Probing The Promise And Perils Of Nanoparticles
For all its promise, the prospect of using nanoparticles in biomedical applications and consumer products has raised concerns about possible harmful effects of the miniscule materials. Scientists at the University of Michigan are addressing those concerns by investigating how certain kinds of nanoparticles damage cell membranes—enough to cause cell death in some cases—and how the damage can be pr...Probing the promise and perils of nanoparticles
For all its promise, the prospect of using nanoparticles in biomedical applications and consumer products has raised concerns about possible harmful effects of the miniscule materials. Scientists at the University of Michigan are addressing those concerns by investigating how certain kinds of nanoparticles damage cell membranes---enough to cause cell death in some cases---and how the damage can b...Bird Flu: WHO probing possibility of human-to-human infection
The United Nations health agency is investigating the possibility of human-to-human infection in six Indonesians who recently died of bird flu//. "Although human-to-human transmission cannot be ruled out, the search for a possible alternative source of exposure is continuing," the World Health Organisation said in statement yesterday. But it also said that all confirmed case...Probing Into the Reasons for Alarming Increase in Breast Cancer
London: Breast Cancer is the most notorious of cancers, going by the United Kingdom statistics. Evidently, of all the cancers diagnosed in women//, one out of three cases happens to be of the breast. The present modern day living is being blamed for this alarming increase in cancer. The present record for breast cancer is 36,939 cases in the United Kingdom, which shows that the incide...Probing the Effect of Endurance Exercise on Athletes' Hearts
New study has found that endurance athletes with ventricular arrhythmias also possess dysfunctional right ventricles.// Some high-level athletes who participate in endurance sports come up with a relatively rare but dangerous condition called ventricular arrhythmia (VA). During ventricular arrhythmia, the heart beats at an abnormal rate and rhythm. Further, a recent study has shown tha...