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Gene Responsible for Ageing Process Discovered and Calorie Restriction Could Help

In Mahabharat, the famous Indian epic, a prince donates his youth to his father so that he could continue to pursue his passions . Another kind of help is at hand now. For scientists say they have discovered a gene that plays a central role in the ageing process. And by manipulating that gene perhaps on...

$5M Gift Will Attack Lou Gehrig's Disease

...d the promise of even further funding when he also donates his share of the royalties from his new book, Threshold Resistance. The gifts will go to support ALS studies led by U-M neurologist and scientist Eva Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., whose lab has already received two $1 million gifts from Mr. Taubman. She is...

World Blood Donor Day

... celebrate and thank each and every volunteer who donates blood without gratification, save the knowledge that their action has saved lives. The purpose of the day is not to ensure that there is a steady flow of donors, but rather to emphasize the fact that voluntary non-remunerated blood donors are the fou...

Gene Responsible for Ageing Process Discovered – and Calorie Restriction Could Hel

In Mahabharat, the famous Indian epic, a prince donates his youth to his father so that he could continue to pursue his passions//. Another kind of help is at hand now. For scientists say they have discovered a gene that plays a central role in the ageing process. And by manipulating that gene perhaps o...

Researchers Study Reimbursing Living Organ Donors for Out-of-Pocket Expenses

...ome extra burden on these people." When a person donates a kidney, for instance, what happens if later in life they develop kidney disease themselves? And do living donors change their risk of health problems in the years after the transplant? No one really knows. But Hong hopes that learning the answer mi...

Satyam Stops Conducting HIV Tests On Employees To Prevent Discrimination

..., said Murthy. Every month each Satyam associate donates Rs.20 for the foundation, which gets a matching contribution from the management. On an average, the foundation gets Rs.400,000 a month from employees alone and an equal amount from the management. The foundation, which is mainly active in cities w...

First Crossover Kidney Transplantation In Germany

...ver transplantation a healthy person in one couple donates his or her kidney to the ill person in another couple, in exchange for a kidney from the recipient’s healthy spouse. The Supreme court ruling related to an earlier incident in 1999, when a couple from Germany and a transplant surgeon from Freiburg,...

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