Washington, Mar 19: While tobacco has always been attributed to devastating effects on health, an international team of researchers has found a rather healthy side of tobacco plants.
The team led by Professor Mario Pezzotti at the University of Verona have genetically modified tobacco plants to produce medicines for several autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including diabetes.
During the study, the scientists set out to create transgenic tobacco plants that would produce biologically active interleukin-10 (IL-10), a potent anti-inflammatory cytokine.
Washington, March 19: In a new research, geologists have determined that Earth’s crust melts easier than previously thought, because rocks in the region become better insulators and poorer conductors as they get hotter.
Washington, March 19: A University of Florida researcher that paralysed people can be enabled to control their limbs in more precise and life-like manner by combining computer learning technology with electrical stimulation, a simple technique that has been in use for decades to prompt muscles to contract.
Washington - American International Group, under fire for paying 165 million dollars in retention bonuses using government bail-out money, is not the only government beneficiary to have spent its money that way.
Washington - The US Congress tapped into growing public ire over bailed-out insurance giant AIG's payment of bonuses as legislators Wednesday explored ways to reclaim the 165 million dollars.
