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Autoimmune Response in Multiple Sclerosis

...nterestingly, myelin-specific T cells are found in both healthy individuals as well as patients with MS, thus researchers have been working to determine what specific characteristic of these destructive T cells is dominant in driving the development of EAE/MS. In a study appearing online on July 12 in ad...

China to "salvage" Reputation on Food, Drug Safety

...y's product-safety systems which have raised alarm both in China and overseas. The new regulations call for a panel of experts to approve new drugs, more transparent drug approval procedures, greater inspections of pharmaceutical factories and bigger fines for companies that flout the law, the paper sai...

Bak Protein Sets Stressed Cells on Suicide Path

...ng until a stressor kicks in. "They probably are both kept in check normally in the cell by other proteins, and when something happens that overwhelms the cell, it activates Bak and Bax to start cell death," says Mr. Brooks. "Some of the same proteins, cytochrome c is the big one, are needed for ...

Cancer Cures for Canines

.... In turn that could lead to better treatments for both canine and human cancer patients. An expert from the country's newest Vet School will tell a symposium in London that studying tumours in dogs and humans could give us a better understanding of their shared pathogenesis. Dr Ali Mobasheri, an A...

Extrovert People Drink More Alcohol

... more men present, the greater the amount drunk by both men and women. Possibly a process might be initiated in male groups which ensures that men drink more than usual because participants challenge each other or because no one wants to be surpassed. The observations revealed that men adjust their alc...

Natural Selection in Butterflies

... rare commodity, the number of mating sessions for both males and females jumps, possibly as an attempt to sustain the population despite the odds. Charlat added that the relationship between Wolbachia and the Blue Moon butterfly illustrates the so-called Red Queen Principle, an evolutionary term named ...

AIDS can Be Prevented by Using Diaphragm During Intercourse

...s better than using nothing, because most women in both arms of the trial reported male condom use. The trial, known at Methods for Improving Reproductive Health in Africa, or MIRA, began in 2003 and was conducted at sites in Harare, Zimbabwe, and Soweto and Durban, South Africa. The trial was launche...

Monoclonal Antibody Induces Death in Liver Cancer Cells

...nes as compared to normal cells in culture. When both human and mouse live cancer cell lines were treated with a monoclonal antibody, tumour cell proliferation significantly decreased and programmed cell death (apoptosis) increased four to 18 fold, as compared to normal control cells. The researchers...

Too Much White Rice, Pasta and Bread may Increase Chances of AMD

... quality carbohydrates on eye tissue is similar in both diabetic eye disease and AMD." Taylor and colleagues conclude that the risk for AMD may be diminished by improving dietary carbohydrate quality, as defined by dietary glycemic index. This may be achieved by relatively simple dietary alterations, s...

Meth Users Involved in Violence, Sexual Risk-Taking: Study

...igher than for whites. "We also found that among both women and men, crystal meth users were more likely to be involved in risk-taking and antisocial behaviors such as selling drugs and engaging in violent behavior," said Bonita Iritani, study author and Associate Research Scientist at PIRE's Chapel Hil...

Sex Survey Reveals That Most People Want Sex Thrice a Week

... a week. Half of the people surveyed, including both sexes, said that they wanted regular sex throughout the week. British women said that they wanted more foreplay from their partners, while their male counterparts desired for females to take the lead a bit more often. Half of British women quiz...

Tumours in Dogs may Give Insight into Human Cancer Development

...derstanding that may lead to better treatments for both canine and human cancer patients. Dr Ali Mobasheri, an Associate Professor from the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science at The University of Nottingham, says that there are significant similarities between certain types of human and canine c...

Lobster Shells Have Great Healing and Antiseptic Properties

...d. By doing this, we obtain medical materials with both antimicrobial and healing properties and, as they ... covered with chitosan and streptomycin, which had both healing and antimicrobial properties. After preclinical and clinical trials were approved, both sur...

More Cancer Testing Urged in Australian TV Studios

...r, former ABC newsreader Lisa Backhouse today said both the ABC and the scientific community should study their cases further. "It would be an appalling waste if we just shut the book on this investigation," she said. Backhouse, who was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2004, has survived but ...

India to Monitor Pregnancies to Check Girl Foeticide: Report

...e prefer to have male children. "This will check both foeticide and infant mortality," the minister for women and child development Renuka Chowdhury told the Hindustan Times daily. Officials said the data would permit the government to focus efforts on areas with a large gap between the number of preg...

No Progress in France on 'skinny Model' Charter

... Friday. As world capital of fashion, leaders of both France's powerful couture world and the ready-to-wear industry had joined a working-group set up by the Health Ministry in January amid mounting world concern over the link between anorexia and showcasing skinny models. But talks to fine-tune an et...

Extroverts are More Likely to Drink Under Pressure

...resent in a group, the greater the amount drunk by both men and women. Possibly a process might be initiated in male groups which ensures that men drink more than usual because participants challenge each other or because no one wants to be surpassed. The observations revealed that men adjust their alc...

Poor Short Term Recovery from Knee Surgery in Women

... Fabricant notes that there are gender differences both in surgical outcome and possibly in the biomechanics resulting in how the knee was initially injured. Even before surgery, women typically reported more knee pain and decreased knee function compared to men....

Protein Structure of Pathogens Associated With CF and TB Solved

...t professor, Dr. Robert M. Straubinger, professor, both in UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Dr. Jin Cao, research scientist in the UB Center of Excellence. For more information, visit HWIs website at www.hwi.buffalo.edu or call 716-898-8600....

President Bush Not for Expansion of Child Health Insurance

...of Republican lawmakers and with many governors of both parties, who want to expand the popular program to cover some of the nations 8 million uninsured children, but he doesnt seem to mind. Key members of the Senate Finance Committee announced a bipartisan deal late last week that would raise the feder...

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