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Now a Drug to Stop the Feeling of Hunger

...hnology transfer company, and is currently working towards creating a commercial anti-obesity drug. The findings of the study were presented during the 70th meeting of the Hebrew University Board of Governors....

India to Propose Global Fund for Clean Energy Technologies

Calling itself a responsible nation towards climate change, India will propose a dedicated global fund at the G8 Outreach Summit Friday to finance the development of clean energy technologies based on the resources available with the developing world. In a position paper on climate change c...

South African AIDS Delegates Issue Contraception Call

...ns, criticising the government for failing to move towards a widespread circumcision programme. "Although t... on gender issues, lamenting on continued violence towards women who are the majority of South Africa's 5.5 million HIV sufferers. Njongonkulu Ndungane, the ...

Exposure to Sun from Early Life can Increase the Risk of Skin Cancer

... Medicine and Public Health. Their research points towards the fact that early life sun exposure, from birth to 20 years old, is linked to an increase in the risk of melanomas with BRAF gene mutations. A different mutation, on the NRAS gene, was found in patients who had sun exposure later in life (betwee...

Combination Therapy Reduces Tumor Resistance to Radiation

...nesis inhibitors in shifting tumor radioresistance towards tumor apoptosis and suggests that a combination of radiation and angiogenesis inhibitors could potentially be used to overcome HIF-1dependent tumor radioresistance....

Bush Administration Allows Returning Soldiers to Disintegrate, Say Critics

... out on the callousness of the Bush administration towards its own soldiers returning from battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. The veterans are finding it evermore difficult to get mental health treatment because military insurance is cutting payments to therapists, on top of the already low reimburseme...

Developing Antimetastasis Therapy- An Early Stage of Tumor Control.

...s fluid that continually percolates from the tumor towards nearby lymphatic vessels. The EPFL research shows ... quantities of a signaling molecule. Cells migrate towards high concentrations of this molecule, so if they are close enough to the lymphatic to sense the mole...

New 'green' Pyre to Cool Planet While Burning India's Dead

...gh investments in projects in developing countries towards their undertakings. More than a third of the 674 carbon credit schemes currently registered are located in India, producing about 15 percent of the mechanism's certified emissions reductions. "We are in talks with a UK-based carbon broker" on wheth...

Tougher Gun Show Controls in California Slash Sales of Weapons Linked to Crime

...s: This study represents a small but critical step towards truly effective gun control in a country where the culture of guns verges on the incomprehensible. Although there is no evidence that the deranged shooter obtained his guns from a gun show, the implications for prevention seem evident. They reveal ...

13 Million Die Worldwide Due to Unhealthy Environment: New WHO Report

...uries. "These country estimates are a first step towards assisting national decision-makers in the sectors of health and environment to set priorities for preventive action," said Susanne Weber-Mosdorf, WHO Assistant Director-General for Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments. "It is important ...

WHO Intensifies Work on Safe Blood for Mothers

...a redefined in Ottawa this week and aiming to work towards universal access to safe blood transfusion in supp...as been made since the beginning of the millennium towards ensuring a safer, more adequate supply of blood. One of the survey's indicators was the implement...

US Army to Recruit More Psychiatrists to Counsel Stressed Out Soldiers

...ical and community interventions that are directed towards these patients are needed. The military has seen a number of high-profile incidents of alleged abuse in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, including the killings of 24 civilians by Marines, the rape and killing of a 14-year-old girl and the slaying...

Muslim Nations Urged To Address Health Needs

...be eased. Bearing the theme "Health _ the impetus towards Islamic solidarity" the international symposium is attended by health ministers and officials from the 56 countries under the OIC. Also participating are relevant international bodies such as the World Health Organization, Unicef, CDC-US and other OI...

WHOs Plan of Global Stockpile of Bird Flu Vaccine Gathers Momentum

...ine available. "This is another significant step towards creating a global resource to help the world and especially to help developing countries in case of a major outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza," said Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General. "WHO welcomes this contribution from the vaccines industry a...

Wipro Goes Green With Eco-friendly Desktops, Laptops

...ly range of products as part of our responsibility towards cleaner environment," Vaidya noted. Wipro embarked on tackling the e-waste problem in August 2005 by getting its manufacturing facility certified under ISO 14001. The following year, it began offering free e-waste recycling to its customers. "Gre...

Risk Factors for Rheumatoid Arthritis

...RA. These findings represent a significant step towards better understanding of the risk factors for RA and may contribute to improved future prevention and treatment of this debilitating disease. The first study showed that smoking (odds ratio 1.77; 95% confidence interval 1.13 to 2.78) and a low level...

FDAs Failure Urges It to Reassess Its Policies

...ls. The focus of the proposals is to move the FDA towards shipments that pose the greatest risk to food safety. To enable the proposed system to work efficiently, countries and private businesses -- including foreign manufacturers, importers and U.S. manufacturers using imported ingredients -- might be re...

Should the UK Adopt Dutch Rules on Euthanasia in Newborn Babies?

...a therapeutic option is seen as a “slippery slope” towards its wider use, she says, although some reject this argument. Another reason is the fear that active killing may have a negative impact on the psychology of professional staff, and that parents may feel pressured to accept the option of euthanasia s...

World’s First Attempt To Restore Sight Using Gene Therap

... important and exciting and represents a huge step towards establishing gene therapy for the treatment of many different eye conditions." The clinical trial was given a million pounds ($2 million) of funding by Britain's Department of Health, which said the pioneering research underlined the country's lead...

Anti-fungal Drug Block Angiogenesis

... have such a role." There has been a great surge towards discovering these types of drugs to help in treating cancers. The tissue like human umbilical cords is a rich source of blood vessels and cells from it have been used in research. There have been almost 2,400 existing drugs that have been tested on t...

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