Dystonia Awareness Week: 4 -11 June, 2007
...rch to identify the gene/s may unravel much of its mysteries and may help in its prevention and more effective cure. Although there is no cure for dystonia yet, living with the condition is possible through effective management. Various treatment options ranging from drugs and the recent Botulinum toxin (Bot...Scientist Observes real Time Generation of Neurones in Mammals
...mplexity of nerve cells remains one of the biggest mysteries of neuroscience, and we now have a model to study this complexity directly," Nature magazine quoted him as saying. Dr. Mizrahi developed an experimental model to study development of neural dendrites in vivo by using special microscopic imaging te...Scientists Develop Method to Track Immune System Enzyme in Live Animals
... new tools have great potential to help solve some mysteries of the immune system, such as the causes of B-cell tumors and autoimmunity. The better we understand these problems, he says, the closer we come to better treatments for them and eventually, perhaps, ways to prevent them....Northern Forests Less Effective Than Tropical Forests in Reducing Global Warming
...or mitigating it." For years, one of the biggest mysteries in climate science has been the question of what ultimately happens to the carbon emitted by motor vehicles, factories, deforestation and other sources. Of the approximately 8 billion tons of carbon emitted each year, about 40 percent accumulates i...Another Sexual Attraction is Possible ...
...st steps along the road to speciation and the deep mysteries of reciprocal attraction - or lack thereof - between potentially interfertile individuals. Indeed, two types of females and two corresponding types of males coexist within this species: one type communicates with the so-called "E" pheromone while the...More Cancer Testing Urged in Australian TV Studios
...ybe there's some clues there to unlock some of the mysteries and some of the answers as to what causes breast cancer," he said. His wife was still in hospital but had received an "excellent prognosis" and the family hoped to have her home in the next couple of days. "It has been an enormously challenging ...Advancement in Gene Associated With Colon Cancer
...dy it in a representative manner. Unraveling the mysteries of the susceptibility to disease is moving rapidly since the publication of the complete sequence of the human genome in 2003. Says Gruber, The mystery of the relationship between our genetic code and disease is now starting to become clear, and many......ain topic of their conversation and 22 pct discuss mysteries of women. Twenty percent chat about mysteries of money; the survey carried out by loyalty card company Nectar and the telecommunications firm Talk...