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Studies Show That Brain Cells Do Not Regenerate But Remain The Same Throughout

...l cells with atmospheric levels, it is possible to pinpoint the exact time the cells were born. Jonas Frisén has now teamed up with another Swedish research group from G?teborg University, led by Dr. Peter Eriksson, and scientists from Australia and America to measure levels of C14 in neocortical nerve cell...

Genetics Of Mental Retardation

...ormal genetic events. The researchers were able to pinpoint the region of the specific deletion using NimbleGen's high-resolution CGH microarrays. "The ability of NimbleGen to rapidly generate custom-designed, high-density oligo arrays targeted to the specific chromosomal regions we were interested in provide...

From genes to alcoholism

...the National Institutes of Health. "The ability to pinpoint genes in the human genome responsible for disease has the potential to revolutionize our ability to treat and even prevent diseases." "Previous studies established that alcoholism runs in families, but this research has given us the most extensive ...

Study to Identify People at Risk of Alcoholism

...the National Institutes of Health. "The ability to pinpoint genes in the human genome responsible for disease has the potential to revolutionize our ability to treat and even prevent diseases." "Previous studies established that alcoholism runs in families, but this research has given us the most extensive ...

Gamma Knife Offers Noninvasive Treatment for Vascular Disorders, Brain Tumors

...nates provide a reference grid to allow doctors to pinpoint the radiation beams to the target area. It’s all done by computer. Ms. Coit was able to go home a few hours after the procedure. Four days later, the Texas Tech University business management senior was celebrating her 21st birthday. “I hope this w...

Project Aims at Mapping Genetic Changes Towards Cancer

...that it hoped the Cancer Genome Atlas project will pinpoint hundreds or thousands of new genes involved in cancer, so that it can be used to develop better drugs to treat it and tools to diagnose it. Acting director Dr. John Niederhuber of the National Cancer Institute, an NIH unit said, "Cancer is exceeding...

17 percent rise in childhood cancer cases due to modern lifestyles

...k but the sad thing is that we have been unable to pinpoint any one factor."Geoff Thaxter, director of services at CLIC Sargent, the children's cancer charity, said: "This statistical analysis does suggest an increase in children's cancer and although part of this can be explained by improved registration, th...

Psoriasis raises risk for heart attack

...re to light. Gelfand said, "Further research can pinpoint the role played by C-reactive protein or other biomarkers." "In the meantime, as part of good medical care, patients with psoriasis should be encouraged to aggressively address their modifiable cardiovascular risk factors," he wrote. GYT...

Advantage Coffee and Disadvantage-Diabetes

...Our findings were very strong. The next step is to pinpoint the compounds in coffee responsible for this protective effect.' This study is special because the participants belonged to the high risk category for type 2 diabetes. Infact this study shares the results with many of the other sibling research proj...

Colon cancer Linked to low-folate diet

... risk of colon cancer. However such studies cannot pinpoint with any accuracy what factor or factors definitely lead to a person developing a certain cancer. The use of mice in the study allowed researchers to carefully control possible contributing factors — including environment and diet, she said, bringi...

Researchers explore medicine in space

...tion of drugs taken by mouth. Seubert's findings pinpoint all the issues physicians must face in order to care for patients during and after trips to space, said Jonathan Clark, M.D., a space liaison for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute and president of the Space Medicine Association. 'Giv...

'Muscle' Protein Drives Prostate Cancer

...Luo, it may not be sensitive or specific enough to pinpoint the existence of cancer. Using myosin VI or other factors, it may be possible, Luo says, to create a laboratory test to identify high or low levels in urine or blood samples, and this might aid in the detection of prostate cancer. Myosin VI also has ...

Exercise Intolerance In Heart Failure Patients Is Explored By Researchers

...rease as our population ages, so it's important to pinpoint the reasons for their symptoms and to develop effective treatments.' The study results are reported on-line in American Journal of Physiology–Heart Circulation Physiology and will be published in an upcoming print issue. There are an estimated 5...

Eye Surgeries Remain Cancelled Due To TASS Outbreak In Toronto

...SS network has been launched to track cases and to pinpoint possible causes. SR...

After Effects Of Chemotherapy Will Wane In Few Years :Says Research

...ects of chemotherapy .Scientists could not however pinpoint what was the reason for such a breakdown in normal cognitive abilities. Dr. Masatoshi Inagaki led the research that was conducted at the National Cancer Center Hospital East in Japan. The researchers compared the structure of brain in normal healthy...

Study Underway to Identify Genes Contributing to Heart Attack Risk

...a from the PDAY study, the scientists will work to pinpoint specific atherosclerosis genes. This autopsy study included about 3,000 young people, ages 15 to 34, who died from accidental causes, suicide and homicide. This study, which started in 1985, provided some of the best evidence that the process of athe...

Vulnerability to Ear Infections Lessened by Breast Feeding

...to abnormal genes, scientists had not been able to pinpoint which defective genes caused this abnormality. These genes seemed to have a strange complex relationship with environmental factors like smoking and breastfeeding and also with specific infectious agents. The UTMB study, published in the December i...

Hysteria Has Palpable Underlying Causes: Says Canadian Researchers

...complains of symptoms, doctors are often unable to pinpoint any medical abnormality. The women who were part of his study mentioned a sensation of left sided numbness in their extremities. Using MRI scans the researchers observed the response of the women’s brains, when the numb body parts were stimulated...

Cardiac Risk is Reduced by Cutting the Sugar in Your Drink

...s," she adds. Though the study cannot definitely pinpoint which children will develop chronic diseases, Ventura says the results show evidence for metabolic syndrome in early adolescence. They also illustrate several possible disease trajectories that may be avoided by certain measures during early childhoo...

Quick and Inexpensive DNA Testing

... applications like assisting forensic experts to pinpoint criminals, and in earmarking potentially dangerous genetic sequences in medical research field. Rothberg's ground breaking research paves the way to identify sequences in genotypes in any DNA sample rapidly and cost effectively. The technology is...

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