technology or an interest in developing their skills in spatial data technology in support of NASA’s mission. A student ...
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• Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars (LARSS) – Deadline February 1, 2010

  
  OSGC Educational Resources Blog — Authority: 128
  The Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars (LARSS) Program is managed for NASA by the Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) under the auspices of the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA). The LARSS Program provides paid internship opportunities year round for eligible students during spring, summer, or fall ...
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• Harriet G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship Program (JPFP) – Deadline Feb 1, 2010

  
  OSGC Educational Resources Blog — Authority: 128
  The Harriett G. Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowship Program (JPFP) increases the number of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities participating in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workforce, thereby helping to eliminate the shortage of skilled workers in STEM-related disciplines. ...
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• NASA Resources for Millennial Learners by Mark Clemente

  
  Moving at the Speed of Creativity — Authority: 575
  These are my notes from Mark Clemente’s presentation, “NASA Resources for Millennial Learners” at the One to One Institute ’s conference on November 9, 2009 conference in Chicago, Illinois. MY THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. I am recording this session and hope to share it as a podcast later. NASA eClips is ...
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• Scientists successfully reprogram blood cells

  
  Biology News Net — Authority: 138
  Researchers have transplanted genetically modified hematopoietic stem cells into mice so that their developing red blood cells produce a critical lysosomal enzyme –preventing or reducing organ and central nervous system damage from the often-fatal genetic disorder Hurlers syndrome.
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• Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Internships – Deadline March 31, 2010

  
  OSGC Educational Resources Blog — Authority: 128
  The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab offers science and engineering internships each summer. The program provides practical work experience and an introduction to APL. Students spend the summer working with APL scientists and engineers, conducting research, developing leadership skills, and growing ...
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• Hissey Kientz Adds Yaz & Yasmin Practice

  
  Stem Legal — Authority: 91
  Products injury firm Hissey Kientz LLP has added a new practice page for the birth control pills Yaz and Yasmine , which have been shown to double the risk of developing potentially deadly blood clots. The generic version of this drug is called Ocella. The new practice page describes how the drug drospirenone, the ...
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• LPI Lunar Exploration Summer Intern Program – Deadline Jan 22, 2010

  
  OSGC Educational Resources Blog — Authority: 128
  The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) will host a special summer intern program during the summer of 2010 to evaluate possible landing sites for robotic and human exploration missions. Four to six interns will work with LPI science staff and other collaborators to evaluate the best landing sites to address each of ...
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• What You Need to Know about Stem Cell Research

  
  Health and Medic — Authority: 139
  Stem cell research is one of the most important breakthroughs that happened in November 1998. It was when two separate researchers successfully took stem cells from aborted fetuses and human embryos. Stem cell research deals with studying the embryonic stem cells. Stem cells or embryo cells are those specialized cells ...
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• Event: Adult Stem Cells Saved My Life

  
  Reflections of a Paralytic — Authority: 123
  I was surprised and honored to get an email from Dr. David Prentice this past weekend inviting me to Family Research Council’s Adult Stem Cells Saved My Life Education & Awareness Campaign premier in Kansas City this coming Saturday, Nov. 14th. Sadly, when most people think of stem cells they think of those ...
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• Stem Cell Breast Augmentation Receives FDA Approval

  
  Cosmetic Surgery Today — Authority: 127
  Stem cells have already been used to help with the repair of certain organs and tissues, and the process of harvesting the cells from fat may soon be commonplace in the cosmetic surgery realm. The FDA has recently approved the stem cell breast augmentation procedure , a combination of liposuction and breast ...
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• Medical Breakthroughs You Need to Know About

  
  fountain-of-youth.net/blog — Authority: 127
  As you are nearing the twilight of your life, you need to know that there are new discoveries being made every day. The wonderful world of medicine may even become your best friend because you need to know how you can live your life to the fullest and beat stereotypes. It’s nice to know that you no longer have to ...
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• Nine more extremists killed; 7 hideouts destroyed

  
  AIndiaNews.com — Authority: 461
  WANA: At least nine extremists were killed and 13 others injured in the fresh action of the security forces in South Waziristan Agency areas of Makin, Ladha and Srarogha, Geo News reported Monday. According to sources, the security forces operation Rah-e-Nijat is underway in SWA against extremists. The security ...
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• Brain disease treated by gene therapy – A treatment based on HIV finds first success in…

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  A treatment based on HIV finds first success in humans.Researchers have halted a fatal brain disease by delivering a therapeutic gene to the stem cells that mature into blood cells. The gene was transferred using a virus derived from HIV, a technique that researchers have pursued for more than a decade but has not ...
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