The first pooled kidney transplants involving three donor-recipient couples where each recipient received a kidney from a donor they did not know, has successfully taken place in the UK.The transplants took…
Different Signaling Pathways...
March 6, 2010
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Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), a bile duct cancer, is one of the major cancers in Northeast Thailand. This cancer is difficult to diagnose and has high metastatic and mortality rates. Overexpression of Met, a…
Gut Flora Genes Dwarf Human...
March 5, 2010
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An international team of scientists that catalogued the genes of microbes that live in our gut has established that at 3.3 million, they vastly outnumber the 23,000 or so genes in…
Shelterbox Responds To Chile...
March 4, 2010
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International disaster relief charity ShelterBox is responding to the news of destruction in Chile which has been hit by a massive earthquake. An initial ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) is currently…
Heart Attacks Among Spectators...
March 3, 2010
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A new Swedish-led study found that Europe’s top football clubs need better treatment equipment and procedures in order to save lives of spectators who have heart attacks in large crowded…
Prostate Cancer Surgeons &...
March 2, 2010
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Robotic surgical technology with its three-dimensional, high-definition view gives surgeons the sensation of touch, even as they operate from a remote console. A new study describes the phenomenon, called intersensory…
Celiac Disease Genes...
March 1, 2010
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A UK-led international study has identified four types of genetic disturbance in the immune system that lead to celiac disease, bringing to 40 the total number of known inherited factors that…
FDA Approves Therapy To Treat...
February 27, 2010
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved velaglucerase alfa for injection (VPRIV) to treat children and adults with a form of the rare genetic disorder Gaucher disease.Gaucher disease occurs in…
Flu Shots For All Says CDC...
February 26, 2010
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A panel of experts that advises the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on vaccine issues, voted this week to recommend that all persons aged 6 months and…
Acupuncture May Reduce...
February 25, 2010
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A new US study suggests that acupuncture specifically designed for depression may reduce symptoms during pregnancy: although the study was small, the researchers say it is the first of its kind…
Napping Boosts Brain Power
February 24, 2010
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Researchers in the US found that napping boosts brain power by clearing out the brain’s temporary storage space so it can absorb new information: they also propose that this clearing out…
Flightless Mosquito Engineered...
February 23, 2010
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US and British researchers have genetically engineered a strain of flightless mosquito that may help curb the spread of Dengue fever, a flulike disease that is endemic to over 100 countries and…
Green Tea May Protect Against...
February 22, 2010
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New research from Hong Kong suggests that green tea may protect against eye diseases such as glaucoma because the researchers found green tea antioxidants called catechins present in various tissue structures…
IOM Report On Reducing...
February 20, 2010
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High blood pressure is the second leading cause of death in the United States, triggering more than one-third of heart attacks and almost half of heart failures each year even though…
How Genes And Environment...
February 19, 2010
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A new study from the US has revealed how genes and environment interact synergistically to boost disease risk and why looking for gene variants may only partly explain how diseases…
ATS, ERS Issue Official...
February 18, 2010
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The ATS and the European Respiratory Society have issued official standards for the quantitative assessment of lung structure.
“This is the first concise state-of-the-art review of stereological methods for lung morphometry that formulates…
Aspirin Linked To Increased...
February 17, 2010
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A new US study suggests that regular taking of aspirin is linked to increased survival after a breast cancer diagnosis and also to a lower risk of the disease recurring. However,…
Treatment For Herpes Could...
February 15, 2010
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An article published Online First and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet reports that recent research indicates that aciclovir, used to treat HSV2, could delay HIV-1 disease progression in patients…
Voluntary System Works For...
February 11, 2010
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Social interaction between neighbours, work colleagues and other communities and social groups makes voluntary vaccination programs for epidemics such as Swine Flu, SARS or Bird Flu a surprisingly effective method of…
Lower Detection With PSA...
February 9, 2010
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Fewer prostate cancers were detected by prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening in the U.S. than in a European randomized trial because of lower screening sensitivity, according to a new brief communication published…
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