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The 'bitter' proteins

...diseases.Alzheimer-like symptoms – degeneration of particular classes of brain cells and impaired ability to learn – were enhanced by the production of hSYN (the protein associated with Parkinson’s), said the team. They also found that Abeta – a metabolite of the Alzheimer’s protein hAPP – increased the build...

Prohibited diet medicine found in Chinese herbs

...lement manufacturers that claim a product treats a particular condition could be violating the law....

Humans Found To Have The Ability To Block Unwanted Memories

...ee sets of 12. Participants were asked to remember particular words and ignore others. Researchers used magnetic resonance imaging technology to scan participants’ brains during the second part of the experiment. Results of the study show participants remembered fewer words they actively tried to ignore than t...

A Likely Breakthrough For Prostate Cancer Patients

...igh reading is and what may just be normal for any particular man. Hence men with higher levels have to undergo repeated biopsies to determine whether they have cancer or not. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh hopes to make the PSA test a thing of the past with a new test called EPCA. The protein ...

An Exploration into Erectile Dysfunction in Diabetics

...cording to a new study. It has been found that one particular simple sugar, present in increased levels //in diabetics O-GlcNAc, interferes with the chain of events needed to achieve and maintain erection and can lead to permanent penile impairment over time. The findings could have valuable implications for ...

Attention! Spells of momentary blindness following visual disturbance

...rchitectural photos and were asked to search for a particular target image. An irrelevant, emotionally negative or neutral picture preceded the target by two to eight items. The closer the negative pictures were to the target image, the more frequently the subject failed to spot the target. This suggests that ...

All Work And No Play Makes Jack A Dull Boy

...working longer hours. Long working hours, and in particular overtime, induce fatigue or stress leading to injury and illness. The projected results could also be accounted by the workers' perception that overtime is something that's more than what one should be doing. The increased risk wasn't merely a resu...

Sharp Increase Of The Deadly Diseases In Delhi

...ld day in the rainy season. Already, children in particular have been suffering from a spate of cross-infections since schools reopened about a month ago. Dr Sanjiv Bagai, head of paediatrics at Rockland Hospital, says: "There has been a three-fourfold increase in number of cases of viral infections among kid...

Genetic Expressions Can Influence The Process Of Aging

...led them to eliminate both copies of the gene from particular tissues including skin and other multi-layered epithelial tissues after the animals reached maturity. The effects of premature aging observed in these p63 deficient mice (image available on request) were hair loss, reduced fitness and body weight, p...

A Latest Study Links Fish To Stroke

... in childhood and cause of death in adulthood – in particular death attributed to coronary heart disease and stroke. Results of the study showed that a higher intake of vegetables was associated with lower risk of stroke. But the correlation between a higher intake of fish and a higher risk of stroke in later...

New Virus Held Responsible For Respiratory Infection In Children

...ially valuable to curb diseases like influenza, in particular avian influenza that threaten to turn into a global pandemic. Lower respiratory tract infection is a leading cause for hospitalization of infants and young children. The most important viral strain in this regard is the respiratory syncytial virus (...

Fighting against disease as easy as eating eggs

... these antibodies, which are highly specific for a particular disease or a disease-causing organism. Anti-bodies produced this way are called as monoclonal antibodies. With advances in the field of immunology, it has now been possible to pack these substances into chicken eggs to fight specific invaders. First...

Metal In Medicines Can Fight Diseases Effectively

... cultures of E. coli, the complexes targeted these particular RNA structures and enzymes and destroyed them. The way the complexes work makes them different from most drugs. Researchers hope that with proper tailoring to certain metabolic enzymes, these strategies could work against cancer. Even though these ...

Stem Cells, Tumor Cells Share Similar Properties: Scope For Treatment and Prevention?

...s should stop dividing and ought to be embedded in particular tissues. If this does not happen for reasons not yet understood why, the result can be a growth in the form of cancer. A lot of similarities infact exist between the stem cells and tumor cells in the sense that they undergo rapid cell division and cl...

Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry for speedy diagnosis of Brain disorders

...ples can be used to rapidly diagnose meningitis, a particular problem in children, leading to more targeted treatment and better outcomes....

Risk of colon cancer to be assessed by simple blood test

...t a person's risk of colon cancer by looking for a particular biological marker in the blood. If successful, the test could be broadly applied to identify those who most need to be monitored with invasive but standard colonoscopy or who should make changes in their diet or in other factors to help lower their r...

Block Immune System Chemical For Treating Asthma

... those with severe disease and concentrated in one particular type of immune cell (mast cells), which are recognized components of the inflammatory reaction in asthma. TNF alpha levels were low and similar in those with no asthma or who only had mild symptoms. This suggests that the high levels of TNF alpha ...

Scientists Awarded Appropriately For Contribution Towards Medical Research

...scovered in 1984 that individuals' DNA differed in particular sites, where the chemical sequence that makes up the genetic code exhibited variable numbers of repeats. This meant that a DNA sample could be linked to the person it came from and ever since its introduction, the technique called as DNA fingerprint...

Scientists Consider About New Technology Called Nanotechnology

... It is the spatial arrangement of these atoms in a particular plane that makes all the difference. The systematic study, manipulation and modification of these nanometer size particles however require complex instrumentation. The parallel advancements taking place in the field of science and technology and the...

Researchers Discover New Clues To Identify Tooth Decay

...ldren with no tooth decay had higher levels of one particular type of AMP (alpha-defensin) than children with tooth decay. Therefore, low levels of alpha defensin might be a biological factor that contributes to making some children naturally more susceptible to tooth decay. Researchers had said that while so...

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