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 | | AUGUST 06, 2009:
From Nerve Roots to Plant Roots — Researchers are Gaining Unexpected Insights into Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia |
| | Sprouting. Branching. Pruning. Neuroscientists have borrowed heavily from botanists to describe the way that neurons grow, but analogies between the growth of neurons and plants may be more than superficial. A new study from the National Institutes of Health and Harvard Medical School suggests that neurons and plant root cells may grow using a similar mechanism.
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| | JULY 30, 2009:
NIH Study Finds Low Short-term Risks After Bariatric Surgery for Extreme Obesity |
| | Short-term complications and death rates were low following bariatric surgery to limit the amount of food that can enter the stomach, decrease absorption of food or both, according to the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (LABS-1). The study was funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health. Results are reported in the July 30 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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| | JULY 27, 2009:
Intensive Glucose Control Halves Complications of Longstanding Type 1 Diabetes |
| | Near-normal control of glucose beginning as soon as possible after diagnosis would greatly improve the long-term prognosis of type 1 diabetes, concludes a study published in the July 27, 2009, issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, which updates information about the clinical course of type 1 diabetes.
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