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Scientists Develop Artificial Blood Vessels for Vascular Grafts in Mice

...adable porous, tubular polyester urethane scaffold using a rotational vacuum seeding device. After they had cultured their vascular constructs for seven days, the researchers implanted them in the abdominal aortas of rats eight weeks before performing tests to determine how well the grafts had performed....

Scientists Have Discovered Blood Protein That Could Spot Colon Cancer

...te results in identifying the 28 existing cancers, using the same protein markers. "These proteins seem very good at separating normal samples from cancerous ones and identifying other groups with pre-cancers at high risk for disease as well," Getzenberg said. The findings of the study were published i...

Flower-power on a Plate in Paris

...Galles hotel. And both chefs admit to occasionally using "natural aromas" to boost the taste of flowers use... for gourmets. From begonia soup to green terrines using chrysanthemums and hemerocallis quiche, Nardo grows her own flowers and says the new cuisine "is eas...

Singapore's HIV/AIDS Cases Rise by Record Levels in 2006

...tion of condom use, preferring instead to focus on using more effective and cheaper methods such as preventing mother-to-child infections....

China Toothpaste Maker Pulls Suspect Ingredient

...ased to the Shanghai stock exchange, it was longer using diethylene glycol, or DEG. The Shanghai-listed fir...ay Hong Kong authorities warned the public to stop using three brands of toothpaste containing DEG, including White Cat's Maxam and two other brands called S...

Genome Annotation by Mutation

...nt DNAWu and Capecchi improved their new method by using it in combination with a transposon or so-called jumping gene named piggyBac, which comes from a moth. They used piggyBac to insert pieces of loxP DNA randomly into numerous spots on the mouse genome. So scientists easily can breed multiple generatio...

Alzheimers Disease Enzyme may Interfere With Brain Function

...from the cell membrane. A series of experiments using brain tissue from animal models and from Alzheimer...tion of sodium channels, so therapeutic strategies using those inhibitors will need to be carefully designed....

World Epilepsy Week - 2007

...lp control seizures, transplanting stem cells, and using a device that could predict seizures up to 3 minutes before they begin. In addition, researchers are continually improving MRI and other brain scans. People with epilepsy often report impairments in their memory, language, attention, concentratio...

Breast-feeding Protects Mothers from Rheumatoid Arthritis

...Barcelona, Spain. The latest study was conducted using the data from a community-based health study in Spain between 1991 and 1996, comparing health information from 136 women, reported health portal Medical News Today. Comparable use of oral contraceptives (OCs) or hormone replacement therapy (HRT) di...

Alzheimer's-associated Enzyme Linked to Seizures

...ify neuronal function, researchers conducted tests using brain tissue from animal models and from Alzheimer's patients after making sure that the beta2 subunit, similar to APP, can be acted on by BACE and gamma-secretase, releasing a portion of the beta2 molecule from the cell membrane. The study found t...

Child Car Seat Danger

...es more likely to sustain a head injury than those using a dedicated child restraint. Many children move to an adult seatbelt too early, Dr Zurynski said. In New South Wales and Victoria, the mean age of transition to a seatbelt is 5.6 years (and as early as 3 years). Australian parents (and) carers we...

Radiology Workforce Shortage

... therefore ease demand. Dr Kenny also recommends using new technologies to eliminate the need for film production by radiographers and handling by radiologists....

Punjab Wants Ban on Advertisements by Doctors

Taking serious note of doctors using advertisements to lure patients to their clinics and hospitals, the Punjab government Monday asked the state's medical council to take steps to ban such advertisements . Punjab's medical education and research minister Tikshan Sood said here that a...

Nanoparticle in the Treatment of Glaucoma

...Dakota State University, developed the research on using nanoparticles as a delivery mechanism for the comp...hetnikov started looking into the possibilities of using nanoparticles as drug delivery tools. Subsequent research with his advisors led to the specific appl...

Hot Tips for Keeping Your PC Cool in Summer

...ally, consider turning your PC off when you're not using it during particularly hot spells. If you need to keep the PC itself running, look for other heat-generating electronic components that can be powered down while the computer does its work. Monitors, for instance, can also generate significant heat, ...

Preimplanted Genetic Screening Should Be Interpreted With Caution

...in analysed 8 cell embryos at day 3 of development using the FISH (fluorescence in situ hybridization) tech...d. The abnormal embryos were re-analysed on day 5, using the same method. By comparing FISH results of day 5 embryos to the abnormal results of the same e...

Blackcurrants can Protect from Heart Disease, Cancer

... have been apparent for some time, with herbalists using them since the Middle Ages to treat bladder stones, liver disorders and coughs. The berry's high vitamin C content led to them being made into a cordial, which was given free to children during the Second World War. Blackcurrants have a very swee...

Etanercept Reduces Psoriasis

...ed every 12 weeks. Psoriasis severity was measured using the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) score, where zero means no disease and 72 is the most severe disease. 'Exposure-adjusted rates of adverse events, serious adverse events, infections and serious infections were similar for placebo and et...

Thirty One Kids Rescued from a Pedophile Ring

...ay's verdict serves as a powerful warning to those using the Internet to facilitate the sexual exploitation of children," said Jim Gamble, the child protection center's chief executive. Cox, who used the online identity Son of God, ran the website from his bedroom from a large farmhouse where he lived wit...

Challenges in Prostate Cancer Screening by Prostate Cancer Antigen

Screening for prostate cancer using prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing continues to be problematic. Even though it is unproven whether population-wide screening with PSA can reduce death, illness or disability from prostate cancer, testing has become common in North America. A ...

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