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Technology Predicts Outcome of Child Heart Surgery

...rgeons to get a detailed look at the child’s heart functions with the new MRI system, design surgical procedures for optimum post-operative performance and evaluate the heart’s performance with a sophisticated blood flow computer simulation. The work was presented this month at the American Heart Associatio...

Chemotherapy Affects The Structures Of The Human Brain – Says A Researc

...sociated with memory, analysis and other cognitive functions were significantly smaller in breast cancer patien...nical studies have confirmed declines in cognitive functions in patients receiving chemotherapy. Animal studies have shown physical changes in the brain and in n...

Zinc – A New Key Player In Brain Circuitr

...mutated in humans with hyperekplexia. The receptor functions as a modulator of neurons in both motor and sensory signaling pathways in the brain and spinal cord. The genetic approach used by the researchers was a more targeted technique than previous experiments in which researchers reduced overall neuronal ...

Bread enriched with lupin may help stave off calories

...sted for the presence of ghrelin , a hormone that functions like an appetite gauge . The levels of ghrelin levels were significantly reduced when the subjects consumed lupin bread, as they did not feel hungry for a long after the meal. "These results suggest that protein and fiber enrichment of bread with lu...

Pandemic Planning for Hospitals

...cally ill patients, could maintain any of its core functions without some or all of the infrastructure services," he said. Source-AI SRM...

"Tribbles" Protein Implicated in Leukemia

...g evidence from several groups shows that Tribbles functions as a scaffold to bring together a complex that mediates protein degradation. Protein degradation is required for normal cellular function; however, data from the Pear lab suggests that mistakes in the expression of the Tribbles gene may lead to degra...

New Study Finds On/Off Switch for Septic Shock

...he auf1 gene. Further research showed where auf1 functions at the molecular level, he says. In normal mice, the scientists found that auf1 steps into action once the immune response is activated and after cytokine production gets underway. The action is pronounced: messenger RNAs (mRNAs) which are blueprints...

Biomarkers Found Harmful For Human Lupus

...of ribonucleic acid that have important regulatory functions in the body, particularly in suppressing genes (RNA serves as the template for translation of genes into proteins). The research is part of Mishra's broader focus on histones, the tiny spools in the nuclei of cells around which DNA winds and compac...

The Anti-HIV Properties Of Green Tea Uncovered

... anti-cancer, anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory functions of EGCG, a flavonoid that gives green tea its characteristic colour. Clinical trials of several EGCG-based cancer drugs are in progress. Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine and University of Sheffield, UK revealed the mechanism by which EGCG b...

Alternative Splicing - Molecular Cloning

...lications for a better understanding of such brain functions as learning and memory, neurological diseases and cancer biology. 'This finding is a significant advance in our understanding of splicing, and it suggests that it will be possible to understand how different splicing factors weave together to regul...

Botox – The 'Celebrity' Dru

...crow's feet' that formed around the eyes. Botox functions by arresting the release of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter, that is essential for muscular contractions. If there is no muscle contraction, there can be no wrinkling. But it was only in the year 2002 that the FDA approved of Botox for cosmetic pur...

Low Iron levels in infants lead to brain defects

... of the study. Their learning, thinking and memory functions were monitored by regular, age-appropriate cognitive tests. Though, the iron deficiency in the kids was detected early and treatment was given, they never made up to the normal levels. A comparative study of 53 chronic iron deficiency babies with 1...

Proteins in lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis

...rs speculate that they may have slightly different functions and may fight different infectious agents. Investigation with cystic fibrosis People with cystic fibrosis have a faulty gene, which normally controls the movement of salt into and out of cells and this controls the movement of water, too, Bingle...

Kerala to Venture into Medical Tourism

...en the state administration gets its public health functions right will it usher in an era of prosperity....

Key Signaling Switch Identified in Allergic Disease

...lergy. “These exciting results extend the known functions of ADAMs in development and disease. We hope our results will stimulate new research into how to block or activate the function of ADAMs involved in human disease, including allergic response, cancer and rheumatoid arthritis,” said Carl P. Blobel, M....

Chemo drugs cause cognitive decline in breast cancer patients

...cted on the // effect of chemotherapy on cognitive functions in mice. Dr. Gordon Winocur of the Baycrest Research Centre for Aging and the Brain carried out the analysis at Trent University in association with Drs. Ian Tannock and Janette Vardy of Princess Margaret Hospital. The study was published in the ...

Testosterone Levels in Men Decline Over Past Two Decades

...ies, it is available to tissues to support various functions within the body. The NERI team carefully analyzed the data to compare men of similar ages during each phase of the study. After accounting for age and additional factors such as obesity, smoking, and medications, the researchers found that, each ye...

Preaching Health and Wellness from the Altar

...vital. From there, it trickles down through church functions and events. If you can surround the congregation with healthy choices at these events, it shows how simple it is to make eating more fruits and vegetables part of their daily lives." To practice what it preaches, the churches have begun offering fr...

Stroke Patients Benefited by Occupational Therapy

...ain the ability to perform their personal everyday functions needed for independent living and, in some cases, leisure and work-related skills. The researchers found that patients who underwent occupational therapy were less likely to show deterioration in their abilities and better able to perform activities...

Spices in curries spruce up aging minds

...failed to show effectiveness in boosting cognitive functions such as thinking, reasoning, memory , judgment in people suffering from mild to moderate dementia. Antioxidants, such as vitamin E, have been shown to protect neurons in lab experiments but have had limited success in alleviating cognitive decline in...

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