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Indian American's Contribution in Cancer Gene Discovery

...sts to believe that this section of the chromosome contained an important gene, that when lost, leads to cancer. "There had been a very important question in cancer biology that whether there is a gene out there that might be regulating or preventing us from having cancer," Bagchi said. "There are multiple...

Researchers Discover Breakthrough in Malaria Treatment

...head to head, two new treatments for malaria. Both contained a combination of drug based on a Chinese herbal extract (artemisinin) with a longer acting antimalarial drug. The researchers found that both treatments provided initial cure from disease. However those receiving a treatment which stayed in the blo...

New Study Suggests Special Cocoa may Lead to Sustained Improvement in Blood Vessel Function

...icipants drank specially made cocoa beverages that contained different flavanol levels – ranging from 28 to 918 milligrams. At each level, the optimal effect occurred after two hours. The drink containing 179 milligrams of cocoa flavanols resulted in a 50 percent improvement increase in blood vessel function i...

Protein Blockade For HIV Infection

...a protein produced by the human genitalia may have contained the spread of HIV infection//. New transmission can be brought under control by augmenting the activity of langerin. This research was conducted by Teunis Geijtenbeek and his team at Vrije University Medical Center in Amsterdam which was published in...

Researchers Urge Regulators to Rethink Strategies for Soot Emission

...n. "We’re seeing that urban pollution doesn’t stay contained in the cities, but impacts rural and other downwind areas, creating even more complicated issues for regulators," Robinson said. Fine particles such as smoke or dust form droplets in clouds and affect how much sun is able to pass through the cloud...

Too Much of Salt in Bread..

... A study surveyed 138 loaves and found 50 of them contained more salt than the Food Standards Agency's guideli...maximum level. They found that one in three brands contained salt levels above the Government's maxm. of 1.1g per 100g. It was found that some brands were so s...

HL7 Announces Industry’s First Electronic Health Record System (EHR-S

...es important features and functions that should be contained in an HER system. The standard’s Functional Model contains approximately 1,000 conformance criteria across 130 functions, including medication history, problem lists, orders, clinical decision support, and those supporting privacy and security. The f...

Mercury Levels In Canned Tuna Exceed Guidelines

... out that 8 out of 60 cans of albacore tuna tested contained mercury more than the prescribed level. According to this guideline, four servings of canned albacore tuna per week can be had by pregnant and breast feeding women, while it can go up to one serving per week in children in the age group of 1-4. Two...

Advertisements Telecast During Sexy Programmes are Most Often Forgotten

...t men recalled the brand of products whose adverts contained sexual images, than they did if the adverts were s...ps saw an episode of “Malcolm in the Middle” which contained no sexual references, with either sexual or non-sexual adverts. “The fact that recall of adverts w...

Abnormalities in Eye Movements and Attention can Predict Schizophrenia

... In the new study, the smaller of the two groups contained individuals who displayed dilute forms of schizophrenia-like symptoms even though they had never had the illness. Study of these people revealed actual schizophrenia in their biological family members, but not other psychiatric illnesses. “What was...

Primitive Yeast Yields Secrets Of Human Cholesterol And Drug Metabolism

...ctably were unable to make cholesterol and instead contained a build-up of cholesterol precursors. The research team then tracked Dap1’s counterpart in humans by looking for similar proteins in a computer database and repeated their experiments in human kidney cells engineered to lack the human version of Da...

The FDA Warns Consumers Against Purchase of Drugs on Web

...xamination of these drugs by FDA. FDA found they contained haloperidol , the schizophrenia drug. According to reports, the pills are packaged in plain plastic bags and mailed in envelopes bearing Greek postmarks. The FDA has strictly warned consumers of the risks associated with buying prescription drugs o...

Influenza Virus also Protects Against H5N1

...ples of serum from human volunteers to see if they contained antibodies that reacted against the N1 of H5N1. Sera from 31 of 38 volunteers reacted against the N1 of the human influenza virus H1N1, while serum from nine of these individuals showed low activity against the N1 protein of an H5N1 from Vietnam. It ...

Madness- the Genius Connection

...ourths of 257 persons diagnosed with schizophrenia contained at least one copy of the gene variant DARPP-32. This gene is responsible for enhancing the ability of the brain to think by improving information processing. A region of the brain called the prefrontal cortex carries this out. At the same time t...

FDA Warns of Deadly Results of Skin-numbing Creams

...in-numbing creams used were made in pharmacies and contained high amounts of the anesthetic drugs lidocaine and tetracaine. With topical anesthetics the pain sensation in the skin is blocked but some of the anesthetic drugs in the products can pass through the skin into the blood stream, and if too much gets ...

Smartcard Legislation Fails The Privacy Test - AMA

...t that the individual does not own the information contained on the Card Dr Haikerwal said the legislation p...ecurity of people’s personal details that would be contained on the Card,” Dr Haikerwal said. “Others, including the Chair of the Access Card Consumer and Pri...

Going Overboard With a Hand Sanitizer

...en consuming from a gallon of hand sanitizer which contained almost 70% alcohol. The alarm regarding abuse of hand sanitizers was not new, according to the chief of Maryland Poison Control Center, Dr. Suzanne Doyon, who has sought to raise awareness about the abuse of hand sanitizers. According to Doyen, t...

Breast Growth in Boys and Herb Based Products-probable Link, Say Scientists

...s using a homeopathic balm on the boy’s chest that contained lavender oil. While seeing two other young boys...ll used soaps, shampoos, lotions or hair gels that contained lavender as well as tea tree oil. Further investigations using human breast cells exposed to compo...

Cancer Fears Plummet Egg Sales in Vietnam

...ial solvent, in egg samples. Several eggs tested contained more than 12,000 micrograms of sudan per kilogram. Anything higher than 500 micrograms is considered unsafe. Not only have some consumers stopped buying eggs but commercial food processors have cancelled their orders. Source-IANS...

New Tool Improves Prediction of Stroke Risk

...sk reliably across a wide range of populations and contained several similar components, the researchers generated a new unified score for optimum two-day risk. The new score, ABCD-squared, was a more accurate predictor of risk of stroke than either of the two previous scores, creating a single standard for us...

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