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NHGRI Aims To Sequence Primate Genomes

...mes of other species to humans is an exceptionally powerful tool to help researchers understand the working parts of the human genome in both health and illness. NHGRI's Large-Scale Sequencing Research Network and their international partners have already sequenced – or have been approved to sequence – at h...

Overdose of Opioid Painkillers Can Kill Pain and The Patient

...say researchers. According to the researchers, powerful opioid drugs like oxycodone or fentanyl are now being frequently prescribed by Doctors, with a motive to realizing better results in chronic pain management. Not surprising that, this trend runs parallel with an increase in deaths due to painkiller o...

Muslims in Malaysia Banned from Using Botox

... was quoted the New Straits Times today. Botox, a powerful neurotoxin introduced two decades ago, is widely used to cure facial problems but is best known for its cosmetic qualities. It paralyses facial muscles, giving foreheads a relaxed, wrinkle-free appearance. The Fatwa Council advises the Malaysian gov...

New Music Project Promotes Quality-of-Life After Cancer

...d survivor, respectively. "This campaign makes a powerful artistic statement," says Dr. Adam Dachman, SFL chairman, board-certified osteopathic surgical oncologist and Chief of Surgery at Upland Hills Medical Center near Madison, Wisconsin. "Cancer as a chronic condition is changing the public's perception ...

Anti-Obesity Vaccine Successful In Rats

...erimental stages it could in the long run become a powerful weapon against obesity....

Treating Tetracycline Stains Made More Affordable With New Treatment

...logy, knowledge and treatment. Tetracycline is a powerful antibiotic that kills a wide array of bacteria. Many women, prior to 1980, may have taken this antibiotic during their pregnancy. When teeth are forming in utero, the drug becomes calcified in the dental and enamel of the child's teeth and creates a ...

Antioxidants Could Halt Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

...d then treated the cells with alpha-lipoic acid, a powerful antioxidant, showed that the infected cells did, indeed, marshal a defense against the bacteria. Sahni is also investigating what enzymes might boost antioxidants to work more efficiently. His group is studying the process that occurs when infected...

A Comprehensive CD-ROM On HIV/AIDS Released By Center for HIV Information

... associated malignancies. 'This CD-ROM will be a powerful tool for physicians and other clinicians, particularly in the developing world where Internet service is slow, unreliable, or unavailable,' says Volberding. 'Anyone with access to any computer that has a CD-ROM drive will have a self-contained, com...

Safe Sex and Good Sex is the Talk of AIDS Conference

...e international HIV/AIDS response is losing a very powerful tool to stem the spread of the disease," she adds. Britain-based Pleasure Project, an educational organisation, believes that "we can have safer sex if we know how to have good sex". "The HIV 'industry' avoids discussion of sexual desire and plea...

Maoist Leader-Turned Social Activist Passes Away

... party Mazdoor Kisan Sangram Samiti to take on the powerful landed upper caste. The Samiti was banned in 1986. He carried a cash reward of Rs. 2 lakhs for leading the landless, who were mostly Dalits and from other backward castes. Vinayan, an MBBS from the Agra Medical College, was moved by the plight of...

Experts Call For Ban On Junk Foods To Reduce Obesity and Diabetes

...in London have called for measures to regulate the powerful food industry. They have asked for tougher economic policies to control the availability of low-quality foods and have suggested measures like subsidizing fresh food, levying taxes on junk foods, and clear color-coded labels on food products to den...

Lives Saved through Simple Changes

...spitals. Today, the incorporation of these simple, powerful changes have lowered the chances of death in the hospital. There have been numerous collaborations with several organizations which are actively supporting Berwick's successful program. But this is only the beginning. However the need of the hour i...

New Approach Assesses Risk of Water-Borne Pathogen Disease

...ptospirosis. The researchers successfully used a powerful molecular technology called polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to measure and compare levels of Leptospira in environmental surface waters at urban and rural sites in the Peruvian Amazon region of Iquitos. Leptospirosis, caused by bacteria of the genus ...

Researchers Make a Major Strategic Breakthrough in Controlling the AIDS Virus

...V-AIDS pandemic.” “This important discovery is a powerful example of what can be achieved through partnership,” added Dr. Eliot Phillipson, President and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation. “Canada is proud to have researchers of Dr. Sékaly’s calibre keeping our country at the forefront of the glob...

PSA Can Predicts The Treatment Response In Advanced Prostate Cancer

... seven months of androgen deprivation therapy is a powerful predictor of risk of death in patients with new metastatic prostate cancer. This could allow oncologists to identify patients who are unlikely to do well with this treatment long before they develop clinical signs of treatment resistance,” says lead ...

Gardasil, a cervical cancer vaccine, hits the market

... to administer the inaugural shot. This vaccine is powerful in containing the spread of sexually transmitted human papilloma virus (HPV), the main reason behind cervical cancer. Further this vaccine will also protect against HPV, which causes genital warts. An ecstatic Fraser said 'The vaccine will be avai...

Feedback Loop Governing Ovarian Development Unraveled

... during regeneration." Tapping into that kind of powerful feedback loop could help treat many kinds of disorders and show how the power of stem cells could be harnessed to help organs call different cell types into action and regenerate, the researchers said. Stem cells are cells that have not yet specializ...

Ad Campaign Targeting Republicans On Medicare Prescription Drug Program

...ey recognize the significance of older people as a powerful voting bloc in the midterm election when control of Congress hangs in the balance. However, the efforts of trial lawyers targeting congressional Republicans on prescription drug votes seems to be having no effect as the polls show broad satisfact...

Medtronic Device Proves Effective in Parkinson’s Diseas

..., neurostimulation of the subthalamic nucleus is a powerful treatment that alleviates the burden of advanced Parkinson's disease." The Activa device includes electrodes surgically implanted in the brain and connected by an extension under the skin to a neurostimulator implanted near the collarbone. The ele...

Overdose of Chemotherapy Drug kills a woman

...s.The dosage was extremely high and the drug is so powerful that it starts acting within minutes of administration. It damages both cancerous and healthy cells very quickly. According to Fields, staff in the ICU of the University of Alberta hospital took every possible step to try to save her but their “her...

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