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Stem Cell Treatment may Prolong Lives of Children With Brittle Bone Disease

...e-third of the long-bone fractures, as compared to their untreated counterparts. The experimental mice also had stronger bones and longer leg bones than the control subjects. A report published in New Scientist magazine says that the treatment has already been tried in the US on three children with OI w...

Genetic Mutation That Makes Common Cancers Resistant to Drugs Identified

... inhibitors," he added. The researchers say that their findings may help in the advancement of cancer treatment and drug development, if they are validated by further studies. "This is a gorgeous study that used a variety of sophisticated techniques to provide new insights into the tumourigenic proces...

For Bangladeshis, a Nutritious Diet Would Cost 1,700 Pounds Per Week

...itious diet , they would have to spend three times their salary on food. According to official estimates reported by The Independent, this would amount to a 1,700 pound bill at the supermarket each week. The research calculated how much a healthy diet, based on local produce and allowing for seasonal f...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Blamed for Backtracking in the Fight Against Carbon Emission

...ion that American environmentalists hope will turn their country from a laggard on climate change, to a lea...try. Nine north-eastern states have committed to their own carbon trading scheme, and more than 400 mayors have pledged their cities to reduce emissions. ...

American Bests Japanese Hot Dog Eating Champion, Sets Record

...hort, shoveling in a still-remarkable 63 dogs with their buns in the stipulated 12 minutes. In the final stretch, Kobayashi managed to pull abreast of Chestnut when a sudden urge to vomit forced him to block his mouth with his hands and settle for second place -- disqualification follows if vomit spills ...

Cat Exposure Increases Bronchial Responsiveness

...beneficial for allergic individuals, regardless of their specific allergies. This was an unexpected findi...llege in London, and 12 other researchers reported their findings in the first issue for July 2007 of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care M...

Dietary Counseling Leads to Weight Loss

...ave to lose 100 pounds to make a big difference in their health." The study, "Meta-analysis: Effect of Dietary Counseling for Weight Loss," appears in the July 3, 2007, issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. To reach Dr. Dansinger, contact Catherine Bromberg, Tufts-New England Medical Center (617-636-02...

Will Seven Be the Lucky Number for Las Vegas Newlyweds?

...ried on Saturday, July 7, 2007 -- 7/7/7 -- placing their bets on future domestic tranquility and happiness..... To help boost profits and provide mementos for their guests, the Little White Chapel is selling t-shirts, coffee mugs and other items made especially for...

New Oncogene for Brain Cancer

...ormed by the combination were indistinguishable in their shape and brain-invasive behavior from human oligo...ich PDGFB does not induce by itself. Combined with their earlier findings, this led the team to hypothesize that IGFBP2 activates the Akt pathway, which they...

New York, the City That Roars 24/7, is Forced to Quiet Down

...s will be given a chance to produce a plan to curb their noise output; and if they don't deliver, fines of ...mpressive sound systems meant to rock passersby to their bones can be slapped with fines from 100-350 dollars if their reggaeton favorites, for example, can ...

Insight Into Neural Stem Cells Has Implications For Designing Therapies

...velop cell-based brain therapies. The results of their study are reported online in "Science Express" tod...to being re-specified. When they were taken out of their niche and transplanted into another region of the subventricular zone, they continued to produce the...

Aboriginal People Less Likely to Use Methadone Therapy

...riginal people who use heroin are less likely than their non-Aboriginal counterparts to use methadone maintenance therapy for treatment of their addiction. Dr. Evan Wood and colleagues evaluated factors associated with use of methadone mainte...

Live Earth: How Global Warming Became Cool

...(IPCC), tasked with assessing greenhouse gases and their impact on the climate. In 1992, the Rio Summit delivered the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which in turn fathered the Kyoto Protocol on tackling greenhouse gases. The IPCC has issued four reports since 1990, delivering judge...

Low Income Family Adolescents Suffer Migraine

...ely than other teens to get migraine regardless of their socioeconomic status, since they are predisposed. But for teens without a strong predisposition, reflected by the absence of migraine in first-degree relatives, family income factors into the prevalence of migraine, particularly among those teens ...

New Clues About Multiple Sclerosis

...ns than Caucasians ,this is due to differences in their immune systems, according to a study published in...t the products of these genes and the mechanism of their effects remain unknown. The study found that African Americans had MS for an average of nine years...

Diabetic Skip Jabs to Stay Slim

...od or adolescence, need daily injections to manage their condition as the pancreas does not produce any ins...sometimes did not take insulin in order to control their weight. "Diabetes is a chronic condition. Teenagers and young adults need appropriate and rapid a...

Anti-doping Rules Must Avoid Unsatisfactory Decisions: WADA

...overning bodies such as the PCB do not ensure that their anti-doping rules are able to avoid unsatisfactory decisions as the majority decision of the PCB Appeals Committee in this case, a WADA spokesman told a foreign news agency. The criticism comes days after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ru...

Four Pakistan Children Abused Daily: SPARC Report

...Press Club here said people have failed to protect their children and the Pakistan Government has also fail...of children. People either known to the child or their family, like teachers, coaches, physicians, clerics and neighbours, commit 49 per cent of the sexual...

EpiCept Accelerates Development of Phase I Clinical Study for Cancer

... in the development of EPC2407 and we believe that their participation will result in our completing the trial ahead of plan. We expect to be in a position to report the results of this important clinical trial later this year." EPC2407 has shown promising vascular targeting activity with nanomolar poten...

Women's Empowerment Key to Curbing AIDS: UN

...st also seize every opportunity for women to learn their infection status. Being married is not safe ... Women can turn the tide in this epidemic. Women are best placed to make existing tools work," she said. As of June 2006, around one million Africans were receiving antiretroviral drugs which roll back...

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