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Stem cell research- now Nobel Laureates join the debate

... to be left only to generals, the killing of human beings in medical research is an issue too important to be left only to scientists, even Nobel laureates." As of now the arguments continue but the matter is sure to reach higher temperatures very soon. Keep watching this space for more juicy stories on th...

The alarm clock in you

Human beings have their own natural alarm clocks which can be set subconsciously just by anticipating the time we want to wake up. Research conducted by scientists at the University of Lubeck in Germany has found that people release hormones before waking which h...

Fossil teeth and human development

...ded growth and development pattern that sets human beings apart from their primate ancestors, according to an article in the issue of Nature.// Based on the analysis of the fossil teeth, researchers from University College, London and Penn State University determined that the relatively long 15 to 25 year ...

Scientists found ancient Human Germ Killer

...es but bacterial diseases as well. Although human beings have a variety of defensins, the fact that HIV is almost always fatal suggests that none exists for that virus. Although it is not known if the monkey defensin is the reason these animals can be infected with AIDS-like viruses without becoming ill, ...

Massage therapy regulates sleep cycle of newborns

... is a biological clock that helps humans and other beings adjust to the Earth's 24-hour rotational time. In the study involving twenty mothers, participants were assigned to either the treatment group, in which mothers massaged their infants, or the control group, in which the infants were not massaged. Re...

Test tube babies, 25 years later

...how surprising and shocking that was -- that human beings can actually be made outside the body," said Arthur Caplan, a bioethicist . At first the general medical community was a little unsure and a bit skeptical about exactly what this meant and whether it would be a viable procedure. Initially, the proce...

Oily Fish Is Set To Cure Arthritis

...or of inflammatory conditions in mice. When human beings were tested for the effects of omega-3 fatty acids combination with aspirin, resolving E1 is found to be the receptor that inhibits inflammatory responses. A team of professionals did the research from Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Bo...

New Enzyme Identified For Arthritis

...e same conditions lead to similar results in human beings also. Researchers are confident that more study will not only confirm the results for people, this will help in developing medication for inflammatory arthritis that will target the enzyme....

Promising cure for West Nile Virus

...ight the virus. The antibody is derived from human beings who develop this antibody naturally against this virus and in turn never get affected by the virus anymore. When inoculated in mice the mice were capable of fighting the virus on their own. The researchers feel that this antibody developed by them ca...

Chemicals in clear plastics can cause learning difficulties

...exposure to BPA contamination may affect the human beings as well. This may be in the form of impaired levels of estrogen in the brain that may lead to different conditions at different ages. Pregnant women who may be exposed to BPA contamination may give birth to children with learning difficulties. Long...

Brain cells associated with insomnia and obesity

...inhibitory contacts by almost ten times. In human beings these cells may remain excitable in the post menopausal age in women, as at that time women report insomnia and the tendency to put on extra weight also increases. Previous studies have linked obesity to insomnia and a good night’s sleep has been su...

Parasitic infections and human immunity link found

Parasites infect human beings and the human body starts on its immunity system to fight the infection.// Till recently, little was known about how the parasitic infections are fought by the human immunity system. A recent research done by the researchers of Yale School of Medicin...

New technology to decipher neural connections dealing with heredity and environment

...s more slowly and only reaches maturity when human beings reach adolescence. The research is published in the current edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....

Cancer diagnosis easier from microRNA

...ociation between the microRNA profile of the human beings and the development of tumors in different parts of the body. The researchers have established that there exists a correlation between the pattern of expression of microRNA and cancer. They have developed a technology that uses a bead-based miRNA ca...

Alcohol linked to loss of memory

...eficits is of permanent nature that can affect the beings long after withdrawing from alcohol consumption. Another nature of the cognitive deficits seems to be that these are global deficits that affect all sorts of learning abilities. The results also show that the nature of cognitive impairments is not re...

MicroRNA provides new insight into birth defects

...ociation between the microRNA profile of the human beings and the development of tumors in different parts of the body. The new study will open new ways of exploring the exact reasons of birth defects and will also provide new ways to learn more about the microRNAs and their impact on human health from the...

Uganda Reports Failure To Contain Sleeping Sickness

...lenge sufficiently to effect transmission to human beings . . . As livestock movements results in the spread of T b rhodesiense, controlling such movements or treating livestock before movement is a matter of urgency . . . Outbreaks of T b rhodesiense in new areas are conceptually straightforward to prevent...

Marijuana-Derived Drug Promises Hope In Treating Bladder Infection

...ed pain. Perhaps more randomized trials in human beings could offer a new hope for the disease in the future....

Pigs Population A Major Threat To Encephalitis Ravaged UP

...or the encephalitis virus, carried across to human beings by mosquitoes. Uttar Pradesh officials do not even have any official statistics on pigs or piggeries. "They could be in tens of thousands," remarked a top official of the state health department. In this state capital itself, pigs are a common si...

People warned against consumption of red meat due to risk of Flu epidemic

...vian influenza virus could be transmitted to human beings and infect them with fatal consequences. The endangered species of migratory birds from far off Central Asia, Siberia and Russia that travel to the Orissa Coast are likely to carry the highly potential Avian Influenza Virus. The death of more than 6...

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