Chemotherapy has been proven an effective treatment for cancer. It is able to suppress the spread of cancer cells throughout a patient’s body by targeting and killing cells that divide rapidly. Unfortunately, the treatment also affects cells that divide rapidly under normal circumstances, such as cells in the digestive tract, bone marrow and hair follicles. [...]
Filed under: Healthcare, News, Technology on September 2nd, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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A new species of microbe is flourishing in the depths of the Gulf of Mexico. Studies say it may help increase the cleanup speed of the massive oil spill caused by a drilling rig explosion last April.
Scientists discovered the new microbe while studying the underwater dispersion of the millions of gallons of oil that have [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on September 1st, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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Obesity, high blood pressure and high blood sugar levels. These are just some of the factors that underlie metabolic syndrome. One in five people are said to be affected by this medical condition, and prevalence tends to increase with age.
A person with metabolic syndrome runs a higher risk of developing a heart problem or [...]
Filed under: Healthcare, News on August 31st, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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As covered by the journal “Nature,” a worldwide consortium of researchers has made a breakthrough by identifying biomarkers for heart disease. In the reported study, the consortium has identified 59 novel regions of the heart genome that are involved in lipid metabolism.
Lipid concentrations in the blood are one of the key risk factors for [...]
Filed under: Healthcare, News on August 28th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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A recent report from the American Red Cross, named Social Media in Disasters and Emergencies, finds that in the event of a large-scale emergency, such as the onset of a natural disaster or an accident, one in five web users would try to contact an emergency responder through digital media channels.
From July 22 to 23, [...]
Filed under: Community, News, Technology on August 24th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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On August 6, 2010, a published research report on stem cells presented the findings of a Stanford University research team on unlocking the ability to regenerate. This team, led by Helen M. Blau, Jason H. Pomerantz and Konstandin V. Pajcini, found a way to induce this ability in mice.
While most research in the field [...]
Filed under: Healthcare, News on August 22nd, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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In a first-ever study of hand-clapping songs, Dr. Idit Sulkin from Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) discovered a link between the activity and the development of important skills that last throughout a person’s life. These skills surprisingly included cognitive abilities, social integration, spelling and even neater handwriting. Through hand-clapping songs and games, children [...]
Filed under: News, education on August 20th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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Commonly observed in laboratories, spherical fullerenes or buckyballs recently made their first appearance to man in space through NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope’s Infrared Spectrograph.
Buckyballs are carbon molecules known for their distinct soccer ball shape. According to astronomer Jan Cami, the fullerenes are the largest molecules to be observed in space. The discovery has roused [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on August 17th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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The standard medication for Hepatitis C, a deadly disease that leads to liver failure, involves a combination of alpha interferon and ribavirin. New research suggests that the addition of a third antiviral drug called bocoprevir may boost the treatment’s effectiveness by up to 75 percent.
A study conducted by Dr. Paul Y. Kwo and his team [...]
Filed under: Healthcare, News on August 16th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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In Israel, new discoveries are being made towards the cure for cancer. A common fat molecule which functions like a switch for cell growth has been identified in plants. Prof. Shaul Yalovsky of Tel Aviv University’s (TAU) Molecular Biology and Ecology of Plants Department, who made the discovery, also suggests that this same switch may [...]
Filed under: Healthcare, News on August 1st, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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Chemotherapy has been proven an effective treatment for cancer.
A new species of microbe is flourishing in the depths of the Gulf of Mexico.