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Male Contraception: Discovery Stirring Interest Among Scientists, Drug Developers

...iscovered protein is called sperm flagellar energy carrier (SFEC). It is the fourth in a family of proteins t...ng because the three previously identified ATP/ADP carrier proteins reside in cell organelles called mitochondria. In sperm, the mitochondria reside in a regio...

Plastic May Be Poisoning Oceans: Scientists

... - from bottles and fishing nets to the ubiquitous carrier bags - ends up in the world's oceans. Richard Thompson at the University of Plymouth is leading research into what happens when plastic breaks down in seawater and impacts marine environments, reported the online edition of BBC News. Sturdy and d...

Uncertain Future For 24 More Persons

...lable to test the presence of the prion or protein carrier of the disease and literally thousands can be at risk Precautions have been taken like importing blood plasma from the US, as well as the removal of all surgical equipment and blood suspected to be infected with the disease. It is certainly a ki...

Williams Syndrome, the Brain, and Music

...from one copy of chromosome seven, catapulting the carrier of the deletion into a world where people make much more sense than objects do. “Williams syndrome is a perfect example where a genetic predisposition interacts with the environment to sculpt the brain in unique ways,” says Reiss. “It provides a u...

Bihar Districts Affected by Black Fever

...rs are perfect breeding ground for sand flies, the carrier of the disease, and the government seems to be doing almost nothing to improve them," Jha told a visiting IANS correspondent. Kala azar - medically known as Visceral Leishmaniasis - is a vector-born disease and is characterised by fever, weight los...

AIDS Sufferers Turn to British Doctor to Prolong their Survival

...for free drugs. The monthly treatment of an HIV carrier on the second line of treatment is anything between Rs.2,500 and Rs.9,000 per month, something unaffordable by Indian middle class standards. According to UNAIDS statistics of May 2006, India has 5.7 million people living with HIV/AIDS, ahead of S...

Strategies by the State Government to eradicate Chikungunya

... Health//. Aedes aegypti, mosquito is the common carrier of both chikungunya causing virus and dengue causing virus. Hence, the state has taken up an integrated mosquito control programme involving 35,000 health workers and volunteers. All the water storage areas in every house will be examined. Accordin...

HIV Carriers Form an Association to Fight Social Stigma in Jharkhand

...at us badly.' 'When a dentist learnt I was a HIV carrier he refused to treat me,' she said. In Jharkhand, two patients - a pregnant woman and a truck driver - were denied treatment when the hospital learnt they were HIV carriers. As per official estimates, there are about a thousand HIV carriers in Jha...

HIV Carriers Join Hands to Fight for their Rights

...lives on for the sake of her child. Another HIV carrier Rama (name changed) has to fend for herself and her two children, both of whom are also carriers of the deadly disease. Rama contracted the disease from her husband 10 years ago. Rama told IANS: "The nine days at the camp have changed my life. I ha...

Philippines Oil Spill Causing Adverse Health Effects

The sinking of the oil carrier MT Solar I, which has thus far spilled 50,000 gallons of industrial oil into the sea near Guimaras in Philippines is causing health problems// to the people in the area. The ship had sunk off the coast on August 11. Health Secretary Franciso Duque co...

Monoclonal Antibody based system for Anthrax detection

...g about weak immunological reaction whereas, this carrier protein stimulated a stable one. Monclonal antibodies were produces and isolated from these immunized mice. These antibodies bound exclusively to the surface molecule of Bacillus anthracis. They did not bind to other bacteria closely related to B. an...

Nanotechnology – to detect and treat ovarian cance

... unharmed. "The development of a smart probe and carrier complex will provide significant advantage to the clinicians as they can locate the tumor, monitor the drug delivery vehicle and control drug release using imaging techniques," said Chen. Another avenue of nanotechnology research at Rush is to deve...

French Ship docks in Alang, Gujarat

...iberation had recalled the decommissioned aircraft carrier Clemenceau which was on its way to Alang, after an exhaustive drive launched by Greenpeace and other environmental groups. ...

Anthrax may be detected in minutes

...ule. They then attached this molecule to a special carrier protein and injected it into mice, reported the online edition of BBC News. The mice mounted an immune response to the injection. The scientists were then able to obtain antibodies from the mice that were specific for the anthrax surface molecule. ...

SEMEN – More than just a sperm carrie

...more functions in reproduction than merely being a carrier of sperms. A researcher from America reports that the semen from fertile men contains a multitude of hormones//. Some of them like, FSH (Follicle Stimulating Hormone) initiates ovulation. Some other hormones are reported to have a role in the mainten...

On-board Avian Flu Testing Labs on US Navy Ships

...ilities are on the flagship USS Blue Ridge and the carrier USS Kitty Hawk, said Rosemary Tan, chief executive of Veredus Laboratories. Veredus, founded three years ago, also makes malaria and dengue test kits and was approached by the US Navy over a year ago. The Japan-based Seventh Fleet has 50 vessels ...

New Carrier Developed To Deliver Drugs to Gliomas

...loodstream. ‘We're using the TM-601 primarily as a carrier to transport radioactive iodine to glioma cells, although there are data to suggest that it may also slow down the growth of tumor cells. If studies continue to confirm this, we may be able to use it in conjunction with other treatments, such as chem...

MRIs Show Drug Treatment Slows Brain Deterioration on Road to Alzheimer's Disease

...one undergo testing for APOE 4. “Being an APOE 4 carrier increases one’s risk for Alzheimer’s disease, but ... hippocampal shrinkage in donepezil-treated APOE 4 carrier patients was 4.5 percent per year, versus 6.14 percent shrinkage in placebo-treated patients. Rates ...

Officer of Anti-Submarine Squadron Quarantined With Tuberculosis

...h after a six-month deployment aboard the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, the Navy said yesterday. The sailor became sick in early June and was initially diagnosed as having pneumonia by ship's medical staff, but was later readmitted to the San Diego Naval Medical Center after his symptoms recurred and th...

Gene Responsible For Metastasis Found By Korean Scientists

...nducted on mice and the research team found that a carrier protein called E2-EPF ubiquitin is responsible for the cancer cells to metastasize. This protein facilitates the cancer cells to multiply and metastasize to different areas within the body and affect various organs. Hence the team said that the p...

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