Mystery Blood Vessel Disorder Implicated In 'Mini' Strokes
Physicians have long been puzzled by a condition called intracranial arterial dolichoectasia, in which the larger arteries of the brain become elongated and misshapen. Typically, it has been considered a complication of atherosclerosis ("hardening of the arteries"), and not directly life-threatening. However, there is recent evidence that people with dolichoectasia are more likely to have aortic...New factor implicated in allergy and asthma attacks
For a person with allergies or asthma, breathing in pollen can be a very bad thing. Within minutes of inhalation by someone sensitive to their effects, these tiny particles can trigger severe inflammation of the respiratory passages, producing uncontrollable sneezing, coughing, or extreme shortness of breath -- symptoms agonizingly familiar to those who suffer from allergy and asthma attacks....Researchers map of genetic variations implicated in disease
Sequence differences in less than 0.2% of the 3-billion-base human genome play a vital role in a bewildering variety of human disease. Today, researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the Cambridge University's Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, together with international colleagues report in PLoS Genetics their detailed maps of differences implicated in disease as well as...New genes implicated in rheumatoid arthritis
Researchers continue to search for genetic clues into rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic inflammatory joint disease. While its specific cause is not yet known, RA has been linked to an inherited susceptibility. Interestingly, despite its strong genetic component, RA's occurrence among siblings seems to be random. In the quest to identify disease-specific gene expression profiles in p...Cellular traffic backups implicated in skeletal malformations
A defective link in the intracellular protein "transit system" may lie at the heart of some craniofacial defects, new research in zebrafish suggests. In the Sept. 17 online issue of Nature Genetics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers report the identification of a mutation that causes severe skeletal deformities in zebrafish by shutting down a critical protein transport pat...Kidney Stones - Interesting New Research implicates bacteria as its cause
In India Kidney Stones are not uncommon problem due to the hot and often humid weather. Most of these stones are made up of Calcium, Oxalate and phosphates. The cause of stone disease is debatable, however it is well known that drinking less water is a risk factor for stone disease. New research by the National Kidney foundation suggests that the culprit is a tiny bacteria called N...Grapes, Melons Implicated in Outbreaks
According to researchers , there is a new study on seedless green grapes which caused a salmonella outbreak that sickened 30 people across six Western states last summer and fall. Researchers were surprised to find that the outbreak of Salmonella serotype senftenberg// most often found in meats and poultry was outwardly spread to people through grapes. Dr.Alicia, at the International C...Epstein - Barr virus Protein Implicated in Blood Cancer
Researchers at the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Medicine had identified a link between an Epstein - Barr virus (EBV) protein and a vital cancer pathway earlier this year//. They have now proceeded further in this research and have found that the viral protein, named EBNA3C is responsible for breaking down a retinoblastoma protein. This protein is very necessary in controlling cel...Contact Lenses Implicated in Fungal Infections
There has been a spurt of fungal infections in contact lens wearers and this week has seen three cases being reported as against the seven reported last month. //This takes the overall cases since May last year to 22. All patients have suffered corneal infections and the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) has treated 19 such cases. Almost all patients used Bausch and Lomb's (B&L) ReNu...Virus Implicated In Prostate Cancer Using "Virus Chip"
UCSF and Cleveland Clinic scientists have unearthed a new virus in human prostate tumors that is identical to viruses found in mice, but not in humans. While it is too early to say what exactly the link between this new virus and // prostate cancer is, the study aims to determine the relationship if any. Scientists say that this new discovery was made by using the DNA-hunting "virus chi...Scientists Implicate Gene in Vitiligo and Other Autoimmune Diseases
BETHESDA, Md., April 10, 2007--In a study appearing in the March22 New England Journal of Medicine, scientists supported by theNational Institutes of Healths National Institute of Arthritis andMusculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) have discovered aconnection between a specific gene and the inflammatory skincondition vitiligo, as well as a possible host of autoimmunediseases. V...