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NIH-Funded Researchers Make Progress Toward Regenerating Tissue to Replace JointsThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 8:21AMA team of NIH-funded researchers has successfully regenerated rabbit joints using a cutting edge process to form the joint inside the body, or in vivo. Regenerative in vivo procedures are performed by stimulating previously irreparable organs or tissues to heal themselves.

Dehydration, exercise and heat don't mixThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 5:40AMWhen Tour de France cyclist Cadel Evans wanted to press on after fracturing his elbow in a fall in Stage 8, BMC Racing Team physician Max Testa made the call.

Wireless sensor for diabeticsThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 1:38AMWASHINGTON - RESEARCHERS have developed an implantable sensor that measures blood sugar continuously and transmits the information without wires - a milestone, they said, in diabetes treatment. The device worked in one pig for more than a year and in another for nearly 10 months with no trouble, they reported in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

Dog-day afternoon and evening songWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:57PMColumnist Holly Stewart describes the free concert going on in the northern New Jersey woods this summer.

Limerick to announce new results from LIM-0705 human trials at 23rd Transplantation Society congressWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:35PMLimerick BioPharma, Inc., a developer of innovative therapies that help cells pump out unwanted or toxic substances, will announce new results from human trials of its lead compound, LIM-0705, at the 23rd International Congress of the Transplantation Society in Vancouver, Canada, in an oral presentation on August 19, 2010.

New to DVD: "Clash of the Titans" and "Repo Men"Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:19PMJust what the world needs: a remake of the cheesy but much beloved 1981 Ray Harryhausen film "Clash of the Titans." As someone who grew up on the brand of stop animation silliness celebrated by director Louis Leterrier's remake, I understand the temptation to revisit a Saturday schlock classic. That doesn't mean we're obliged to condone it.

Transplant recipients see national sports games as inspiration for livingWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 7:29PMOrgan recipients show they can live normal, healthy lives by competing in sports events

Humble Protein, Nanoparticles Tag-Team To Kill Cancer CellsWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 7:40AMA normally benign protein found in the human body appears to be able when paired with nanoparticles to zero in on and kill certain cancer cells, without having to also load those particles with chemotherapy drugs. The finding could lead to a new strategy for targeted cancer therapies, according to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill scientists who made the discovery. However, they ...

Experimental obesity drug avoids brain effects that troubled predecessorsTuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 3:26PMA second-generation experimental anti-obesity and diabetes drug has shown promise in reducing body weight in rodents just as effectively as the predecessor rimonabant while avoiding the risk of psychiatric side effects that led to the withdrawal of rimonabant from the market and stopped further development of other brain-penetrating drugs of its type.