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Common Ingredient in Big Macs and Sodas Can Stabilize Gold Nanoparticles for Medical Use

... gum arabic could be used to absorb and assimilate metals and create a "coating" that makes gold nanoparticles stable and nontoxic. Katti and Raghuraman Kannan, assistant professor of radiology, have been collaborating on the development of biocompatible gold and silver nanoparticles for medical applica...

Homeopathy and Hypnosis Come to Dentistry

...h replacements. Amalgams, artificial materials and metals all bring their own potential problems with them, ...dividual basis. Some patients can easily withstand metals like gold. Others fare better with porcelain or plaster. There's little doubt in the medical world...

Bhopal Gas Victims Demand Treatment of Children With Birth Defects

... defects caused by pesticides, chemicals and heavy metals in the groundwater in and around the abandoned Union Carbide factory. A large number of such children could significantly benefit from surgical treatment and counselling," added Sarangi. Studies by the MP Pollution Control Board have also shown tha...

Copper Alloys Surfaces Touted As Pathogen Killers

...ers a range of options when deciding on the mix of metals they use to coat the insides of their cooking surfaces, thus providing processors with a better means of eliminating E coli contamination in their products. E. Coli O157:H7 is a harmful bacterium primarily found in raw and undercooked ground beef or ...

Funds Increased for Treating Bhopal Gas Victims

...stablished that the presence of highly toxic heavy metals and organic chemicals in groundwater causes cancer and severe damage to the body," said Satinath Sarangi, who runs a clinic treating patients in the gas-affected areas. The government has also resolved to lobby hard to get 20 municipal wards of Bh...

Pure Gold can Cause Allergy

...always been assumed that gold is the purest of all metals and that it cannot possibly produce an allergic re...r the carat number, the higher the content of base metals in gold jewellery. Nine carat gold, which is popular in such items as high school class rings, con...

Snake Like Robots Designed to Assist Surgeons

...of the robot. The prototype is made of nonmagnetic metals so that it can be used safely near magnetic imaging equipment. The tools' movements are nimble because sophisticated software can make up to 100 adjustments per second. The steady-hand system, also devised by a Johns Hopkins team, was built to help ...

Pros and Cons of Therapy for Lead Exposure

...d. Chelating drugs, which bind to lead and other metals in the blood, are increasingly being used for the treatment of autism in children. "Although these drugs are widely used to treat lead-exposed children, there is remarkably little research on whether or not they improve cognitive outcomes, the majo...

Presence of Pesticides and Metals in Fruits and Vegetable

... have also been analysed for the presence of heavy metals like lead, cadmium and arsenic. The heavy metals found in the samples of vegetables were below the maximum limit prescribed under the Food Adulterati...

Nanotechnology Used For Detecting Viruses

... Richard Dluhy experimented with several different metals and methods and found a way to significantly amplify the signal. Using a method they’ve patented, they place rows of silver nanorods 10,000 times finer than the width of a human hair on the glass slides that hold the sample. And, like someone positio...

Government Announces Steps To Promote Ayurvedic Medicine

...ecause there were no standard criteria used. Heavy metals are part of standard ingredients in Ayurveda. Abroad they are tested by the criteria used for food products, whereas in India they are used as medicinal products. Thus, there is a great need for standardisation and scientific validation of these prod...

Hindustan Latex To Market Vaccines

...iminates ultra centrifugation and the use of toxic metals while increasing the recovery of antigenic protein to levels highest in the world. Typhoid is the fifth most communicable disease in India. With a significant proportion of the child population in India affected by this disease, the introduction of ...

Nepal Plans to Promote Health Tourism Based on Traditional Medicine

...th a blend of herbs and metals, including precious metals and stones," she said. "Once the wellness concept spins off, it will span a whole lot of activities related to health," Lahe-Thapa said. Indian health products major Dabur is one of the major enterprises that is engaged in cultivation of rare her...

Dangers Lurking in Soft, Cuddly Toys

...larger investigations both in the amounts of heavy metals as well as the exposure they cause to children." ...arching and working on areas of migration of heavy metals like lead and cadmium in vegetables, as well as use of mercury in various sectors like lighting, chl...

Singapore Warns Consumers Against Indian Medicine for Treating Piles

...ury pose serious health risks, as the toxic, heavy metals can accumulate in vital body organs, said experts. Symptoms of toxicity include abdominal pain, vomiting, bloody diarrhoea, kidney damage and impairment of the nerves and mental functions. Source-IANS...

High-Fat, Copper-Rich Diets Associated with Increased Rates of Cognitive Decline

...in development and function, an imbalance of these metals may play a role in the development of brain plaque... 19 more years of age,” the authors write. Other metals assessed in this study, iron and zinc, did not show any effects on cognitive decline in interaction ...

Engineering Nutrient-Rich Plants Made For Feasible By New Findings

...e the ability to quantify the amount of particular metals present in various plant tissues has proved very i...eagues would also like to be able to see where the metals are distributed within various plant organs. "We have used X-ray fluorescence microtomography to ...

Dental Grills harmful For Users

.... These dental fixtures are often made of precious metals like gold, silver, and platinum sometimes even with diamond inlays, although cheaper metals are also used to make these cosmetic devices. These products it was explained range in price from $2...

King Island Water Certified Potable

...oblem with the water. It was tested for 12 heavy metals and the results were announced with days of testing. It was found that the water had metal contents well within Australian drinking water guidelines. The samples which were tested by the Department of Public Health did not have any lead content. Ki...

Study Highlights How Bacteria Respond To Changes In Environment

...micals, light, ionic strength (salt), pH and heavy metals with great sensitivity, gain and dynamic range. Scientists are interested in developing synthetic systems with such sensing properties as well as engineering bacteria that respond to stimuli such as pollutants or explosives. Using a combination of ...

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