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New Developments in Rheumatoid Arthritis

...have now been shown by Dr. Gregersen and others to directly regulate the immune response to proteins containing citrulline. Citrulline is formed when a specific enzyme comes in contact with arginine, one of 20 common amino acids in proteins. When one of the enzymes is present, nitrogen is removed from the che...

Traders Smell Something Fishy in Tokyo Market Move

... discount shops which skip the wholesale market by directly buying from fishermen," he added. The annual trade volume at Tsukiji has dropped to 570,000 in 2006 from about 800,000 tons in 1986. "A majority of the members of our cooperative say that they need space for processing fish to serve supermarkets' ne...

Shrinking of Mt. Kilimanjaros Ice Cap Not Due to Global Warming: Study

...rs at below-freezing temperatures and converts ice directly to water vapour without going through the liquid phase, Mote said, adding that the process is much similar to moisture-sapping conditions that cause food to suffer freezer burn. According to the duo, fluctuating weather patterns related to the Indi...

Women Choose Their Men With Their Fathers Resemblance

...a clear view of how fathers facial features relate directly to the features of faces their daughters find attractive. The study, supported in part by the Economic and Social Research Council and The Royal Society, helps shed further light on how we choose partners and the impact of a parents role in this pr...

British Funds 250 Million Pounds to Reduce Child Mortality

... including Muslims." Most of the funding will go directly to the states of Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. Orissa is one of the poorest states in India with 40 percent of the population living below the poverty line. Children from Scheduled Castes and Tribes, which together make up more than on...

Catholics Should Halt Amnesty Support Over Abortion Issue: Vatican

... relating to abortion "to the extent that they are directly linked to its actions for the right to health and against violence against women." As a result it will call for an end to the penalisation of women who have abortions and the right of women who are victims "of sexual violence or incest" or run heal...

Human Induced Nitrogen Deposition Increasing Carbon Sequestration in Forests

...on balance of temperate and boreal forests, either directly through forest management or indirectly through nitrogen deposition," she said. The findings appear in the journal Nature....

New Hypertension Drug Wins FDA Approval

...gra. Gileads Letairis is likely to compete most directly against Tracleer, a drug sold by the Swiss-based Actelion. Both drugs are so-called endothelin receptor antagonists, which work by relaxing blood vessels. The drug Thelin, developed by the Houston-based Encysive, works the same way. As it happened...

Going Overboard on Alcohol Creates a Bottleneck at Hospitals

...like David fighting Goliath. Government revenue is directly related to the economy of the alcohol industry, and it has powerful political connections with both sides of politics. That makes cultural change very difficult." Elaborating on the harmful effects of alcohol on young brains, Professor John Toumbou...

Now Sex Determination of Fetuses in Six Weeks in UK

...e a woman has taken the test, she sends her sample directly to the company's laboratory for analysis and will receive the result in the post or can access it online using a protected password. Julia Millington of the Prolife Alliance said: "There is a real risk that some people would choose to abort babies ...

Suit Filed Against Horrors of Psychiatric Ward in New York Hospital

... the ward forces patients to sleep on foam mats or directly on a floor that is often covered with blood and urine. Blankets, pillows and pillowcases are scarce, but when they are available, it's common to find them stained with dirt, urine, blood and lice and reeking of body odor. Soap, toothbrushes, toot...

Researchers Identify New Genetic Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes

...er, the first variants detected may not themselves directly influence disease susceptibility, and the actual causative variant may lie nearby. This means researchers often need to take additional steps, such as sequencing every DNA base pair in that particular region of the genome, to identify the exact genet...

Bio-Rad Gets Life Science Industry Awards – 200

..., and laboratory products. Because this content is directly relevant to life in the lab, readers of The Scientist are especially attuned to the important role that suppliers play in the success of their research and take an active interest in the products and technologies highlighted in each issue. The scie...

Researchers Discovers DNA Repair as Key to Huntington's Disease

...lls. The result is that cell death acceleration is directly proportional to the additional repeated lengths. In a further step, the team eliminated a key enzyme (OGG1) related to DNA repair for oxidative lesions and found that it stopped or greatly reduced segment growth. This may position OGG1 as a target ...

Two Out of Five Cancer Cases in India Due to Tobacco

...h 91 percent of oral cancers in Southeast Asia are directly attributable to the use of tobacco," Ramadoss said. "India has been a forerunner in the fight against the tobacco epidemic which claims over 2,000 lives in my country every day," the minister told reporters at a cancer awareness programme organised...

Tobacco Control Laws to Be Regulated in India

...91 per cent of oral cancers in South-East Asia are directly attributable to the use of tobacco. In view of the high prevalence of oral cancers and other cancers due to tobacco use my ministry has taken up very strong initiatives for tobacco control. India has been a forerunner in the fight against the tobacco...

Health Insurance Company Expands Product Range

...ve those incurred towards hospitalization are paid directly to the policyholder. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company is a joint venture between ICICI Bank and Prudential plc. It was one of the first players to commence operations when the insurance industry was opened to the private sector in 2000. For ...

HIV Infection Associated With Increased Risk of Heart Attack

...reased risk of heart attacks, but few studies have directly examined whether HIV-infected patients in general have more heart attacks than non-infected individuals do. The researchers took advantage of the Research Patient Data Registry, a database of demographic and diagnostic information on more than 1....

Head and Neck Cancer Vaccine Targets Proteins to Create Immune Response

... cells and helper T cells. Although killer T cells directly destroy tumor cells, they are assisted by helper T cells that secrete small proteins called cytokines to regulate or "help" the immune response. Given that the proof of principle for the vaccine has been determined, a phase I clinical trial of the...

Stress on Storage and Conservation of Rain Water by Govt of India

...Repair, Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies directly linked to Agriculture etc. It also encourages rainwater harvesting and recharge to groundwater for conservation of water. Several measures for development and management of water resources are undertaken by the respective States Governments which inc...

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