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Gene for Schizophrenia identified

In US a team of researcher from the university of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas reported that the gene NR1 when deleted in the experimental mice resulted in memory loss similar to schizophrenia in humans. // The mice were trained to identify food treats buried in the sand with the...

Mystery Behind The Déjà Vu Phenomenon Yet To Be Resolvd

...een or experienced certain things before. // Leeds university researchers have found that it is nothing more than a defect in the memory process. Though all of us have experienced similar feeling in our day-to-day life, for some people, this kind of a feeling is constant. A man who presented to the memory cli...

Link between Old Cells and Ageing probed

...on between age factor and ageing cells? Now, Brown university biologists have found new proof that might establish this connection between old cells and old bodies. // During a study of baboons, it was discovered that as the baboons aged, their skin showed an increased presence of old cells. It is well known ...

Hwang Woo Suk Suspended By Seoul National University

... banned with immediate effect from teaching at the university or conducting research. They may face permanent di...y committee makes a final decision, according to a university source. Lead author Hwang and the six co-authors were involved in faking research to claim that th...

Help at home for the elderly would be beneficial

According to a Purdue university study, elderly who have access to help at home are hospitalised to a lesser extent than those who do not. // The relation and relevance of the study lies in the fact that it would be helpful in reducing health-care costs for older adults. The answ...

Temptation Yardstick: Out of sight - Out of mind - Out of mouth!

...cle on these findings. The researchers tested 40 university women and faculty, by subjecting them to 30 Candies at reach, in opaque jars and at a distance away from them. The observations were recorded along with the candy count at the end of the day. Later the jar was refilled. Not surprisingly, the partici...

Bruce Vladeck Will Hold Fort (interim) of UMDNJ

... and financial irregularities that have rocked the university during the past year. <br...

Bio-Functional Garments That Could Revolutionize Fashion Industry

...he laboratory at the clinic for dermatology at the university in Jena about 250 km southeast of Hanover. Garments with microcapsules that contain certain skin-pampering agents such as vitamin E or scents such as lavender or orange oil are sold widely. The capsules are made from a variety of materials that ope...

Sex a commonplace in Chinese life

...x and marriage. A study was conducted among the university students to analyze about what they think with regards to sex. It was astonishing to find that 62 % think that premarital sex is acceptable as long as it occurs between true lovers, 85% think it's not obligatory for sex partners to marry if they do n...

Bio-functional Garments Gaining Popularity

...he laboratory at the clinic for dermatology at the university in Jena. Certain clothes are also scented with vitamin E. Buschmann said that manufacturers have recently begun supplying extra microcapsules to consumers so that they can counter the effects of washings. Clothing with cyclodextrines is becoming popu...

Genes And Environmental Factors Determine Stress Response

Researchers from Duke university Medical Center have established that an individual’s health and well being is largely influenced by a complex interplay between genetic and environmental factors//. In addition, genes might play a crucial role in determining the psychological and bio...

Doctors Protest Against Allowing Nurses To Perform Minor Surgeries

...er doctor. 'Top grades at A-level, five years of university training, then a minimum of three years further practice. Make sure you take your advice from someone who has done their homework,' read another put up on the exclusive website for GPs and hospital consultants. Although an efficient nurse may learn...

Protective Protein Could Hold The Key In Fight Against Tuberculosis

...d Africa. Indian scientists and researchers from university of Florida have joined hands in unraveling the mystery the associated with a protective protein, which they believe would boost the immune system to fight against the bacteria. Furthermore, it could enable easy and quick recovery of infected patients...

Type 1 diabetes has a cure?

...clusters. But Dr. Unanue and two other independent university labs say they can't find the signature of regenerated spleen stem cells. They were unsuccessful in curing the mice. Hence Dr. Unanue said that controlling the immune system is very essential thereby it is possible for the few remaining pancreatic ...

Chinese Students Affected By Unknown Flu

...an still see a couple of ambulances waiting on the university campus to respond to any emergency needs. It rem...high fever in the students on the same campus, but university officials say that the disease has brought under control. Shang Xinguo, an official from the Henan...

Arab World Wakes Up To the Call of Science

... heart of their strategic plans. He said that a US university spends more on research than all Arab countries put together. He suggested that the increasing revenues from oil production should be used to fund science and technology development. Statistics show that Arab nations put together spend about 0.15 %...

Competitive Advantage Are Attained In Which Freeloaders Are Punished

...e. The researchers asked 84 students from a German university to either join a virtual group that does not financially punish freeloaders or a group that is nearly identical but allows members to punish freeloaders. The differences in cooperation between the two groups can be likened to neighboring towns with d...

Protest against G.O. No. 19

...e burnt. The students have also alleged that the university authorities had added nine marks for the service candidates to make them qualify in the entrance examination....

Technology at its nano best: hand-held lab-on-a-chip for blood tests

...edical Research Institute (NSBRI). Along with the university IRIS International, Inc., are working on this project. The process of blood testing takes about two minutes. Dr. Yu-Chong Tai, investigator on NSBRI’s Technology Development Team said, “Analysis of blood composition is how doctors test for infection...

Sleeping Position Speaks A Lot About The Couples Relationship

...ecker, leader of the sleep laboratory at Marburg's university clinic. Christoph Schraivogel, who runs the Internet portal www.schlafkampagne.de, is convinced that it is wishful thinking that two people can sleep restfully under one cover. And there are good reasons for that. "For many people, closeness ...

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