tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21488821930450958162024-03-13T10:53:12.430-07:00Biotechnology-Genetic-Human Cells-----------------------------------------------------------------------Created by RenDevAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-530488085149880212010-10-01T08:30:00.000-07:002010-10-01T09:20:59.823-07:00HEPATITIS C: A NEW ANTI-VIRAL DRUG SHOWS DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT IN THE TREATMENTHepatitis C: A New Anti-Viral Drug Shows Dramatic Improvement in the Treatment World - Adding a direct acting anti-viral boceprevir drug to the standard treatment regimen for hepatitis C significantly increases the cure rate in the most difficult to treat patients, according to a research report published in the online edition of the Journal The Lancet. The research team, led by Paul Kwo, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-2120197312581326402010-08-06T07:15:00.001-07:002010-08-27T07:40:36.548-07:00OPHTHALMOLOGY: STEM CELLS TO REPAIR THE CORNEA
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Ophthalmology: Stem Cells to Repair the CorneaItaly - A study published the work of Italian doctors who restored sight to more than 100 people, restoring their corneas from stem cells taken from patients' eyes themselves.
Researchers at the Centre for Regenerative Medicine Stefano Modena Ferrari have taken on the limb - a membrane surrounding the iris - a few of each patient and Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-53173420902960352312010-08-04T02:22:00.000-07:002010-08-04T02:34:36.751-07:00SPINAL CORD INJURY: HOPE TO IMPROVE HEALINGSpinal Cord Injury: Hope To Improve HealingThe spinal cord often tragic consequences, about half of people suffering such an injury following an accident are paraplegic and have to undergo costly and lengthy hospitalization rehabilitation sessions. U.S. researchers have made a discovery that opens the way for new treatments. A protein called SUR1 (sulfonylurea receptor 1) plays a crucial role in Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-6021412217735670372010-08-03T02:39:00.000-07:002010-08-17T07:31:24.380-07:00INCREASING FERTILITY THREEFOLD WITH DHEA ?Increasing Fertility Threefold With DHEA?Israel - A team of researcher from a Tel Aviv University has studied the effect of DHEA (Dehydroepiandrosterone) on women trying to become pregnant.DHEA is known by consumers as the hormone of youth. Some say it slows the aging of the skin. However, its effectiveness remains controversial. Following rumors, Professor Adrian Shulman and his team focused on Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-24620145176040060322010-07-27T07:58:00.000-07:002010-07-27T08:15:20.445-07:00ANTAGONIZING ATHEROSCLEROSISAntagonizing AtherosclerosisFrance - Atherosclerosis or fatty plaque build up on the arterial wall is the source of most cardiovascular diseases. While B cells of the immune system were previously considered as elements of protection against the formation of these plaques, researchers from Inserm now refute this hypothesis. These findings were published online in the Journal of Experimental Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-40524791428059659272010-07-08T09:44:00.000-07:002010-07-08T21:56:08.981-07:00EARLY MENOPAUSE: RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASEEarly Menopause: Risk of Cardiovascular DiseaseUnited States - A more than doubled risk of developing cardiovascular disease was observed in postmenopausal women before age 46.The results are being presented at The Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego.A Menopause is considered premature when it occurs before the age of 46 years, either spontaneously or by the removal of both Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-20889897464107630522010-06-29T03:06:00.001-07:002010-06-29T03:11:05.300-07:00ACCURATE WAY TO PREDICT THE AGE WHEN WOMEN WILL HIT THE MENOPAUSE DEVELOPEDAccurate Way to Predict the Age When Women Will Hit the Menopause DevelopedIran - Researchers have developed a way of accurately predicting when women will hit the menopause using a simple blood test. The average difference between the predicted age and the actual age that the women in their study reached the menopause was only a third of a year, and the maximum margin of error was between three Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-566952448352318152010-06-27T07:11:00.000-07:002010-06-27T07:22:28.435-07:00ANDROGEN RECEPTOR MAY EXPLAIN MALE DOMINANCE IN LIVER CANCERAndrogen Receptor May Explain Male Dominance in Liver CancerHepatitis B and liver cancer: why men are more exposed?Sex hormones play a role in liver cancer associated with hepatitis B, which could finally explain why men infected with the virus are much more likely than women to say the cancer according to a new study published in the journal "Translational Medicine". These findings open new Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-20138197524226810942010-06-20T21:57:00.000-07:002010-06-20T22:09:19.920-07:00REPLACING WHITE RICE WITH BROWN RICE OR OTHER WHOLE GRAINS MAY REDUCE DIABETES RISKReplacing white rice with brown rice or other whole grains may reduce diabetes riskWorld - In a new study, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have found that eating five or more servings of white rice per week was associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. In contrast, eating two or more servings of brown rice per week was associated with a lower risk of the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-55458351106101003292010-06-06T22:26:00.000-07:002010-06-06T22:53:36.571-07:00GENETICS : CREATING A CELL WITH SYNTHETIC DNAGenetics: Creating a cell with synthetic DNAUnited States - John Craig Venter, an American biologist shows for his research in genome sequencing, has managed his teams to create the first bacterium with a fully synthetic genome.This bacterium has been made from the sequencing of the genome of the bacterium Mycoplasma mycoides. It's been 15 years since researchers at the J. Craig Venter InstituteAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-24144839502520935112010-03-13T05:05:00.000-08:002010-03-13T05:09:06.908-08:00CAMPAIGN CANCER SCREENING CERVICALCampaign Cancer Screening CervicalFrance - The National Cancer Institute launched a national awareness campaign to screening for cervical cancer of the uterus, causing over a thousand deaths a year.Throughout the month of June, the 23,000 pharmacies in France and overseas and occupational physicians will make the relay of information and awareness of women screened for cervical cancer. If the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-85335642305252086292010-01-30T06:16:00.000-08:002010-01-30T06:29:18.858-08:00BLOOD PRESSURE VARIES WITH SOCIAL STATUSBlood Pressure Varies With Social StatusFrance - A study by a team of Inserm Unit 707 and the Center for Preventive and Clinical Investigations of Paris shows that the more educated a person, but his district of residence, the lower blood pressure will be.The study involved 7292 people aged 30 to 79 years, between March 2007 and February 2008 in Paris and its suburbs. She tried to target the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-68147566667277321332010-01-22T05:40:00.000-08:002010-01-22T05:58:31.318-08:00AVAIN FLU: IT's TOO COLD IN THE HUMAN NOSE THAT H5N1 CAN SPREADAvian flu: It's too cold in the human nose that H5N1 can spreadWhile all the media attention at the moment is focused towards the H1N1 influenza A (also known as swine flu), researchers continue to try to understand how the H5N1 avian influenza. In an article published in the journal free online access PLoS Pathogens (reference below), an Anglo-American study reveals that a likely reason why the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-51842622941158544522009-11-01T02:07:00.000-08:002009-11-26T03:14:43.199-08:00MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS : HOPE WITH AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELLSMultiple Sclerosis : Hope With Autologous Stem CellA U.S. team has achieved encouraging results in the fight against multiple sclerosis (MS) using a new technique of autotransplantation of stem cells extracted from bone marrow of the patient. The results of this clinical trial was conducted on 21 patients in the first phase of the disease have been published in the online version of Lancet Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-44407020612445503652009-10-22T01:10:00.000-07:002009-10-22T01:24:41.453-07:00DAILY SEX "HELPS IMPROVE SPERM QUALITY"Daily Sex "Helps Improve Sperm Quality"Australian study - Having sex daily increase sperm quality and thus assist men who have fertility problems.The study was conducted on 118 Australians whose semen showed alterations, the researchers found that daily ejaculation for a week increased significantly reduce the number of DNA damage sperm of patients.Dr David Greening and colleagues at the private Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-87892148631116209032009-10-20T01:48:00.001-07:002009-10-22T01:10:20.247-07:00MOTHER'S CANCER CAN PASS TO FETUSA Mother Sends Cancer To Her Baby During PregnancyEngland - A mother of 28 years, died of leukemia, a cancer cell transmitted to her daughter, while it was still in her uterus.This event is rare and researchers proves that cancer can be passed from mother to child. Seventeen cases were identified earlier when the mother and baby share the same cancer often leukemia or melanoma. However, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-77069813535215458342009-10-18T01:15:00.000-07:002009-10-18T01:37:40.896-07:00THE INCREDIBLE PHOTOS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FETUS OVER THE MONTHSThe Incredible Photos Of The Development Of A Fetus Over The MonthsThese photos also touching surprising that we can dive into the intimacy of a fetus, his fifth to twentieth week of development in utero.Credits: Lennart Nilsson, A Child is Born, published by Jonathan CapeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-91756409389997934332009-10-17T03:14:00.000-07:002009-10-18T02:54:41.543-07:00A VERY PROMISING NEW DRUG AGAINST CANCERA Very Promising New Drug Against CancerBritish researchers (from The Institute of Cancer Research) announce that they have obtained through a new drug against certain cancers, genetic, very promising results in preliminary clinical trials. The results were published in the medical journal The New England Journal of Medicine dated June 24, 2009 (Reference below).A drug that targets cancer cells Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-45168698786122489012009-10-13T02:35:00.000-07:002009-10-13T22:35:41.551-07:00THE LONGEST SOLAR ECLIPSE OF THE CENTURY IN PICTURESThe Longest Solar Eclipse Of The Century In PicturesThe longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century plunged Wednesday, July 22 in the dark much of Asia, in western India to Polynesia. an exceptional phenomenon, with a period of total eclipse maximum of 6 minutes 36 seconds (less than 3 minutes on average).Potentially, two billion earthlings were able to observe the eclipse of the Sun "monsterAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-37324816945860158182009-10-12T22:03:00.000-07:002009-10-12T22:32:21.567-07:00NEW THERAPIES AGAINST HIV-AIDS : COMBINATION ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY WITH CHEMOTHERAPY TARGETEDNew Therapies Against HIV-AIDS : Combination Antiretroviral Therapy With Chemotherapy TargetedThe discovery opens the way for new therapies against HIV-AIDS. Now, it might be possible to treat HIV / AIDS adding chemotherapy targeted to current treatment called HAART (Highly Active Anti-Retroviral). This new solution would destroy all the viruses circulating in the body than those hidden in immuneAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-48080287143470480972009-10-10T08:09:00.000-07:002009-10-10T08:17:58.379-07:00WOMEN HAVE A MORE POWERFUL IMMUNE SYSTEM THAN MEN ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDYWomen Have A More Powerful Immune System Than Men According To A New Study.Men and women are not equal before biology: the latest study by Dr. Maya Saleh, of the Research Institute of the University Health Center McGill and the McGill University (Canada), shows that women have a more powerful immune systems than men. Indeed, the production of estrogen in females would have a positive effect on Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-74865638533686712612009-10-09T07:18:00.001-07:002009-10-09T08:11:47.762-07:00THE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY 2009 : RIBOSOMES IN THE SPOTLIGHTThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 : Ribosomes In The SpotlightThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to two Americans and one Israeli for their work on ribosomes. This research promises advances in the treatment of diseases through the improvement of antibiotics.The Nobel chemistry prize three researchers for their studies of ribosomes: Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (MRC Laboratory of MolecularAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-60525588407878333952009-10-09T06:07:00.000-07:002009-10-09T06:17:13.073-07:00NANOTECHNOLOGY TO TREAT CANCERNanotechnology To Treat CancerU.S. - A team of researchers from Harvard University and the Institute of Technology Massachusetts (MIT) has developed a new way of treating cancer by administering the treatment only to diseased cells without killing cells.Current treatments against cancer certainly target the diseased cells but also reach those in good health. This new treatment will prevent the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-77491570646223349362009-10-07T07:52:00.001-07:002009-10-07T07:59:50.288-07:00BLOOD GENETICALLY MODIFIED TO CREATE RARE BLOODBlood Genetically Modified To Create Rare BloodFrance - Researchers from the French Blood Alps-Mediterranean could change one blood group through gene transfer. A breakthrough that will perhaps eventually to produce samples of rare blood.Their work used the blood group system Kidd / JK as a model, a blood group among the 30 known, particularly critical in the field of blood transfusion.While for Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2148882193045095816.post-88605874269760057272009-10-07T02:33:00.000-07:002009-10-07T02:41:36.530-07:00PREVENTION : BEWARE OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (STIs)Prevention: Beware Of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)France - National Institute of Prevention and Health Education (INPES) is launching an information campaign about prevention and STI. His credo: the screening.Sexually transmitted infections are caused by different agents (viruses, bacteria, parasites ...) transmitted from one person to another during sex. But some of them, such as HIV, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536500764606891216noreply@blogger.com1