Washington, March 28 : Scientists at Emory University School of Medicine say that they have found a direct association between oxidative stress and inflammatory signals in the blood.

The researchers believe that their finding may pave the way for improved strategies for preventing several diseases by including antioxidants in the diet, and for reducing the impact of inflammation in critically ill patients by adding cysteine to intravenous or tube feeding.

Stockholm - Swedish poultry producer Lantmannen Kronfagel said Friday it has recalled its frozen chicken products, following new discoveries of glass in the food.

"Two of the incidents concern frozen whole chicken, and the other two concern chicken drumsticks," chief executive Jan Henriksen said.

Henriksen said the recall would give the group "time to get to the root of the problem without having to worry about glass turning up in more frozen chicken."

Madrid  - A controversy surrounding the planned liberalization of abortion heated up in Spain on Friday as scientists disagreed over whether scientific arguments could be used for or against the termination of pregnancy.

A group of top scientists signed a counter-manifesto in response to an anti-abortion declaration which has been signed by some 2,000 scientists and other professionals since last week, the daily El Pais reported.

Science showed that human life began at the moment of conception, the pro-life intellectuals argued.

Melbourne, Mar 27 : Dutch researchers have invented a TummyTub to give babies the feeling that they are in the womb, while they can simultaneously view their surroundings.

The tubs or buckets have gotten the approval of doctors, midwives, health visitors, and maternity hospitals across Europe, as they make bath time enjoyable.

"It helps to ease the transition from the comfort of the mothers' womb," News. com. au quoted the makers as saying.

Washington, Mar 27 : Parkinson’s disease patients can improve their postural stability by directing their attention to the external effects of their movements, instead of focussing on movements of their own body, according to a new study.

Adults with Parkinson disease are at greater risk for posture and balance impairments, which may lead to falls and resultant head injuries and fractures. Such injuries may finally lead to hospitalisation, and further mobility limitations.

Washington, Mar 27 : A researchers duo at the University of Rhode Island has revealed how reactive oxygen species (ROS), a type of stress signal, regulate a cancer causing protein, called Src.

The findings may help understand how this protein normally behaves in human cells, and eventually help in designing drugs to target specific cancers.

Doctoral student David J. Kemble and Professor Gongqin Sun in the URI Department of Cell and Molecular Biology are the first to provide a biochemical mechanism describing how tyrosine kinases sense and respond to oxidation.