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Gene linked to 'Missing Eye' condition in newborns

Bilateral Anophthalmia is a devastating condition, which is very rare, affecting approximately one in every 100,000 births. In this condition, babies are born without eyes i.e. they are born with empty eye sockets. This condition occurs due to the foetus not developing eyes in the normal way in the first 28 days of pregnancy. Babies born with this condition are often fitted with prosthetic eyes t...

Missing Protein In Cancer Development

A research indicates lack of protein to development of cancer. Cells without this protein are usually rendered genetically unstable. Such instability would either kill a cell or keep it from growing. However sometimes mutations alter cells in such a way that they are able to multiply creating tumors. Researchers indicated that loss of E2F3 itself doesn't cause cancer but its absence gives a norma...

Missing teeth associated with blocked arteries

Researchers at Downstate Medical Center in New York have discovered a possible link between the number of missing teeth and the severity of atherosclerosis or blocked arteries.// The researchers checked up on the number of missing teeth in 115 patients referred for transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and measured the concurrent thickness of the aortic plaque using this method. They a...

Missing Chromosomes Revealed Brain Tumor Therapy Effect – Research Find

Study results have uncovered that missing portions of 2 chromosomes located at 1p and 19q predicted the prognosis of Brain tumor therapy//. The senior author Walter J. Curran Jr., M.D., professor and chair of radiation oncology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, have found a paradigm shift in managing rare, malignant but treatable brain tumors a...

Diabetic Girl Reported Missing

14-year-old girl, Stephanie Mullen, a type 1 diabetic has been reported missing in West Lothian. Fearing that the girl could have probably run out of medication// leaving her gravely ill, police have appealed for public attention in this matter. Stephanie left her home in Uphall, at 2 pm on Monday. Stephanie went missing after spending Monday afternoon with a 16-year-old female friend i...

To Ape or Not To Ape? Bridging Missing Links in Medical Research

Raging controversies have always surrounded animal experimentation, but the simmering issue deals with the idea of using primates in medical research.// The reason for the yo-yoing on the issue of using primates in medical testing hovers around their extreme likeness with humans. Primate testing has triggered controversies mainly due to two primary issues: whether the experiments on...

Missing Medical Store Owner's Body Found

The body of the proprietor of a medical store, who was missing for the past few days, has been found in Panjuana Canal, police said today. // Pradeep Goyal's body was handed over to his kin after autopsy, the said. Goyal left his house on Friday morning and since then his whereabouts remained obscure, police said adding his relatives filed a complaint after failing to trace...

Needles Given To Drug Addicts Go Missing In Scotland

Statistics released by the Scottish Executive show that around 2.9 million clean needles were dispensed for drug users, but only 1.9 million were returned thus sparking a shortage of a million needles and concerns over hepatitis C as well. //...

Tourists Face Health Risks by Missing Vaccinations

According to a new survey millions of British tourists face several health risks are risking their health by not taking their vaccinations or anti malaria pills before they go abroad//. The study has revealed that around three million people have visited tropical countries on holiday over the last five years without taking the recommended vaccination. Although malaria has c...

Missing Your Daily Vegetables Takes out Years of Your Life

Missing one's recommended daily intake of vegetables and fruits could be worse than abusing alcohol or drugs and unsafe sex on life expectancy.// It has been estimated that the minimum recommended daily intake is two pieces of fruit and five serves of vegetables at least. According to the 2005 Total Victorian Health Report not eating enough fruit and vegetables accounted for...

Voices of HIV-positive missing at AIDS conference

The voices of people living with HIV/AIDS were muted or often missing this week at the world's largest ever AIDS conference in Toronto, meant to address their rights and unique needs.// Over five days, through hundreds of back-to-back sessions attended by 24,000 people, those most impacted by the raging epidemic were poorly represented. This despite the well-known fact that AIDS progra...

Missing Molecule Has Important Role in a Developmental Brain Abnormality

A molecule that is part of a complex signaling network in the developing brain plays //a critical role in periventricular heterotopia (PVH), a congenital brain malformation, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in Neuron. PVH often leads to a variety of neurological disorders such as epilepsy, mental retardation, and learning or memory deficits. It has many environmental and gen...

Artificial Teeth Developed to Replace Missing Teeth

Tokyo: Japanese researchers have successfully developed artificial teeth that they say could replace the natural teeth// in mice and eventually help with similar procedures in humans. In the technique, researchers developed the artificial teeth from a single cell implanted into the mouths of adult mice and said this could help replace missing teeth in humans, reported the online editi...

Rural Heart Patients Missing Out

Rural heart patients are suffering from inequalities in health services between rural and metropolitan areas, according to health experts . Chronic heart failure is an increasing public health problem in developed countries as the population ages, and Australia has one of the highest population growths in the over-65 years age group. Significant inequalities in healt...

'Missing Link' Stem Cells may Shorten Path to Therapies

The discovery of a mouse embryonic stem cell startlingly similar to its human counterpart will likely speed progress toward the regeneration of healthy cells and organ tissue in people, two studies reported Wednesday. The newly-found "epiblast" stem cells, taken from the inner-most layer of week-old rodent embryos, will provide a better model in testing potential therapies for huma...