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Ordinary drugs can interfere with death from cardiac problems

...e opinion that patients should not discontinue the uses of such drugs immediately, without consulting their physicians, as these drugs are vital treatments for certain clinical conditions....

Cancer diagnosis easier from microRNA

... and cancer. They have developed a technology that uses a bead-based miRNA capture method. In this process each individual bead will be marked with florescence tags that will be able to reveal the destination and the presence of the microRNA in the sample. The researchers have then tested their discovery...

Toxin from the sea to relieve pain

...along the north west coast of Australia. The snail uses the venom to paralyze the prey before killing it for food. At least 20 people have been known to die from poisoning by envenomation by cone snails. The researchers of the study said that the toxin not only has pain killing properties, it can also he...

Tetanus causing toxin has therapeutic properties

...itable for being turned into a drug with extensive uses in conditions like depression, anorexia, as well as neuro-degenerative disorders like Parkinson’s disease. Tetanus toxin is a form of neurotoxin belonging o the group of toxins like botulinum neurotoxins. These toxins have currently being used to tr...

Acrolein may be the key to halting spinal cord damage

... of treatment for spinal cord injuries. The center uses its close affiliation with the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine to move basic laboratory methods into clinically meaningful veterinary testing. This research was funded in part by the National Institu...

PET scans can detect the results of cognitive behavior therapy

...py is a new kind of therapy for mental health that uses cognitive therapy techniques and behavior therapy techniques together to bring about changes in the mental health conditions of patients suffering from depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress, obsessive compulsive disorder, bulimia nervosa etc. R...

Short term hormone replacement therapy effective

...ent Therapy (HRT) is the treatnment procedure that uses medication containing hormones like estrogen plus progestin, also known as synthetic progesterone. At times the treatment may involve estrogen-only therapy, especilaly for women who had surgical removal of their uterus. HRT is often used to treat sym...

CoQ10 bioavailability increased by Nanotechnology

...erefore saving on costs. The patented technology uses common food-grade emulsifiers and solvents to trap water droplets in oil. Modified, swollen micelles that can invert easily from being water in oil to oil in water are used. The technology is already being used in phytosterol-enriched oils and vitami...

New discovery made about the Nipah Virus

...ers have found that the virus to infect the humans uses a specific cell receptor called Ephrin-B2. The receptor is found in the nervous system and the blood vessels running to it. The receptors are important for the normal development of the nervous system and the surrounding blood vessels. Both the team...

Developing a new vaccine using a new technology

...o advance the development of the technology, which uses non-infectious vaccine vectors to stimulate specific immune responses directed against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The vectors are derived from adenoviruses, originally isolated from non-human primates, which have been engineered to be non-infec...

The Use of Radio Frequency Identification ( RFID) to tackle the growing menace of counterfeit drugs

...lectronic Product Code (EPC) based RFID technology uses RFID tags affixed on cases/consignments and a serialized EPC for identification to facilitate detection and subsequent segregation of genuine and counterfeit drugs. They feel that RFID tracking would help to improve the supply chain and that companie...

Women who had stopped HRT get back their symptoms

...eplacement therapy is the treatment procedure that uses medication containing hormones like estrogen plus progestin, also known as synthetic progesterone. At times the treatment may involve estrogen-only therapy, especially for women who had surgical removal of their uterus. HRT is often used to treat sym...

Causes of drug induced liver disease

...s in 10 to 15% of the cases thus affected. The FDA uses the rule to assess the liver toxicity of the drugs before they are approved. The current study is the first one to scientifically test the validity of the rule and analyze the causes and outcomes of the drug induced liver disease. The results of the...

Details Of Heart Failure Discovered

...at in the early stages of heart failure, the heart uses too much fatty acid and not enough carbohydrate; a...ey've discovered that the type of "fuel" the heart uses can contribute to the severity of heart failures. Normally, a heart derives energy from a balance o...

Virtual Colonoscopy May Be Better Than Real-time Colonoscopy

...ing method for colon cancer. Virtual colonoscopy uses a series of CT images to visually reconstruct the interior of the colon on a computer. Unlike standard colonoscopy--which explores only the interior of the colon, virtual colonoscopy depicts the surrounding areas as well. "Using the same amount of r...

Secret Of Heart Failure Revealed

...at in the early stages of heart failure, the heart uses too much fatty acid and not enough carbohydrate; a...ey've discovered that the type of "fuel" the heart uses can contribute to the severity of heart failures. This will pave away for future research in preven...

Yet Another Use For Cocoa Flavonols

Cocoa compounds have various uses , it can be marketed as functional food ingredients, or even synthesized for use in pharmaceuticals.// Researchers now say they have been able to identify the molecular structure of flavonols found in nature and now have an impressive library of di...

Consumers Becoming More Health Conscious Than Calorie Conscious

...ories. The Primaliv yoghurt [marketed in Sweden] uses images to demonstrate energy levels going up and down. Consumers don’t know GI but they can related to an energy high and energy low. The HealthFocus research has found that in almost every country surveyed, only half the overweight consumers questi...

Suicidal Tendencies May Be Treated With Cognitive Therapy

...is is a new kind of therapy for mental health that uses cognitive therapy techniques and behavior therapy techniques together to bring about changes in the mental health conditions of patients suffering from depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress, obsessive compulsive disorder, bulimia nervosa etc.Sui...

New Tools To Identify Flu Strains

...g the same biological processes that the HIV virus uses to convert RNA to DNA to replicate itself and elude the immune system. Then, a segment of the DNA is reproduced in a process called PCR, or "polymerase chain reaction," and enzymes are released that "digest," or cut that DNA at certain points. "The ...

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(Date:10/13/2008)...c mouse heart has an astounding capacity to regene...-mammalian species. The research, published by Cel...Developmental Cell , describes the previously unre...ce diseased tissue through compensatory proliferat...ndria, a cell structure required for energy produc...
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