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    Depression and Anxiety Major Causes of Neck Pain  Feb 15, 2009
    Scherer, at the University of Gottingen, and his associated studied 448 patients in Germany who had suffered at least one episode of neck pain. More than half of the subjects (56 percent) reported neck pain on the day they completed the questionnaire and 26 percent had constant neck pain during the past year. (Newsmax)

    Spinal Anesthesia Doesn't Cause Restless Leg Syndrome  Feb 7, 2009
    "Our study was designed to test the hypothesis that spinal anesthesia would worsen the symptoms of restless leg syndrome," said the study's lead author, Dr. Thomas Crozier, an associate professor of anesthesiology at the University of Gottingen Medical School in Germany. "This is important, because restless legs syndrome is a very unpleasant condition that affects up to 10 percent of the population," he added. (MEDLINEplus)

    Beer better but wine worse for memory  Mar 19, 2008
    Researchers at the University of Gottingen in Germany have found that drinking wine damages the brain more than beer or spirits -- wine actually shrinks the hippocampus, the part of the brain responsible for memory. According to them, the average size of the hippocampus -- one of the first brain areas to be affected by Alzheimer's disease -- in non-alcoholics is 3. (Economic Times)

    AEterna Zentaris Reports First Patients Treated with Anti-Cancer Compound AEZS-108 in Phase 2 Trial in Ovarian and Endometrial Cancers  Feb 12, 2008
    Gunter Emons, M.D., of the Georg-August-University, Gottingen Institute of Gynaecology and Obstetrics in Gottingen, Germany. David J. Mazzo, Ph. (Canada Newswire)

    Architect Critic Nikolaus Pevsner  Jan 30, 2008
    From 1924-28 Pevsner was Assistant Keeper at the Dresden Gallery, then he was appointed Lecturer of the history of art and architecture at Gottingen University ... His academic life in Gottingen was overshadowed by the rise of the Nazi party in 1933. (Suite101.com)

    Common human viruses threaten endangered great apes  Jan 26, 2008
    The researchers include Sophie Kondgen, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany, Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany; Hjalmar Kuhl, Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany; Paul K. NGoran, Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany, Centre Suisse des Recherches Scientifiques en Cote dIvoire, Cote dIvoire; Peter D. Walsh,... (EurekAlert!)

    Carl von Weizsaecker, 94; physicist did atomic research for Nazis  May 3, 2007
    Born in Kiel, Germany, on June 28, 1912, into a nationally prominent family of jurists and theologians, Weizsaecker studied physics and mathematics in Leipzig, Berlin and Gottingen, and became a professor of physics. His brother Richard was president of West Germany from 1984 to 1990 and of the reunited Germany until 1994. (Los Angeles Times)

    Early-stage sperm cells created from bone marrow: study  Apr 16, 2007
    Last year, Nayernia and scientists at the University of Gottingen in Germany became the first to produce viable artificial sperm from embryonic mouse stem cells. These sperm were used to fertilize mice eggs, resulting in seven live births. (CBC.ca)

    Scientists create synthetic sperm cells  Apr 14, 2007
    Our next goal is to see if we can get the spermatogonial stem cells to progress to mature sperm in the laboratory and this should take around three to five years of experiments, Dr. Karim Nayernia, who led the study while at the University of Gottingen in Germany, said in a statement. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Health)

    Human Bone Marrow Used to Create Early Stage Sperm Cells  Apr 14, 2007
    "We're very excited about this discovery, particularly as our earlier work in mice suggests that we could develop this work even further," study leader Karim Nayernia, formerly of the University of Gottingen in Germany and now a professor of stem cell biology with the North East England Stem Cell Institute, said in a prepared statement. "Our next goal is to see if we can get the spermatagonial stem cells to progress to mature sperm in the laboratory and this should take around three to five... (Forbes)

    The prospect of all-female conception  Apr 13, 2007
    Last year, Professor Nayernia led scientists at the University of Gottingen in Germany who became the first to produce viable artificial sperm from mouse embryonic stem cells, which were used to produce seven live offspring. His latest work on stem cells derived from human bone marrow suggests that it could be possible to develop the techniques to help men who cannot produce their own sperm naturally. (Independent)




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