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Blundering Doctor Destroys Breast X-ray

...pt for a period of eight years. They added" Their destruction meant they were not available for subsequent comparison with the later X-rays that were taken in May 1996." According to David Jackson, former chief executive at the Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust which ran the breast screening unit, Mr Phili...

Medicinal Plant Rediscovered After 115 Years

...nal plants and other exotic flora, although wanton destruction of the forest cover had led to many of the rare species being wiped out. The Texas Bacata, the yew tree, is an example of unregulated exploitation of forest wealth. The bark of this tree is processed to make Taxol, a known treatment of ovarian canc...

"Trojan Horse" Agent Halts Bone Metastasis in Mice

...gh two different VEGF receptors. It stops the bone destruction needed for the cancer to grow and may inhibit blood vessel growth to the metastasized tumor, Rosenblum says. "The fact that this form of VEGF targeting works on different cell receptors in blood vessels and in bone cells is a unique finding that co...

Apollo doctors Summoned in Rahul Mahajan case

.... They are chargesheeted by the Delhi Police// for destruction of evidence related to Rahul Mahajan drug abuse case. The Six doctors include -- Anupam Sibal, Prasad Rao, Awdesh Bansal, Mukund Pandey, Ali Mohammed Ganai and Abha Gupta. Six other staff of the hospital were also directed to appear in person bef...

Fighting cancer - Multiple Myeloma with long-term therapy

...rmal cells in the bone marrow leads to the painful destruction of bone. In this study, pamidronate, a drug often used early in the treatment of multiple myeloma to help protect against bone damage, was for the first time studied as a maintenance therapy. Its use alone was compared against its combination with, t...

Lungs repair themselves

...resulting in inflammation to the small airways and destruction of elastic fibers within alveoli. The patients suffered from emphysema. The team used hyperpolarized magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to characterize the regions of the lung showing moderate emphysema and regions showing severe emphysema. They foun...

Study IDs Protein That Inhibits HIV From Growing In Cell Cultures

...ciency. "People with GBV-C have a slower rate of destruction of these T-cells," said Stapleton, who also is director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Iowa City VA and UI. The current study shows that the newly identified protein, NS5A, inhibits HIV in part by decreasing the number of CD4 recepto...

Highly Potent TB Strain Plays Favorites Targeting Specific Ethnic Groups

...hool children//, has surfaced again, directing its destruction on a specific ethnic group, reveal scientists. Scientists’ stumbled upon this discovery while conducting a study to examine the potency of the 2001 outbreak. Sadly, 50% of the children had been immunized against the disease with the BCG vaccine. Th...

Food Safety Extension Specialist Provides Spinach E. coli Advice

... the processing steps must be mild enough to avoid destruction of the produce. So there may be some residual bacteria present on the food. If the food was contaminated by an illness causing bacteria or virus, like other organisms, they may not be completely eliminated by the processing. It is important to preven...

Plastic pill – a new treatment for periodontal disease

... can cause irritation, inflammation and subsequent destruction of tissues and bone supporting the teeth. This destruction results from the pockets formed between the teeth and gums that become points of infection. Reynol...

Quantum Dot Technology in Cancer Detection and Treatment

...be useful in advanced therapies like detection and destruction of cancer cells. // A complete review of the latest literature and studies on Quantum Dots has been recently released on the nanotechnology website AzoNano. The review by Sandeep Kumar Vashist, Rupinder Tewari, Ram Prakash Bajpai, Lalit Mohan Bhar...

Protein Splicing Upsets the DNA Colinearity Paradigm

...enic peptides; the ‘red flags’ that mark cells for destruction by the immune system. The immune system attacks ... displayed on the cell surface for recognition and destruction by CD8+ T lymphocytes. However, the Belgium/USA team has found that proteasomes can also splice the ...

Sufficient intake of Calcium - a must for a healthy body

... than what is being processed is needed due to the destruction and reformation of the cells in the bone. Insufficient intake of calcium leads to weakening of bones as more bone tissue is destroyed than created. 550mg of calcium per day is recommended by the Harvard School of Public Health. However, this amount...

Study States That CNS Could Regulate Arthritis

...nervous system also suppressed arthritis and joint destruction in the rats. They proposed that inflammation in the joints increases TNF production in the central nervous system, which, in turn, activates spinal p38. By blocking this pathway only in the spinal cord, they observed the same benefit that was normall...

Damage Due to MS Might Extend Into Larger Portions Of The Normal Brain

...a chronic, autoimmune disease characterized by the destruction of myelin, the protective layers that surround nerve cells. It can affect numerous body functions, and symptoms may include visual and speech impairment, memory loss, depression, muscle weakness, loss of coordination, numbness or pain, bowel and blad...

Immune Cells Destroy Bone In Gum Disease

... speculated that the immune system was involved in destruction of bone in periodontal disease, but this is the first time it has been confirmed in human gum tissue. Forsyth researchers hope that the finding would help create new ways to stop bone loss in gum disease. The study, led by Toshihisa Kawai, D.D.S., ...

Bisphosphonates to Treat Multiple Myeloma

...y of life while the cure is sought. Because bone destruction causes significant problems for MM patients, and painful results include osteoporosis, lytic bone disease and skeletal fractures, clinicians seek to treat this condition aggressively. Bisphosphonates are synthetic equivalents of naturally-occurring p...

Smoking Increases The Risk Of Rheumatoid Arthritis In Women

...sive illness that has the potential to cause joint destruction and functional disability. The authors base their findings on a comparison of 115 postmenopausal women with the disease and 466 women without. All the women were taking part in the Iowa Women's Health Study, a long term research project tracking ...

AIDS Pandemic Slows Population Growth In South Africa

...the male population growth rate. Because of the destruction caused by the AIDS pandemic, life expectancy at birth was estimated at 50.7 years -- 49 for men and 53 for women. About 5.2 million or 11% of the population are infected with HIV. The HIV prevalence rate among adults has risen from 8.5% in 2001 to ...

Protein's Role in Triggering Cancer Identified

...MDM2 controls the p53 protein is by activating its destruction and we are interested in understanding how this ha...ugs designed to hinder the role of MDM2 in the p53 destruction pathway. We hope our findings may lead to improved treatments for a broad range of cancer types.' ...

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