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Researchers Have Found New Methods To Treat Parkinson’s Diseas

... bring significant insight into basic and clinical science to develop effective drugs for Parkinson's disease." There may be clinical implications to this finding, Guo confirmed. "If we understand how the disease is brought on, it will help us develop more therapies," she added. "If we can find drugs that ...

Heparin Based Nanoscale Materials Developed For Dialysis Treatment

... and Omkaram ‘Om’ Nalamasu, professor of materials science and engineering, at Rensselaer. Additional co-auth...araghavan, a recent doctoral graduate in materials science and engineering at Rensselaer. Funding for this research was provided by the National Institutes of ...

Sensory Input Necessary During "Critical Periods" Of Brain Development

... development and plasticity. "What we found opens science up to a more global look at genes, from studying one gene at a time to looking at families of genes acting together," said first author Marta Majdan, Harvard Medical School research fellow in neurobiology. These findings suggest that genetic therapie...

Physical Attraction Alone May Not Boost Up Sales

...g to do with physical attractiveness, reported the science portal EurekAlert. The research by Paul M. Herr at the University of Colorado and others argues that an attractive model presents the first unified theory explaining how we respond to spokespeople and models, outlining the major processes involved ...

Stay Young By Cutting Down Calories

...ir liver function and overall health, reported the science portal EurekAlert. An eight percent reduction is the equivalent of a few hundred calories in an average human diet and moderate exercise is equivalent to taking a short walk, the scientists say. The findings indicate even small reductions in calo...

Childhood Arthritis May Lead To Fracture At Later Part Of Life

...itis increases the risk of fractures, reported the science portal EurekAlert. Arthritis is the inflammation of the body's joints, causing pain, swelling, and difficulty in body movement. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, which is also known as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is the most common pediatric ...

Adolescent Girls Have Faster Psychological Improvement Than Boys

...roved at a faster rate by the age 25, reported the science portal News-Medical. Adolescence is the transitional stage of development between childhood and full adulthood, representing the period of time during which a person is biologically adult but emotionally not fully mature. Although young adults ar...

Tiniest Nanoscale Test Tubes Corked; Holds Promise In Cancer Treatment

...‘Nano’ stems from nanotechnology, the fast-growing science of making objects or devices that approach molecular dimensions. One nanometer equals one-billionth of a metre. To ‘cork’ the test tubes, the researchers applied an amino chemical group to the mouth of the tubes and an aldehyde chemical group to th...

UIC Study Throws Light On Sexual Assaults

... Gaensslen, professor and head of the UIC forensic science program, and Matthew Juhascik, who received his doctoral degree in biopharmaceutical sciences from UIC, assisted with the study. Source :Eureka Alert...

Jaipur Girl’s Rare Feat: The Youngest To Pass Class 12 At The Age Of 1

...ical practitioner, passed her Class 12 exam in the science stream as a regular student of Mangalam Vidhyapeet...is a big hurdle for her future plans. "I took up science because I wanted to be a doctor. Despite my achievement, I am not allowed to take the pre-medical te...

Web Romance Is Catching Up Among The Youths In China

...rt on behalf of her brother. "Like many computer science students, my brother is a web junkie and always on the Internet. BBS is a good way for someone who spends ten hours a day with his computer to look for his true love," Ma said. However, according to an administrator of Pie Love, there are also nume...

UNICEF Facts & Figures About Maternal Death In India On The Eve Of Mother’s Da

...those seen a centaury ago despite the evolution in science and technology and innovation of the latest gajets in the medical field. In rural India, the figure is even higher at 619, according to facts and figures brought out by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).Maternal mortality is generally def...

Biotech Osiris to go public

...tiny, and debates have been raging about what this science can really offer. Controversy has always surrounded this area of research and morality issues about stem cells being extracted from human embryos have been clashing with scientific issues. This has led the federal government to reduce major funding o...

Use of Nanoparticles in Sunscreen under Scrutiny

...ose. But John Bailey, executive vice president for science at the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association, said that they are having a strict look out for all possible dangers and along with the FDA's authority people need not fear of any suffering any negative consequences due to nanotechnology....

Bad Gossiping Can Have A Positive Side

... promote friendships among strangers, reported the science portal. In the first two parts of the study, the researchers instructed two groups of participants of the study to list the positive and negative attitudes they shared at the early and later stages of close relationships. Both groups recalled more...

FDA chief takes decision without two senior officials’ opinion

...e non-profit Center for Reproductive Rights saying science was influenced by politics. Director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Dr. Steven Galson, admitted that he wanted to approve the drug. Still, in Galson’s words, “then Acting FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford told me that he was co...

Plans Of Recruiting Pas From America Causes Displeasure In Scotland

...he country. The project will allow newly qualified science graduates to carry out minor operations after only one or two years of medical training. It was explained that Pas were commonly used in America, these people assist in surgery, conduct physical examinations, provide patient education and preventat...

Three-Dimensional Image Of AIDS Virus – BY FSU Researcher

...nfection,’ said Roux, a member of FSU's biological science faculty since 1978. His biggest surprise: the s...l example of what happens when strong, sound basic science is applied to a very difficult problem.’ The National Institutes of Health funded the two-year st...

Sexual Desire In Human Linked To Genes: Study

...e and female Israeli university students, reported science portal News-Medical. When they compared the results, they found that common variations in the sequence of DNA impacted sexual desire, arousal and function and led to differences and diversity in the human sexual phenotype. Little has been known a...

Students to Evaluate the Performance of Teachers

... the reform committee and teaches at the political science department. The teachers will be judged by students on their ability to complete the course on time, number of classes taken and the way they explain important topics and subjects to students. 'We have been working on the project for two months b...

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