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- British Researchers to Take Up Rare Trial for Lung Cancer
- New Device That Allows Blind to Read as They Swipe
- Mediterranean Diet Comprising Olive Oil Delays Diabetes: Study
- Easter Lambs to Predict Premier League Scores
- Embryonic Stem Cells from Adult Skin Developed
- Quiz on MRSA
- Scientists may Soon Find a Vaccine for Dengue
- Counterfeit Contraceptives Found in South America
- Centipede Eats Snake from Inside Out After Being Swallowed
- Fatal Measles Outbreak in Vietnam
- Tackling Depression in Parkinson's Disease Patients
- Malaria Drug Resistance to be Fought With a New Method
- Foreigner Dies of MERS in Saudi, Report Sources
- Link Between Muscle Damage and Cerebral Malaria Identified
- Sleep Deficits Among Fruit Flies may Disrupt Mating Later in Life
- 64 Villagers in Malaysia Quarantined Over MERS Virus
- Agonizing Treatment Dilemma in Store for Patients With Rare Lung Disease
- Boosting Depression-Causing Mechanisms in the Brain Increases Resilience
- Airline Passengers in Philippines to be Checked for MERS
- Anti-seizure Drug may Reduce Alcohol Consumption
- Brazil Now Targeted by New MRSA Superbug
- Cell Division Protein Also Power Up Mitochondria
- Lost Stem Cells can Now be Naturally Replaced by Non-stem Cells
- Food Shortages to Hit the World in the Next 40 Years
- New Strain of Ebola Virus Circulating in Guinea
- Elderly Muslim Among the People as Pope Washes Feet of Disabled
- Vigilance Urged in Cancer Drug Theft
- Laptop Used for First US Presidential Email Sold for (Dollar) 60,667
- Dogs Go Crazy When Put in Kennels
- Emergency Moves Against Ebola Onslaught in Guinea Unveiled by the WHO
- Self-Forgiveness Linked to Longevity
- Impact of Childhood Bullying Still Evident Even After Four Decades
- Research Reveals Stapled Peptide Nanoparticle Combination Prevents RSV Infection
- Research Links Progressive Neurodegenerative Disorder to R-Loop Formation
- Researchers Complete Sequencing of Deadly Human Pathogen Cryptococcus
- Risk for Aortic Tear and Rupture Increased by Gene Variant
- New Automated Computer System can Analyze Brain Scans
- New Vaccine Offers Hope for Melanoma Patients
- New Insights into How Toddlers can Improve Language Skills
| British Researchers to Take Up Rare Trial for Lung Cancer Posted:  In a novel feat, British researchers will test around 14 lung cancer drugs from AstraZeneca and Pfizer simultaneously within one trial. The idea is to find out medicines that can fight advanced lung cancer according to the genes of the patient. The (Dollar) 42-million project is a partnership between Cancer Research UK and pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and Pfizer and the NHS which will allow to use 14 medications which target very specific and often rare genetic mutations. Dr ... |
| New Device That Allows Blind to Read as They Swipe Posted:  A new ring-like device with a mounted camera developed by researchers for visually impaired people reads out the 'camera-captured' text aloud in a synthesized voice. According to Tech Crunch, the device, called the 'Finger Reader' works fine with the normal 12-point texts, but doesn't work with very small font sized text. One of the researchers, Roy Shilkrot said that he did not see the final version of the Finger Reader to be only for people ... |
| Mediterranean Diet Comprising Olive Oil Delays Diabetes: Study Posted:  Scientists have found that sticking to Mediterranean diet comprising olive oil, fish and whole grains, fruits, vegetables is beneficial for those diagnosed with type 2 diabetes as it slows the advancement of the disease. Participants were tracked for more than eight years as part of the trial. "There's been lots of epidemiology suggesting that a Mediterranean diet was beneficial with metabolic syndrome and diabetes," Dr Leanne Olansky told Reuters Health. Lead ... |
| Easter Lambs to Predict Premier League Scores Posted:  Sources say a British Internet television service has hired Easter lambs from Sussex to predict Premier League scores. The English Premiership season is approaching its climax, with just a few matches left to play, although nothing is yet decided from who will win the title, to who will be relegated to the Championship despite the numerous twists and turns. However, metro.co.uk reports that the Easter lambs have been made to wear football kits to ... |
| Embryonic Stem Cells from Adult Skin Developed Posted:  Embryonic stem cells from adult cells have been cloned by US researchers. This finding is a breakthrough on the path towards helping doctors treat a host of diseases. The embryonic stem cells -- which were created by fusing an adult skin cell with an egg cell that had been stripped of genetic material -- were genetically identical to the donors. The hope is that cloned embryonic stem cells, which are capable of transforming into any other type of cell ... |
| Posted:  Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can cause serious infections and are often difficult to treat. Here is a quiz on one such type of bacteria called MRSA. |
| Scientists may Soon Find a Vaccine for Dengue Posted:  University of Colorado School of Medicine researchers have found a target that can help in producing a vaccine for dengue. Scientists explained how dangerous flaviviruses produce a unique RNA molecule that causes the disease. "The research shows that the virus causing dengue fever and other closely related viruses like West Nile and Japanese encephalitis use instructions encoded on a single strand of RNA to take over an infected cell and reproduce," said ... |
| Counterfeit Contraceptives Found in South America Posted:  Around 28 percent of batches of contraceptive pills studied in Peru were found to be either of substandard quality or falsified, a new survey revealed. Many pills released the active ingredient too slowly. Others had the wrong active ingredient. One batch had no active ingredient at all. To detect the fake drugs, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology developed a sophisticated approach using mass spectrometry to quickly assess suspected counterfeit ... |
| Centipede Eats Snake from Inside Out After Being Swallowed Posted:  As per a post mortem report conducted by a group of researchers, a centipede actually ate the snake that swallowed it from inside out. The scientist saw that a dead nose-horned viper where a centipede's head was sticking out of its damaged abdomen, Discovery News reported. The scientists said that the entire volume of snake's body was occupied by the creature. The authors of the study added that this invertebrate was extremely tough as ... |
| Fatal Measles Outbreak in Vietnam Posted:  With over 100 deaths and 1000 more infections, mostly young children, Vietnam is now taking steps to tackle the deadly outbreak of measles At least 112 people -- the majority of them under 10 years old -- have died of the disease so far in 2014, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. It warned that the number of deaths could rise because of cross infections, bad weather and overcrowding at pediatrics hospitals in major cities where panicked parents ... |
| Tackling Depression in Parkinson's Disease Patients Posted:  Interesting new information has been revealed by a team of researchers in their new study linking depression and Parkinson's disease. Published in the journal iPsychiatry Research/i, the study, which assessed cognitive function in depressed and non-depressed patients with PD, found that the dopamine replacement therapy commonly used to treat motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease was associated with a decline in cognitive performance among depressed Parkinson ... |
| Malaria Drug Resistance to be Fought With a New Method Posted:  Simply following a different administration technique could be helpful in giving anti-malarial treatments a new lease of life. The findings could revive the use of the cheap anti-malarial drug chloroquine in treating and preventing the mosquito-bourne disease, which claims the lives of more than half a million people each year around the world. The parasite that causes malaria has developed resistance to chloroquine, but research carried out at the Australian ... |
| Foreigner Dies of MERS in Saudi, Report Sources Posted:  In the Saudi capital a foreigner has died after she contracted MERS, reports health ministry, bringing the nationwide death toll to 73. The 55-year-old woman, whose nationality was not disclosed, was suffering from chronic illnesses, a statement said. The health ministry said five other people living in Riyadh were infected with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, two of them foreigners. Late on Thursday, the ministry reported the death ... |
| Link Between Muscle Damage and Cerebral Malaria Identified Posted:  New study conducted by scientists finds an association between muscle damage and cerebral malaria. Scientists compared proteins in the blood of uninfected children with those in the blood of infected ones, and also proteins in blood from children with different severe malaria syndromes with proteins in blood from uncomplicated cases. The researchers analyzed over 1000 proteins in more than 700 children. To make the study more rigorous, the samples were divided ... |
| Sleep Deficits Among Fruit Flies may Disrupt Mating Later in Life Posted:  When your mom emphasized about having a good night's sleep, she was right. According to a new study published in iScience/i this week from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, lack of sleep in young fruit flies profoundly diminishes their ability to do one thing they do really, really well - make more flies. The study, led by Amita Sehgal PhD, professor of Neuroscience and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) ... |
| 64 Villagers in Malaysia Quarantined Over MERS Virus Posted:  64 people in a village in Malaysia have been quarantined after one of the residents died of a respiratory illness. At least 71 people have died from the so-called Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, out of more than 200 infections in the worst-hit country, Saudi Arabia. The first fatality in Muslim-majority Malaysia -- a 54-year-old man -- died in hospital in the southern state of Johor on Sunday. He had developed a fever, cough and ... |
| Agonizing Treatment Dilemma in Store for Patients With Rare Lung Disease Posted:  Doctors who treat patients suffering from lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a progressive respiratory disease could have to face an agonizing treatment decision. The drug sirolimus can slow progression of the disease and help relieve shortness of breath. But some patients eventually may need lung transplants, and sirolimus can cause potentially fatal complications following transplantation. "It's a terrible situation," said pulmonologist Dr. Daniel Dilling, ... |
| Boosting Depression-Causing Mechanisms in the Brain Increases Resilience Posted:  A novel therapeutic strategy for treating depression has now been pointed out by a new study. Instead of dampening neuron firing found with stress-induced depression, researchers demonstrated for the first time that further activating these neurons opens a new avenue to mimic and promote natural resilience. The findings were so surprising that the research team thinks it may lead to novel targets for naturally acting antidepressants. Results from the study are published online ... |
| Airline Passengers in Philippines to be Checked for MERS Posted:  More than 400 passengers in Philippines who shared an airline flight with an MERS infected virus were asked to check with a health department. The move was a precautionary measure to ensure none of them were infected by the man who has since been quarantined along with his family, a health official said. Passengers on the Etihad Airways flight on April 15 were told to call health department emergency numbers listed in the media even while the department ... |
| Anti-seizure Drug may Reduce Alcohol Consumption Posted:  An anti-seizure drug ezogabine was able to reduce alcohol consumption in an experimental model, researchers have found. The findings, reported in the iAmerican Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse/i, may lead to more effective treatments for alcoholism. Excessive consumption of alcohol is one of the leading causes of illness and death in the U.S. and has significant negative economic impact by limiting the productivity of workers and necessitating huge health care ... |
| Brazil Now Targeted by New MRSA Superbug Posted:  A new superbug has been identified by a team of researchers that has caused bloodstream infection in a Brazilian patient. The report appeared in the April 17 issue of iThe New England Journal of Medicine/i. The new superbug is part of a class of highly-resistant bacteria known as methicillin-resistant iStaphylococcus aureus/i or MRSA, which is a major cause of hospital and community-associated infections. The superbug has also acquired high levels of resistance ... |
| Cell Division Protein Also Power Up Mitochondria Posted:  A protein complex that plays an important role in cell division could also boost mitochondrial activity, a new research team revealed. This is the first time the complex has been shown to perform both jobs. This newfound ability could make cyclin B1/Cdk1 an excellent target to control cellular energy production, potentially advancing cancer care and regenerative medicine. The research was published online today in the journal iDevelopmental Cell/i. "These proteins ... |
| Lost Stem Cells can Now be Naturally Replaced by Non-stem Cells Posted:  An unexpected phenomenon has been observed in the organs that produce sperm in fruit flies by a team of researchers in their new study. When a certain kind of stem cell is killed off experimentally, another group of non-stem cells can come out of retirement to replace them. The discovery sheds light on the tiny "environments" that stem cells occupy in animal bodies and may help explain how stem cells in tumors replenish themselves, the researchers report in the ... |
| Food Shortages to Hit the World in the Next 40 Years Posted:  A top scientist believes that the world is susceptible to extreme food shortages that may have serious implications in a mere span of 40 years."For the first time in human history, food production will be limited on a global scale by the availability of land, water and energy," said Dr. Fred Davies, senior science advisor for the agency's bureau of food security. "Food issues could become as politically destabilizing by 2050 as energy issues are today. "Davies, ... |
| New Strain of Ebola Virus Circulating in Guinea Posted:  Virologists have revealed that the virus that has caused a deadly Ebola epidemic in Guinea is a new strain that emerged locally, possibly transmitted by fruit bats. The outbreak is the first to be recorded in west Africa, but researchers said the virus causing it did not come from other countries where Ebola already circulates. An international team of scientists unravelled the genome of the virus and found it to be distinct from strains in the Democratic ... |
| Elderly Muslim Among the People as Pope Washes Feet of Disabled Posted:  During an Easter ritual in Rome, Pope Francis washed the feet of a dozen elderly and disabled people including a Libyan Muslim. The 77-year-old bent down with difficulty to wash and kiss the feet of the nine Italians and three foreigners aged between 16 and 86 years old at the Don Carlo Gnocchi foundation's Santa Maria della Provvidenza centre. Francis arrived in a Ford Focus to cheers from crowds and stopped to speak with elderly and disabled people ... |
| Vigilance Urged in Cancer Drug Theft Posted:  Doctors need to be vigilant in administering the cancer drug Herceptin, Europe's medicine watchdog has urged. This is because vials of the drug had been stolen in Italy and tampered with before being sold back into the supply chain. Vials of the drug had been stolen from Italian hospitals in several incidents since last December, and some were tampered with before being resold to wholesalers, said the European Medicines Agency. It said "only a small ... |
| Laptop Used for First US Presidential Email Sold for (Dollar) 60,667 Posted:  A Boston auction house has announced that the laptop computer that Bill Clinton used in 1998 to send the first-ever US presidential email has sold for (Dollar) 60,667 in an online auction. RR Auction did not disclose the name of the buyer of the still-functional Toshiba Satellite that Clinton borrowed to email veteran astronaut John Glenn, who was orbiting Earth aboard the space shuttle Discovery. The laptop, with accessories and full documentation, originally ... |
| Dogs Go Crazy When Put in Kennels Posted:  Dogs in kennels may show signs of extreme distress often linked to mental illness, say researchers. Lead author Hamish Denham of the University of Bristol's Anthrozoology Institute with his team videotaped male German shepherd trained police dogs and noted that the dogs bounced off the walls, Discovery reported. They also saw that the dog spun - turned in tight circle pivoting about their hind legs, circled walked or trotted around perimeter of pen ... |
| Emergency Moves Against Ebola Onslaught in Guinea Unveiled by the WHO Posted:  A raft of emergency measures have been launched by the World Health Organization in the Guinean capital Conakry to control an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus that has so far killed a hundred people across the country. The UN health agency announced emergency training for 70 people who would fan out across the community to track people who have had close contact with Ebola patients. The agency is also setting up a special alert and response operation ... |
| Self-Forgiveness Linked to Longevity Posted:  There is a very close link between a person's ability to deal with stress and their long-term health, scientists have said. Usually we are tempted to blame this on external factors - a difficult relationship, pressures at work or pure rage at the inadequacies of public transport. Yet for the first time a group of researchers in New York have discovered that a large part of this stress can be put down to "self-compassion" or, as they put it, whether you ... |
| Impact of Childhood Bullying Still Evident Even After Four Decades Posted:  New research by King's College London indicates that the negative social, physical and mental health effects of childhood bullying are still evident nearly four decades later. The study is the first to look at the effects of bullying beyond early adulthood, and is published in the iAmerican Journal of Psychiatry/i. The findings come from the British National Child Development Study which includes data on all children born in England, Scotland and ... |
| Research Reveals Stapled Peptide Nanoparticle Combination Prevents RSV Infection Posted:  It is very obvious that new therapies are needed to prevent and treat respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The latter is a potentially lethal respiratory infection that can severely affect infants, young children and the elderly. Despite a wide range of anti-RSV efforts, there are no vaccines or drugs on the market to effectively prevent or treat the infection. Now researchers at the Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and ... |
| Research Links Progressive Neurodegenerative Disorder to R-Loop Formation Posted:  A new feature of the genetic mutation responsible for the progressive neurodegenerative disorder, fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) has been identified by researchers at UC Davis. This new finding is the formation of "R-loops," which they believe may be associated with the disorder's neurological symptoms, such as tremors, lack of balance, features of Parkinsonism, and cognitive decline. The finding suggests that the R-loops may be potential ... |
| Researchers Complete Sequencing of Deadly Human Pathogen Cryptococcus Posted:  Extensive research has indicated that within each strand of DNA lies the blueprint for building an organism, along with the keys to its evolution and survival. These genetic instructions can give valuable insight into why pathogens like iCryptococcus neoformans/i -- a fungus responsible for a million cases of pneumonia and meningitis every year -- are so malleable and dangerous. Now researchers have sequenced the entire genome and all the RNA products ... |
| Risk for Aortic Tear and Rupture Increased by Gene Variant Posted:  The significance of a genetic variant that substantially increases the risk of a frequently fatal thoracic aortic dissection or full rupture has been confirmed in a study by researchers from Yale School of Medicine and Celera Diagnostics. The study appears online in iPLOS ONE/i. Thoracic aortic aneurysms, or bulges in the artery wall, can develop without pain or other symptoms. If they lead to a tear - dissection - or full rupture, the patient will ... |
| New Automated Computer System can Analyze Brain Scans Posted:  Researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have developed a new automated computer system that can analyze brain scans and help doctors decide whether a patient has suffered a embolic or ischemic stroke. Known as the CAD stroke technology, the system works by analyzing the CT scans fed into its computer and performs sophisticated calculations and comparisons to detect areas that are suspected to have insufficient blood flow. The scan is completed ... |
| New Vaccine Offers Hope for Melanoma Patients Posted:  Results of a study published in the Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer has found that a new vaccine is effective in slowing down or stopping the progression of advanced melanoma in patients. Researchers at Australia's University of Adelaide tested the vaccine, known as vaccinia melanoma cell lysate (VMCL), on a group of 54 South Australian patients who had been diagnosed with advanced and inoperable form of melanoma over a period of 10 years. Around 30 percent ... |
| New Insights into How Toddlers can Improve Language Skills Posted:  A new study published in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology suggests that parents can help improve their toddlers' language skills by showing them examples of different actions. The study was conducted by researchers at University of Liverpool who found that toddlers can better understand verbs when they are shown actions that are similar but not identical. Developmental psychologist, Dr Katherine Twomey said that understanding how children start ... |
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