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Kalam Stressed the Need for Stem Cell Research to Cure Neuro Disorder

...this unique research. Kalam was impressed by the scientific research works carried out by the scientists and research workers of the institution. According to him, the institute is blessed with great teachers who are striving to improve the abilities of the mentally challenged students. "The types of work...

Myths About Hydropower Projects Exposed

...myth of big hydropower projects being clean, a new scientific study has revealed that large dams in the country are accountable for at least 19 percent of India's global warming emissions, especially methane. According to the study, Indian dams are larger methane emitters and total methane emissions from the...

Students Devise Oral Quick-dissolve Strips for Rotavirus Vaccine

...eliver the vaccine, Vu Truong, cofounder and chief scientific officer at Aridis, contacted Mao. Truong earned a doctorate in pharmacology and molecular science from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and knew of Maos expertise in biomaterials. Mao, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering i...

New Brain Neuromarker May Shed Light on Autism and Schizophrenia

... new brain rhythm will serve as a stimulus for the scientific community to further investigate the phi complex and its implications for understanding not only normal social cognition, but pathologies of social behavior. The ground-breaking research by Dr. Scott Kelso and colleagues leading to the discovery o...

Beware Weight Loss Drugs, Say Canadian Experts

...drugs, whose manufacturers have to submit reams of scientific data, including rigorous human trials, to prove a potential drug is safe. In a 2004 study, Robert Saper, director of integrative medicine at Boston University Medical Center, found none of the 26 most common ingredients in over-the-counter weight-l...

A Drink a Day may Delay Dementia Progression

...ished in the May 22, 2007, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Mild cognitive impairment is an intermediary stage between normal aging and dementia that is used to categorize people with mild memory or cognitive problems and no significant disability. Researchers...

Flash-heating Inactivates HIV in Breast Milk: Study

...antibodies. "We wanted to be sure that there was scientific evidence that flash-heated milk was truly free of HIV, nutritious and immunologically beneficial. This study was done in response to the concerns of the mothers in Zimbabwe, and in addition provides evidence that field studies are warranted," said Ba...

Chemotherapy Drug Shrinks Brain Tumors

...ing a certain gene. The study was published in the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Researchers studied 149 people with low grade gliomas, a slow-growing type of brain tumor, who were treated with temozolomide chemotherapy for up to 30 months. The study found temozolomide reduced th...

Regular Smokers are at the Risk of Developing Depression

...Korhonen added. The research is published in the scientific journal Psychological Medicine....

Rise in Cigarette Use may Elucidate Asthma Epidemic in Children

...nth in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI). The pervasiveness of asthma has amplified no less than threefold during the past several decades, but the cause for this remains unidentified, according to author Renee D. G...

Stem Cell Answer to Infertility in Five Years, Says Scientist

...sperm has solicited criticism and caution from the scientific community, Dr. Nayernia has proceeded to experiment with samples of stem cells taken from the bone marrow of human males. The scientists added both vitamin A and proteins (both of which purportedly encourage the development of sperm) to the adult s...

Are Main Rivers in Himalayas Under Threat?

... here to release his presentation on the misuse of scientific research on Mt Everest. The first incident goes back to the 1960s after China conducted its first nuclear test in 1964, unnerving both neighbour India and the US, both of whom wanted to know what was happening on the other side of the bamboo curtai...

Resistance to Scientific Explanations By Children and Adults

Childrens resistance to scientific explanations is based in what they know and how mu...The resistance will continue into adulthood if the scientific claims are challenged and if the nonscientific alternative is based in common sense and championed b...

FDA Refuses to Lift Ban on Blood Donation by Gays

...ever, it would change this policy if supported by scientific data showing that a change in policy would not present a significant and preventable risk to blood recipients. The Food and Drug Administrations ban of 1983 prevents an estimated 62,300 gay and bisexual men from donating blood. Blood collection organ...

$5M Gift Will Attack Lou Gehrig's Disease

...ogy, Dr. Feldman and her team will work on several scientific fronts to try to stop or slow the disease. Working at first in animals, then in ALS patients, they hope to make quick progress. Among the weapons they will deploy against ALS are genetic tools to keep nerve cells from dying, new ways of delivering ...

Study on Bioactive Paper That can Detect Life Threatening Bacteria and Viruses

...anned pesticides in crop produce. Robert Pelton, scientific director of SENTINEL, the research consortium of 10 Canadian universities, nine industry partners, and other federal and provincial government for the development of the bioactive paper, said the idea stemmed in the wake of the SARS outbreak and the ...

UN Secretary General Urges G8 Summit to Act on Climate Change

...its consequences a UN priority, said Thursday that scientific evidence given recently by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is "unequivocal". "Its impact is clearly noticeable, and it is beyond doubt that human activities are contributing considerably to it," he said. He said inaction to address ...

Antibiotics Highly Effective for Treating Lyme Disease

... 23, 2007, in the online edition of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. L... the guideline, the authors analyzed all available scientific studies on the topic. The evidence shows that using antibiotics for two to four weeks is highly ef...

ECP may Be Effective in Treating Crohn's Disease

...ctivity criteria, as presented this afternoon at a scientific research session of Digestive Disease Week (DDW). The majority of patients who responded to ECP therapy had a notable improvement in their disease symptoms and signs after only six weeks of treatment. "We show in this pilot study that ECP is effect...

Soft Drink Additive Could Cause Cell Damage

... assessments for safety, undertaken by independent scientific committees." Nonetheless, manufacturers and retailers have begun to remove additives from food and drinks. Sainsbury's will have removed almost all artificial colourings, flavourings and benzoate preservatives by the end of June. Marks & Spencer wi...

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