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Hormones make women ‘prone to knee injuries’

Hormones make women ‘prone to knee injuries’Washington, Apr 18 : A connection between the laxity of a woman''s knee joint and her monthly hormone cycle has been found by University of Calgary researchers.

The research project - a collaboration between kinesiology, engineering and health sciences researchers - has found that not all woman experience knee laxity at the same time of their menstrual cycle.

Get slim with a breakfast of muesli with milk, tinned peaches and yoghurt

Get slim with a breakfast of muesli with milk, tinned peaches and yoghurtLondon, Apr 18 : Is your expanding waistline giving you nightmares? Well, take heart. Researchers have found that a breakfast of muesli with milk, tinned peaches and yoghurt can help weight loss.

Experts at the University of Nottingham suggest that the low GI breakfast with apple juice helps the body break down fat better than a high Glycaemic Index start to the day of sugary cereal and white toast, reports The Daily Express.

220 million dollar malaria drugs initiative launched in Oslo

220 million dollar malaria drugs initiative launched in Oslo Oslo  - Eleven mainly African countries are to be offered cheaper, more effective malaria drugs as part of a partnership between international agencies and governments, officials said Friday.

Benin, Cambodia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda are the first countries to take part of the programme - launched in the Norwegian capital, Oslo.

Protein controls ''bad'' cholesterol levels outside cells

 Protein controls ''bad'' cholesterol levels outside cellsWashington, Apr 17 : A protein called PCSK9, which regulates `bad' cholesterol in the blood, has been found to work almost exclusively outside cells, according to researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Centre.

The finding could provide clues for the development of therapies to block the protein''s disruptive actions.

"The fact that it works mostly extracellularly provides more opportunities to develop different kinds of therapies," said Dr. Jay Horton, professor of internal medicine and molecular genetics and co-author of the study.

Revolutionary treatment to obtain bone marrow from stem cells on the anvil

Revolutionary treatment to obtain bone marrow from stem cells on the anvilWashington, April 17 : Researchers at Université de Montréal have successfully produced a large quantity of laboratory stem cells from a small number of blood stem cells obtained from bone marrow.

The research team, led by Dr. Guy Sauvageau, has taken a giant step towards the development of a revolutionary treatment based on these stem cells.

Stress of early life social isolation may enhance juvenile response to cocaine

Stress Washington, April 17: Experiments on rats conducted by researchers at the University of Puerto Rico have shown that isolation during early development alters the brain sensitivity to cocaine.

Researchers Natasha Lugo-Escobar, Nicole Carreras, and Annabell C. Segarra say that they wanted to study the impact of stressful early life events like social isolation on rats' response to cocaine.

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