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News and Features for Wasilla, AlaskaFriday, September 5, 2008 @ 3:08PMWASILLA — This week 4-year-old Connor Dunham reaches a landmark — he’s going to preschool. It is a day made possible by a 34-year-old woman from Europe who donated bone marrow.

Beaker Hill: Cellular Alchemy, Hurricane WarningsThursday, September 4, 2008 @ 12:05PM Beaker Hill’s bureau at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute has picked up on another major breakthrough…or maybe we read about it in the Washington Post . Those tricky HSCI guys threw a curve ball this time, though, because this work did not actually involve stem cells at all! Instead, researchers Doug Melton and Qiao “Joe” Zhou were able to take a common type of mouse cell and, using some ...

NCSU offers bone marrow transplants for dogsWednesday, September 3, 2008 @ 11:42AMN.C. State University is becoming the first university in the country to offer bone marrow transplants for dogs with lymphoma.

Emerging Diabetes Drugs Consider Beta Cell Mass And Function As An Important TargetTuesday, September 2, 2008 @ 6:10AMThe next generation of diabetes drugs still is focused on metabolic approaches, but activities to preserve or even regenerate pancreatic islet cell mass and function are gaining momentum The Business Intelligence firm La Merie S.L.

Beetles Evolving as Lovers or FightersMonday, September 1, 2008 @ 1:46PM The evolutionary tradeoff between becoming a bigger fighter or lover could lead to new species among dung beetle populations.

UK seeks collaboration with Israel on stem cellsMonday, September 1, 2008 @ 11:27AMResearchers can apply for grants of up to ₤4,000 for visits to lay groundwork for future collaboration with their British counterparts.

Singapore researchers develop new stem cell therapy for heart diseaseMonday, September 1, 2008 @ 11:02AMSINGAPORE: Researchers at Singapore’s National Heart Centre have successfully used adult stem cells to treat cardiac disease in lab rats by changing the stem cells into heart—like cells.

My Pharmiweb.comMonday, September 1, 2008 @ 4:24AMAnaSpec Peptides Used in Latest Alzheimers Research Findings by VU University Medical Centre and Lund University AnaSpec Inc. Posted on:29 Aug 08 At the 2008 International Conference for Alzheimer’s Disease, the VU University Medical Centre and Lund University presented a joint poster entitled, “Aβ1-42 binding and uptake by primary human astrocytes in vitro: Effects of ...

Lewis still driven when it comes to telethonMonday, September 1, 2008 @ 4:13AMJerry Lewis relaxes Saturday at his Muscular Dystrophy Telethon office at the South Point. Photo by Ralph Fountain .