Washington, March 29 : A breakthrough study by researchers at Brandeis University and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Cambridge, U. K.) has for the first time provided significant insights into a crucial step in the process whereby human genetic information is transmitted to action in the human cell, and frequently at which point genetic disease develops in humans.
The researchers say that they have been successful in crystallizing a very large complex of a macromolecular "machine" in the human cell, in determining what it actually looks like, and thereby in zeroing in on the process of genetic encoding.
Sydney, March 29 : Researchers in Sydney are struggling to find volunteers for a study to determine the effect of binge drinking on the teenage brain, and also to find whether alcohol affects its development.
Professor Lindy Rae, who is leading a team at the Prince of Wales Medical Research Unit at Randwick, says that animal studies have already shown that young rats are more sensitive to alcohol-induced damage than adult rats, with substantial deterioration in the frontal lobe, which underlies planning, impulse control and reasoning.
Washington, March 29 : Cumulative exposure to lead at levels likely to be experienced in community settings may have adverse consequences for women’s cognition in their later years, according to a study.
The study, supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, was conducted with a view to examine biomarkers of lead exposure in relation to performance on cognitive tests given to older women.
Lead exposure is measured in two ways—blood lead level, which is a reading of recent lead dosage; and bone lead level, which is a cumulative measure of lead exposure over many years.
Washington, March 29 : Scientists at the University of Michigan have come up with a new method of detecting nitric oxide in exhaled breath, elevated levels of which are a telltale sign of diseases like lung cancer and tuberculosis.
The researchers say that their work may prove useful in diagnosing illness and monitoring the effects of treatment.
Washington, Mar 29 : Drug-eluting stents are much safer and superior to bare metal stents in preventing death and heart attacks among cardiac patients, according to researchers from Duke University Medical Center.
For their study, the researchers tested drug-eluting stents among 262,700 "real-world" patients enrolled in a nationwide registry of cardiovascular disease.
The study is the largest of its kind to date, and may finally put an end to years of controversy over the safety of the devices.
London, Mar 29 : British scientists are on their way to provide double bonanza to women looking for boob-jobs: a stem cell therapy that offers "natural" breast enlargement - and cuts stomach or thigh fat in the process.
The treatment, which can enhance cup size, involves extracting stem cells from spare fat on the stomach or thighs and growing them in a woman's breasts.
Washington, March 29 : A breakthrough study by researchers at Brandeis University and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Cambridge, U. K.) has for the first time provided significant insights into a crucial step in the process whereby human genetic information is transmitted to action in the human cell, and frequently at which point genetic disease develops in humans.
Sydney, March 29 : Researchers in Sydney are struggling to find volunteers for a study to determine the effect of binge drinking on the teenage brain, and also to find whether alcohol affects its development.
Washington, March 29 : Cumulative exposure to lead at levels likely to be experienced in community settings may have adverse consequences for women’s cognition in their later years, according to a study.
Washington, March 29 : Scientists at the University of Michigan have come up with a new method of detecting nitric oxide in exhaled breath, elevated levels of which are a telltale sign of diseases like lung cancer and tuberculosis.
Washington, Mar 29 : Drug-eluting stents are much safer and superior to bare metal stents in preventing death and heart attacks among cardiac patients, according to researchers from Duke University Medical Center.
London, Mar 29 : British scientists are on their way to provide double bonanza to women looking for boob-jobs: a stem cell therapy that offers "natural" breast enlargement - and cuts stomach or thigh fat in the process.
