A recent research has shown connection between gene mutation and the most common eye cancer. Research team led by Catherine Van Raamsdonk, an assistant professor of medical genetics at the University of British Columbia has discovered a genetic mutation in a gene called GNAQ that could be responsible for up to 45 per cent cases of uveal melanoma.
Uveal melanoma is caused by unregulated growth of melanocytes which are also found in the skin and are cells linked to a life-threatening form of skin cancer. Researchers found that GNAQ regulates melanocyte survival.
Recent research has shown connection between fertility drugs and increased risk of womb cancer in women. A research team led by Dr Ronit Calderon-Margalit at Hadassah-Hebrew University in Jerusalem studied the effects of these drugs by comparing cancer incidence in 15,000 Israeli women 30 years after they gave birth.
Neither falls nor avalanches cause as many deaths on Mount Everest as brain swelling. A study conducted by Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Toronto and three British hospitals have revealed that brain swelling occurs at high altitude especially when the climbers are descending. 212 deaths of climbers were analysed before coming to the given conclusions:
- There are 1.1 deaths for every 100 climbing attempts by Sherpas or Tibetans
- 1.6 climbers die for every 100 non-Himalayan mountaineers
A French doctor has reported that he has discovered a ‘miracle’ cure for alcoholism. Well, the “miracle cure for alcoholism” is a drug known as beclofen, which cures muscle spasms and kills an intolerable carving for alcohol among addicted people.
According to Dr Olivier Ameisen, beclofen is a cheap drug. In his book titled, Le Dernier Verre [The Last Glass], Dr Ameisen, claims that drug is so effective that alcoholics can easily get rid of his habit with the help of drugs.
The deadly bird flu virus has taken more Assam regions under its jaws although more than 200,000 poultry birds have been culled during the last two weeks.
New bird flu cases have been detected at Khanapara in Guwahati, Dikom region of Dibrugarh district in Upper Assam and Bejera area of Kamrup district.
The districts witnessing the bird flu outbreak include Kamrup (Metro), Kamrup (Rural), Dibrugarh, Nalbari, Barpeta and Chirang.
A recent research has shown connection between gene mutation and the most common eye cancer. Research team led by Catherine Van Raamsdonk, an assistant professor of medical genetics at the University of British Columbia has discovered a genetic mutation in a gene called GNAQ that could be responsible for up to 45 per cent cases of uveal melanoma. 
Recent research has shown connection between fertility drugs and increased risk of womb cancer in women. A research team led by Dr Ronit Calderon-Margalit at Hadassah-Hebrew University in Jerusalem studied the effects of these drugs by comparing cancer incidence in 15,000 Israeli women 30 years after they gave birth. 
Neither falls nor avalanches cause as many deaths on Mount Everest as brain swelling. A study conducted by Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Toronto and three British hospitals have revealed that brain swelling occurs at high altitude especially when the climbers are descending. 212 deaths of climbers were analysed before coming to the given conclusions:
A French doctor has reported that he has discovered a ‘miracle’ cure for alcoholism. Well, the “miracle cure for alcoholism” is a drug known as beclofen, which cures muscle spasms and kills an intolerable carving for alcohol among addicted people. 
The deadly bird flu virus has taken more Assam regions under its jaws although more than 200,000 poultry birds have been culled during the last two weeks. 
