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Tag: "primitive" at medical news

Doctors Remove Tumour from Heart in a Rare Surgery

... that Prabhu Ram was diagnosed to be ailing from a primitive neuroectodermal tumour (PNET) of the heart. It led to difficulty in breathing, high fever and swelling of the face. "Ram had a potentially deadly, cancerous tumour arising from both the upper chambers of the heart, blocking the blood flow into the ...

Bush Again Vetoes Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bill

...o cross this moral line." Embryonic stem cells are primitive cells from early stage embryos capable of developing into almost every tissue of the body. Scientists believe they could be crucial to finding a cure for a number of serious diseases, including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, diabetes and cancer. But Bu...

Human Pain-controlling Molecule's Structure Identified

...onary clock back a billion years to see how a more primitive P2X molecule functions," Nature quoted Thompson, as saying. "Inhibiting P2X as a potential pain-relief therapy would be the Holy Grail of rational drug design and could revolutionise the way we manage chronic pain conditions like back pain and migr...

Scientists Revealed the Key Molecule That Controls Pain

...onary clock back a billion years to see how a more primitive P2X molecule functions. The team discovered that there was only a 10% similarity between human P2X and the slime mould equivalent. They were therefore able to deduce from evolutionary theory that it was these similar parts of the molecule that proba...

Major Gene Link Seen to Childhood Asthma

...rt of the human genome. Similar genes are found in primitive organisms such as yeast. It may be a relic of some ancient human immune system, although its precise function -- and the role it appears to play in asthma -- remain unclear, said co-author William Cookson. Asthma is an inflammation of the bronchi...

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