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Genetic mutation to the 'fountain of youth' discovered

...rial DNA starts to replicate, and perhaps that may accelerate its replication, allowing the individual to replace damaged molecules faster....

Finasteride lowers risk of prostate cancer but increases risk of high-grade tumors

... of prostate cancer, however, finasteride may also accelerate the growth of high-grade cancers. More than 18,000 men were randomized , age 55 or older to finasteride 5 mg/day or placebo. At baseline, digital rectal examination results were normal in all subjects, and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels// wer...

Finasteride lowers risk of prostate cancer but increases risk of high-grade tumors

... of prostate cancer, however, finasteride may also accelerate the growth of high-grade cancers. More than 18,000 men were randomized , age 55 or older to finasteride 5 mg/day or placebo. At baseline, digital rectal examination results were normal in all subjects, and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels were ...

Depression a cause for Death in Elderly

Depression and its symptoms have been shown to accelerate death in many people, but previous research has not looked at the elderly in particular. // A new study focuses on depression in elderly people living in the community and not in assisted-living facilities or nursing homes. The study, involved 250...

Depression Found To Be A Major Cause for Death in Elderly

... // depression and its symptoms have been shown to accelerate death in many elderly people . The study, involved 250 participants in a community health program. At the start of the study, researchers determined the presence of depression and then did so again at 18 months. At the beginning, 29 percent of the p...

Depression A Cause for Death in Elderly

... // depression and its symptoms have been shown to accelerate death in many elderly people . The study, involved 250 participants in a community health program. At the start of the study, researchers determined the presence of depression and then did so again at 18 months. At the beginning, 29 percent of the p...

Air Pollution Found To Accelerate Heart Disease

Air pollution may cause and accelerate the narrowing of carotid arteries, according to a recent study. Researchers have found // an association between long-term air pollution and the early stages of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). They say that air pollution, similar to smok...

Scientist discover secrets of ageing

...sts have found that a cluster of genetic mutations accelerate the series of cell// deaths that lead to ageing. According to the researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, growing old happens when the genetic mutations in the DNA of the mitochondria triggers cell deaths that may lead to hearing loss,...

New Bioinformatics Centre to open in Andhra

... to network with hospitals and pharma companies to accelerate the process of drug discovery. It would network with 12 other centres of excellence in biology created by Sun all over the world. "As a Sun centre of excellence, CDFD joins Sun's community of research institutions developing advanced technology in ...

Slowing Down The Progression Of Tumour Cells With Omega-6 Fatty Acids

...the fats enhanced expression of certain genes that accelerate the disease. For the recent study researchers introduced arachidonic acid, an omega-6, into human prostate tumour cells in culture and they found that it caused the production of the enzyme cPLA2. This then caused the production of the enzyme COX2, ...

Gene Target For Tuberculosis Identified

...uberculosis are synergistic partners and appear to accelerate disease progression when they occur together. Tuberculosis is a very common disease, affecting about one-third of the world’s population. Of the estimated two billion people infected, only 5%-10% actually develop tuberculosis disease in their lifeti...

Test For Mad Cow Disease Is Here

... of prion disease. PMCA uses sound waves to vastly accelerate the process that prions use to convert normal proteins to misshapen infectious forms. Successive rounds of PMCA led to the discovery of prions in the blood of 16 of the 18 infected hamsters. No prions were found in blood samples that were taken fro...

Depression Can Worsen Heart Disease

Depression in people may accelerate the heart conditions by releasing the levels of a protein that causes inflammations. In a study of 32 people with heart failure, the 14 patients who felt the most depressed had nearly twice// the levels of this protein in their blood. The protein, ...

Dr Reddy’s Strikes Deal With Rheoscience For Type 2 Diabetes Dru

...of Perlecan (Wednesday) reflects our commitment to accelerate the discovery efforts as well as clinical development programmes toward realising our vision of becoming a discovery-led global pharmaceutical company," he said. The deal with Rheoscience came a day after Dr Reddy's announced the formation of Indi...

Malaria infection can accelerate HIV infection and disease progression

...,// and they speculate that malaria episodes might accelerate HIV-1 disease progression and facilitate transmission. Evidence is now emerging of the deleterious effects of HIV-1 infection on malaria. In pregnant women HIV-1 is associated with more peripheral and placental malaria, higher parasite densities, m...

Crusade Against Cancer: Collaborations On The Anvil

...arch centers, as part of an overall effort to help accelerate cancer research, diagnosis and treatment//. IBM will collaborate with the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the Molecular Profiling Institute and the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center under separate agreements. IBM and Memorial Sloan-Ketteri...

Vision Loss in Elderly Caused By Combined Effect of Genes and Bacterium

...ollowed by the presence of a chronic infection may accelerate inflammation and hence the progression of AMD in a certain groups of patients. Further research is needed in the same direction to unravel the mysteries associated with the disease, which can help in better diagnosis and management....

Phase II trails of new HIV vaccine to be held in South Africa

... IAVI, a global non-profit organisation working to accelerate the development of an AIDS vaccine, estimates that around 30 preventative HIV vaccine candidates are in human trials in six continents. The South African trial follows positive safety data received from "Phase I" tests conducted over the past two ye...

Protein Linked To Accelerating Rheumatoid Arthritis

...he protein. The researchers say that CII serves to accelerate and already worse condition in RA. "Our study has important implications for the further study and enhanced understanding of the pathology of RA," said study author Ahuva Nissim. "In the future, understanding of this process will help us develop spec...

India To Produce More Cost Effective Vaccines

...rategy has to be developed by GAVI to catalyze and accelerate the vaccine program, according to Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, who is also the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Co-Founder. Norway has also promised to raise its contribution towards global immunization US$ 75 million in 2006, and seeks to raise t...

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