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Stem Cells as Cancer Therapy

...eural stem cells is their tendency to move towards diseased areas (scientists call this phenomenon "pathotropism"). This characteristic, says Professor Fodde, "makes them particularly attractive candidates not only to replace damaged tissue in degenerative pathologies, but also to deliver therapeutic molecule...

Military College to Set Up Stem Cell Research Centre

...atment is a new technique that relies on replacing diseased or dysfunctional cells with healthy, functioning o...uld be used to replace the damaged or dead ones in diseased organs."This stem cell therapy is similar to the process of organ transplant, only the treatment con...

Extra Funding To Fight Bird Flu

...dentification of HPAI and the immediate culling of diseased or suspected animals are critical elements of reducing the risk of the disease spreading," said the report. The lead author is Christopher Delgado of the World Bank's Agriculture and Rural Development Department. The joint report recommends the wea...

A 23- Year- Old Gay Falls Victim To Meningitis C in Toronto

...1, and died five days later. An associate of the diseased reported that the victim was an immigrant from St. Lucia. PRI...

Diabetes- a Threat to Several Indigenous Populations

...ts. Similar rates of between 25 to 50 percent of diseased adults are found in American and Canadian indigenous peoples as well as in Australia's Aborigine and Torres Strait Islander populations. Zimmet said, "It is a tragic situation, but not a lost one.""The world needs to act now if we are to deal wi...

Proteins in lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis

...sion of SPLUNC1, SPLUNC2 and LPLUNC1 in normal and diseased lungs," was carried out by Lynne Bingle of the Uni... study found no differences in SPLUNC2 between the diseased and normal lungs. SPLUNC2 appears to be exclusively expressed in the mouth. A step in the fight a...

Lungs repair themselves

...astic fiber growth, is increased in the moderately diseased tissue of COPD patients. Elastic fibers allow the ... the hope that it could be harnessed to repair the diseased adult lung. In particular, Woods and his colleagues looked at three genes associated with elastic fi...

Graphic warnings on cigarette packets might just do the trick!

.... The type of graphics planned will be pictures of diseased lungs, decaying teeth, gangrenous toes that will pack the punch to warn smokers against the habit. Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor is hopeful that the warnings will achieve the intended purpose of reducing the number of smokers. ASH, the ...

"Umbrella" Valve Provides Potential Alternative to Lung Surgery

...volume reduction surgery (LVRS) to remove the most diseased portions of the lung. “The IBV? Valve is similar...tal.” The one-way IBV? Valve limits ventilation in diseased areas of the lungs and redirects ventilation to the remaining healthier portions of the lung while a...

Battle against Gum Disease Acquires new Weapon

... its position between the threatened tooth and the diseased gum. According to researchers at State University of New Jersey, who have tested the pill on animals, the plastic also works as a barrier which enables the damaged gum and bone to heal as well as regenerate. Gum disease also known as gingivitis, ...

Human Stem Cells Delay Start of Lou Gehrig’s Disease in Rat

...m, as many feared introducing healthy cells into a diseased environment would only kill them,” says Vassilis Koliatsos, M.D., an associate professor of pathology and neuroscience at Hopkins. Although all the rats eventually died of ALS, Koliatsos believes his experiments offer “proof of principle” for stem...

Stem Cells Could Slacken the Pace of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Disease, Study

...m, as many feared introducing healthy cells into a diseased environment would only kill them," Dr Vassilis Koliatsos of Johns Hopkins University and the lead author of the study said. The findings are published in the journal Transplantation....

New human H5N1 bird flu case in Egypt

... could have spread to her when she slaughtered her diseased flock of ducks. The total number of human bird flu cases in Egypt has reached 15 ever since the first case was reported in February. Of them, 6 died and 8 recovered after treatment with Tamiflu. Poultry is a major source of food and income for th...

Genetic Map Reveals How Drugs Fight Diseases: Study

...rmation about how drugs affect various healthy and diseased cells. // This so-called "Connectivity Map" will be able to reveal links among drugs, genes and diseases, the researchers wrote in the latest issue of Science. The findings, reported Thursday by US scientists and also published in the journal Can...

Arthritis Drug to Reverse Cirrhosis

...althy tissue replaces the scarred one whereas in a diseased tissue, the scar spreads. In the study conducted by the scientists, it was revealed that Sulphasalazine prevents the hepatic myofibroblasts from generating the protein and thereby protects the scar tissue cells. It ultimately clears the scar tissue...

Transfusion-Free Surgical Program Helpful for Liver Transplantation Patients

...otopic liver transplantation [in which a patient's diseased liver is removed and a donor liver transplanted into the same place] is typically associated with a large volume of blood loss, resulting in multiple transfusions and related complications," the authors describe in background information in the artic...

Plastic pill – a new treatment for periodontal disease

...plastic" material, when inserted between tooth and diseased gum, treats the bacterial infection, inflammation and pain with pharmaceuticals incorporated into the material itself, " Johnson explained. "It employs salicylic acid, the active ingredient in aspirin, for the swelling and discomfort, and three antim...

Scientists Say Mineral Water Kills Cancer

...Castle in Scotland kills cancer cells and destroys diseased ones.// Researchers from the department of biochem...rsity of Maribor in Slovenia said that they placed diseased cells in this water for 10 days and compared them to those placed in normal lab water. They found t...

Study Findings Could Help In Developing A Better Drug Delivery System

...cer drug can be extrapolated to all sorts of other diseased cells. The uptake pathways are similar in cells involved in arthritis, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis and Crohn's disease." Interest in how drugs are released after they enter their targeted cell led Low and his team to develop a colour-coded method...

A New Drug That Could Revolutionize Management Of Heart Disease

...e and heart attacks by improving the blood flow in diseased arteries. The new drug developed by Bayer HealthCare was found to reactivate a key enzyme, damaged by free radicals, which helps in dilatation of the arteries. The finding is a significant development for the Monash team that, in conjunction with ...

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