Shedding light on blindness

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Research indicates that the protein vascular endothelial growth factor may be the 'factor X' that causes diabetics and premature infants to develop proliferative retinopathy. Oxygen deprivation in the retina causes the abnormal blood vessel growth that results in blindness.

Causes of, Complications and side effects, Diseases, Diabetes, Diabetes mellitus, Infants (Premature), Premature infants, Blindness, Retinal diseases, Vascular endothelium, Proliferative vitreoretinopathy

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UCSF case raises questions about grant idea ownership

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Many grant writers are concerned that an arbitrators ruling may require a fundamental change in common grant-writing practices. The arbitrator found that CSF cardiologist Joseph Abbott committed plagiarism when he reused text from a similar earlier grant proposal.

Cases, Investigations, Plagiarism, Proposal writing, Abbott, Joseph

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Brain researchers speak a common language

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Research covered at the 1995 Society for Neuroscience meeting included the role of the putamen in learning a second language, brain function in baby songbirds and how brain organization influences stuttering.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Brain research, Language acquisition, Neurology, Birdsongs, Second language acquisition, Stuttering, Society for Neuroscience

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