Gene Therapy Technique for Inherited Heart Problems in The Pipeline
...ty of California at Davis showed that AAV-9 easily passes into the heart muscle in primates after a single intravenous injection, and the effects are long lasting. ‘AAV-9 had a particular affinity for heart muscle that AAV-8 didn't,’ Byrne said. ‘Right now AAV-9 seems to be our best solution for heart probl...Minimally Invasive Lung Cancer Surgery Minimize the Treatment Timings
... expressed by her physicians and surgeons, and she passes their words along to those who are concerned about her. 'When I got this cancer, I said to all of my classes – I teach in two gyms – kind of teary-eyed but laughing at the same time, 'You guys, I don't want you to feel sorry for me because I'm not a ...Genital Herpes - No Symptoms But A Potent Carrier
...nful sores taking a long period to heal.// As time passes outbreaks may be less severe and for short period. According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, genital herpes is an infected virus that may not show symptoms and even cause serious infection in babies born to mothers with this con...Celiac Disease Sufferers See an End to their Misery
...product found in many commonly eaten foods//, ever passes their lips. But this may soon come to an end. Researchers in the Netherlands have found that an enzyme originally developed for commercial food processing -- AN-PEP -- may be able to break down gluten in the stomach before it reaches the small intes...Misconceptions About Eating Eggs Busted
...le, only a small amount of the cholesterol in food passes into the blood. Saturated and trans fats have much bigger effects on blood cholesterol levels. Myth: Eating eggs is bad for your heart. The only large study to look at the impact of egg consumption on heart disease—not on cholesterol levels or other...Smell Decoding System In Brain –Research Find
...en in the olfactory bulb. Instead, the bulb likely passes the data to more advanced brain structures where it is assembled and recognized as a specific scent. Understanding how the olfactory system works in mice may also provide broader insights into human perception, said Stephen Shea, Ph.D., a Duke Univ...New Multi-Modal Contrast Agents, A Boon For Medical Imaging
...oblastoma antibody on the end of a particle, as it passes through the bloodstream it will attach to the tumor cell.’ In experiments with other types of nanoparticles, Watkin has loaded the particles with cancer-fighting drugs such as Doxorubicin or Taxiter. He also is investigating using them to deliver ...72-year-old Bachelor of Rajasthan Fails Class 10 Again!
...Rajasthan man who has pledged not to marry till he passes his Class 10 board exam, will have to wait longer for a wife. He has failed in the examination yet again! // Also known as Sheojiram, the resident of Kohari village of Behror town, over 140 km from here, has been taking the test for the last 37 year...West Nile Virus Can Be Tackled By New Strategy
...osquito infects the birds and another species then passes the disease along to humans. 'Florida has one species of mosquito that routinely bites both,' he added. Not all of the world's more than 3,600 species of mosquitoes transmit diseases to humans. The mosquito must be sufficiently competent to act as ...New Camera Pill To Diagnose Stomach Problems
... that can take biopsies and treat conditions as it passes through the intestine. Also, a pill that can detect problems in the colon and stomach is being researched. Another report said the camera melts inside and the residues pass out with stool. --Edited IANS...Beware Of A Silent Killer Called Haemophilia
...every year. He explains that haemophilia normally passes on at birth from an affected father to daughter, who then becomes a carrier of the haemophilia gene having every possibility of passing the defective gene on to her children. He further explains that if these children who are affected with haemophili...Bird Flu Spreads To Sudan & China Reports Of Another Case
..., there are fears it could mutate into a form that passes easily among people, sparking a pandemic in which millions could die....Hemophilia Can Be Reduced Through Awareness And Proper Treatment
...stered with HFI every year. Hemophilia normally passes on at birth from an affected father to daughter, who then becomes a carrier of the hemophilia gene having every possibility of passing the defective gene on to her children. "If the children affected with hemophilia are not treated it might lead to...PET Scans Help In Monitoring Progress of Lung Inflammation
...sted in smaller groups of volunteers. "If the drug passes those tests, then you can say, okay, let's see in a full-scale trial if the drug actually has an impact on some important patient-centered outcome like mortality or disease progression," he added. Main Article: Chen DL, Rosenbluth DB, Mintun MA, Schu...Task Learning Made Simple By Taking Short Breaks
...is region are known to be triggered when an animal passes through a particular spot in a space. But researchers were taken aback by what they saw when the rats were resting. Then, the same brain cells replayed the sequence of electrical firing over and over, but in reverse and speeded up. "It's absolutely...HIV positive man deliberately had unprotected sex
...lfriend although he was aware that unprotected sex passes the HIV to the other person....Detecting Brain Abnormalities in Babies Using New Brain Scanners.
...r which produces short flashes of light. The light passes through the brain tissue and is reflected. This is detected by the 32 detectors present in the helmet placed on the baby’s head. The computer converts it into a 3D image. This scanner shows which part of the brain receives oxygen, has undergone ...EU medical chief says Europe ready for bird flu
...demic if the virus mutates into a form that easily passes among people....Romania suspects 5 new bird flu cases
... there are fears it could mutate into a form which passes easily from person to person, sparking a pandemic in which millions could die. There have been no cases of human infection outside of Asia....Bacteria Evolve Armamentarium Against Antibiotics By ‘Stealing’ Gens
...known as horizontal gene transfer, in which a cell passes genetic information to another cell that is not its offspring. It is the bacterial equivalent of sex, with two cells sidling up to each other and engaging in conjugation, or the swapping of genes. To test why E. coli needed these genes, the researc...