Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for whole-body scanning, may be used in detecting alleged child abuse in infants, scientists announced. Because of its preciseness at identifying soft-tissue abnormalities it could allow doctors to closer examine injured babies, according to a study in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (www.ajronline.org). MRI does not employ [...]
Researchers have made a discovery that could lead to a brand new class of drugs to treat chronic pain caused by inflammatory conditions such as arthritis and back pain without numbing the whole body. Financed by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and working at UCL (University College London), the researchers have for [...]
A little adversity bodes well for those with chronic back pain and some trouble in their lives yields surprising protective effects , scientists have found. There’s a new study made by researchers at the University at Buffalo and the University of California, Irvine, soon to be published in journal Pain, that says, individuals undergoing long term [...]
Scientists have identified molecular machinery that maintains important feature of the spindle . When cells are dividing, microtubules converge in the middle and intersect with each other emanating from each spindle poles. And scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have discovered the molecular processes that influence the level of this intersection. [...]
Rabies is not particularly choosy whom to infect and scientists are now trying to find out why certain animals get ill and why it is so hard to cure. A paper recently published in the journal Science by a group of researchers led by Daniel G. Streicker, a PhD student at the University Of Georgia [...]
There’s a new beginning for victims of war, accident or disease who lose a limb one way or another. No more artificial limbs but the missing ones maybe re-grown instead. An article in the latest issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), ACS’ weekly newsmagazine, has turned its sight to the ongoing studies to make [...]
DNA of sponges may allow researchers to unlock the secrets of evolution, scientists have announced. Having sequenced one of Down Under’s resident’s genome, researchers’ are now discovering the universality of the earth’s family tree. Nicholas Putnam of Rice University is one of those scientists who have instituted a draft genome sequence for Amphimedon queenslandica, a [...]
Scientists uncover Achilles heel of chronic inflammatory pain Researchers have made a discovery that could lead to a brand new class of drugs to treat chronic pain caused by inflammatory conditions such as arthritis and back pain without numbing the whole body. Financed by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and working at [...]
Novel diabetes hope comes from Chinese herbs. Emodin, exhibits a potential as reducing agent in minimizing the effects of type 2 diabetes. It is found in various Chinese herbs, as natural extracts, including Rheum palmatum and Polygonum cuspidatum. Emodin, when administered to mice with diet-induced obesity, reduced blood glucose and serum insulin, increased resistance to [...]
Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Results from First Clinical Study of its Lead Therapy, CXL-1020, in Heart Failure Patients After initiating the first clinical study for CXL-1020, Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals Inc. is proud to announce the positive outcome of the first phase of clinical trial to patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF). The study was held [...]
Red Blood Cells Have a Tiny but Effective Protector – MicroRNA According to researchers, the tiny segments of RNA called microRNA have an important role in protecting red blood cells from injury due to free radicals (chemicals) in the body. MicroRNA seems to have no important role in the normal condition of the red blood [...]
BioMarin Announces Results for Phase 1 Clinical Study of BMN 195 for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy BioMarin Pharmaceuticals Inc. is developing and distributing innovative drugs to treat serious diseases and conditions. In the company’s quest for inventing and developing treatment for some incurable medical conditions in our present days, they created BMN 195 to treat Duchenne [...]
Study Published in the Journal Endocrinology Further Confirms Therapeutic Potential of PROLOR’s Long-Acting Human Growth Hormone PROLOR Biotech Inc. is the owner of the patented carboxyl terminal peptide (CTP). They are dedicated in developing longer-acting, biobetter, proprietary versions of approved therapeutic proteins. At present, PROLOR Biotech Inc. is developing versions of long-acting human growth hormone [...]
In NIH-funded study, researchers uncover step in brain events leading up to addiction Findings represent additional clues to help predict vulnerability to drug abuse A regulatory protein best known for its role in a rare genetic brain disorder also may play a critical role in cocaine addiction, according to a recent study in rats, funded [...]
Preclinical inquiry into 1 mutation sheds light on addiction and a birth defect Indications of Rett syndrome, a disease involving nerve growth, are characterized by a receding memory early on due to the absence or alteration of certain proteins. A premise based on this ability of the protein to alter nerve supply (synapse) to the [...]
Lower outdoor temperature readings are linked to an increasing trend of heart attacks, according to the latest study by scientists at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Pertaining to the study which published in the British Medical Journal and released online today at bmj.com, the researchers, led by Krishnan Bhaskaran of LSHTM, [...]
“Neurochip” technology developed by Canadian team New advances will further brain research of diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s The scientists who made their point about brain on a microchip are at it again. The University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine scientists who made an incredible achievement by cultivating a network of brain cells that [...]
Researchers pace embryonic heart with laser. Love, exercise and an infrared laser can make a heart beat faster. Pulse light, according to scientists at Case Western Reserve University and Vanderbilt University revealed, can, without damaging the tissue, control the rate of contractions in a bird’s heart embryo. The effort, “Optical pacing of the embryonic heart,” [...]
Breast Cancer Risk Varies Among Different Progestins Used in Hormone Replacement Therapy, MU Researchers Finds. Some types of progestins could be used as preventative agent for breast cancer. Hormone replacements such as progestins are employed to offset the harmful impact of estrogen on the uterus and diminish the danger of cancer in the uterus. Proofs [...]
Known to promote seniors recall and concentration are computerized brain conditioning courses. Results from the study led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered initial results providing proof that this kind of programs may assist weak senior citizens not only to walk faster but also probably help in averting [...]