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Study Findings Could Help In Developing A Better Drug Delivery System

...ing folate to the drug through a linker that falls apart inside the cell. There were several linkers in common use, but with mixed efficiency. In this study we undertook to interrogate the full details of this breakdown process." Yang examined receptor endocytosis, the process by which cells absorb mater...

Cranberry Juice Could Fight E. coli Bacteria

...a are also known to cause urinary tract infections apart from other diseases. Urinary tract infections (UTIs), each year affect eight million people, mostly women, the elderly, and infants, resulting in $1.6 billion in health care costs. Until now, scientists have not understood exactly how cranberry jui...

The Struggle of Stroke Survivors

... the day he had a stroke Heikell said, "It blew me apart overnight." "I couldn’t talk, I knew what was going on, but I couldn’t get the words out. I couldn’t even say my wife or kids’ names." That happened 16 years ago. Today Mr Heikell is back writing about his much-beloved rugby. But things were not t...

Link between Fish and Mammal Immune Systems Revealed by Killer B cells

...s, but they are a specialized few cells identified apart from the complex interactions that drive other white blood cells. Sunyer and his colleagues discovered this previously unsuspected B cell activity while examining the immune cells of rainbow trout and catfish. The researchers determined that these ...

World's 3 out of 10 Cigarettes Smoked in China

... higher percentage than anywhere else in the world apart from Yemen and Djibouti. Judith Mackay, Hong Kong-based policy advisor to the World Health Organisation and co-author of the newly-published second edition of the "Tobacco Atlas", says it was the obsession of Duke and his contemporaries that began ...

Dengue Outbreak in the Capital is not an Epidemic: Government

...elhi government has hired 2,400 temporary workers, apart from over 3,000 working for MCD, to intensify surveillance of potential breeding grounds and launch fogging of anti-mosquito drugs. Source-IANS...

Delhi CM Launches Health Mission

...n and the principal secretary (health) as convener apart from official members, nominated public representatives, non-official members and experts. It is expected that the mission would help in reducing the infant mortality rate, maternal mortality ratio, total fertility rate, control and reduction of fa...

Enbrelr Enters Safer Zone After Recent Research

...are severe intolerable itching and redness of skin apart from the drying and scaling away of skin. It is probable that an abnormal response from the immune system of the body cause the skin cells to grow and multiply excessively. In the 48 week Open Label study that was conducted it was clear that ENBRE...

Yoga and Meditation May be Helpful to Combat Chikungunya

...The camp will offer yoga, pranayama and meditation apart from the Sudarshan Kriya, the unique breathing technique taught in the Art of Living workshop. "We have been studying the effects of our techniques on people with symptoms of chikungunya for a few weeks. It has been observed that people who regula...

Listening to the Sound of Skin Cancer

... melanin, so the melanin signature is easy to tell apart from other noises, said John Viator, a biomedical engineer at Missouri-Columbia and a coauthor of the Optics Letters paper. And the presence of melanin granules in the blood is an unmistakable sign. "The only reason there could be melanin in the huma...

Predicting the Dynamics of Clotting in Human Blood

... while the same number of molecules spread farther apart will not. In the future, chemists might be able to apply microfluidics to the study of other complex reaction networks that control various biological functions. And in the medical arena, the technique could become a way to perform rapid and detail...

New Zealand Scientist Warns On Fake Drugs

...'s impossible to tell the fake pills and packaging apart from the genuine product, even with close visual inspection," said Mildenhall, who works for GNS Science at Lower Hutt near Wellington. "Every security measure taken by the genuine manufacturers, such as holograms on the packaging and serial numbers...

Panic Phobias, Physical debility-“P’s”in a pd?

...n of quality of life. The study aims to prove that apart from depression that is often screened for in those afflicted with chronic physical ailments, it is imperative that a screening for anxiety disorders is also considered by physicians. Lead researcher Dr. Jitender Sareen of the University of Manitob...

Youngsters on a new ‘high’ with caffeine supplemens

...e out of the excessive use of caffeine supplements apart from caffeinated drinks// like coffee or sodas. Recent reviews done at the Illinois Poison Center found out that more that 12 % require hospitalization to deal with their problems. Some of the most common symptoms encountered because of abuse of caff...

Party Pills Cause More Spills Than Thrills, and Can Even Kill!

...pills in the market, but in reality they are miles apart from any semblance of a herb. The active ingredient in the pills, BZP, initially manufactured as a de-worming medication for cattle, was discontinued due to the adverse reactions. Ross Boswell has warned that, untill the pill is proved safe, it would...

First Paediatric AIDS clinic in Malawi

...llion (approximately MK306 million) to the clinic, apart from supporting the existing projects in the clinic. Source-Medndia GYT...

Mismanagement of fractures a major concern, say experts

...ms are on the rise, said Bhan Tuesday. In India, apart form complications due to unhealthy lifestyles and large number of accident-related cases, there are an estimated 107 million people above the age of 65 suffering from orthopaedic ailments. In addition, 40 percent of people over 70 years of age suffe...

GMC Wrestles For Regulatory Powers

...n adjudication powers in fitness to practice cases apart from the control of undergraduate training. In his review, Sir Liam had suggested that adjudication to be handed to an independent body. He said that GMC has to be left to investigate on its complaints. Sir Liam while commenting on the GMC's trai...

Monkey Virus Identical to HIV Endemic in Gorillas

...d gorillas lived nearly 400 kilometers (250 miles) apart so the scientists believe it is likely SIV infection is endemic in the animals. Peeters, who reported the findings in the journal Nature, said, 'We have discovered it in gorillas but we think the primary reservoir are still chimpanzees. We think c...

Botox Shots May Even Help In Reducing Knee Osteoarthritis Pain

...g, eye disorders and certain neurological problems apart from treatment of headache, ringing in the ears, overactive bladder, diabetic nerve pain and much more. These studies have got the approval of FDA. Researcher Maren Mahowald, M.D., rheumatology section chief at the Minneapolis Veteran's Affairs Me...

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