Unusual antibiotics show promise against deadly 'superbugs'
Altered protein could help deliver drugs and shape the growth of engineered tissueCollagen often pops up in beauty products and supermodel lips. But by mating collagen with a molecular hitchhiker, materials scientists at Johns Hopkins hope to create some important medical advances. The researchers have found a simple new way to modify collagen, paving the way for better infection-fighting bandage...Unusual mechanism keeps repair protein accurate
Cancer researchers have discovered that a recently identified protein critical for repairing damaged genes uses an unusual mechanism to keep its repairs accurate. But while other DNA-repair proteins insure their accuracy with...Wisconsin's unusual Internet tax stirs dissent
Find out how Wisconsin's state tax on Internet access which most states do not have could affect business in this Tech Update by WTN's Mike Klein. Read more about the controversy surrounding Wisconsin's In...Unusual Tumor-Suppressor Gene Switches Off in Lung Cancer
Researchers at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, have found a tumor suppressor gene that could be of vital significance in the development of head and neck cancers as well as lung cancer. //Their study shows that activating this particular gene could slow up the development of the aforementioned cancers.<b...Two Cases in U.S raise alarm of an unusual strain of Mad Cow Disease.
Washington: Two cases of a different and rather intriguing strain of mad cow disease has been detected in Texas and Alabama, and this has led researchers //to believe that this disease could affect the cattle without any prior warning. The underlying differences between the mad cow epidemic and the two U.S. cases are intriguing researchers who are unable to place a finger on the type...A ‘Fit’ of Laughter Silenced by an Unusual Surgey
Anastasia Lagala's was quite a spectacle when she had epileptic seizures, almost 30 a day. What made her stand apart was - during her fit//, her face had a scowl and a guttural sinister laughter would emanate from her throat, as she convulsed. This had led her to be named as "The Joker face," by her physician, Dr. Steven Schneider, of Schneider Children's Hospital in New Hyde Park. <b...A Fit of Laughter Silenced by an Unusual Surgery
Anastasia Lagala's was quite a spectacle when she had epileptic seizures, almost 30 a day. What made her stand apart was - during her fit , her face had a scowl and a guttural sinister laughter would emanate from her throat, as she convulsed. This had led her to be named as "The Joker face," by her physician, Dr. Steven Schneider, of Schneider Children's Hospital in New Hyde Park. <...Doctors Puzzled Over Man's Normal Life With Unusually Tiny Brain
French doctors are puzzling over the case of 44-year-old civil servant who has led a quite normal life -- but with an extraordinarily tiny brain . In a case history published in next Saturday's Lancet, doctors led by Lionel Feuillet of the Hopital de la Timone in Marseille say the father-of-two was admitted to hospital after suffering mild weakness in his left leg. Sca...