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Nanotechnology and biology for healing

Imagine a world where damaged organs in your body, kidneys, liver, heart, can be stimulated to heal themselves.

24 Apr 2007

Stoichiometric controls of mercury dilution by growth

Research led by Dartmouth scientists found that animals fed nutritious, high-quality food end up with much lower concentrations of toxic methylmercury in their tissues.

24 Apr 2007

Military to revamp hospitals

In a memo issued in January, the U.S. Department of Defense instructed design teams to apply evidence-based design principles for all new military medical construction projects.

24 Apr 2007

Low vitamin D levels linked to poor physical performance in older adults

Older adults who don't get enough vitamin D - either from their diets or exposure to the sun - may be at increased risk for poor physical performance and disability, according to new research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues.

24 Apr 2007

Leptin-based products may offer kids protection from obesity

Infant formula and other baby foods that provide permanent protection from obesity and diabetes into adulthood could be on shop shelves soon, reports Lisa Melton in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI.

24 Apr 2007

Pediatric multiple sclerosis and related disorders

Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders has just been published by the International Pediatric MS Study Group as a supplement to the journal Neurology.

24 Apr 2007

Junk DNA plays a role in controlling when genes turn on and off

Large swaths of garbled human DNA once dismissed as junk appear to contain some valuable sections, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the University of California-Santa Cruz.

24 Apr 2007

New methods for treating lung cancer cells that have become resistant to new anti-cancer agents

Researchers at the Ireland Cancer Center of University Hospitals Case Medical Center have developed methods for treating lung cancer cells that have become resistant to new anti-cancer agents.

24 Apr 2007

Inflammatory bowel disease linked to nerve damage and other neurological problems

People with inflammatory bowel disease may also be at risk for developing nerve damage and other neurological problems, according to research that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 59th Annual Meeting in Boston, April 28 , May 5, 2007.

24 Apr 2007

Developmental problems for siblings of autistic children

Younger siblings of children with autism are at risk to suffer from delayed verbal, cognitive and motor development in their early childhood years.

24 Apr 2007

GP surgeries with specialist nurses can help save lives

One of the biggest research trials carried out in GP surgeries has confirmed that those with specialist cardiac nurse clinics can help to improve patients' lives.

24 Apr 2007

Female alcoholics may sustain greater cognitive damage than male alcoholics

Researchers and clinicians already know that alcohol abuse and/or dependence can lead to severe and potentially irreversible brain damage.

24 Apr 2007

Exercise reduces risk for Parkinson's disease

The risk of developing Parkinson's disease may be reduced with moderate to vigorous exercise or other recreational activities, according to research that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 59th Annual Meeting in Boston, April 28 , May 5, 2007.

24 Apr 2007

Eating regularly in some fast-food restaurants unsafe

Eating regularly in some fast-food chain outlets is unsafe in many parts of the world, top Danish research experts warn today.

24 Apr 2007

Key to understanding all biological processes is recognition

A human body has more than 10 to the power of 27 molecules with about one hundred thousand different shapes and functions.

24 Apr 2007

European Congress on Obesity deals with bariatric surgery techniques, outcomes and metabolic benefits

Europe is facing a "major health and social burden" as the obesity epidemic reaches crisis point, experts warned.

24 Apr 2007

Migraines may help women protect their memory

Women with a lifetime history of migraine showed less of a performance decline over time on cognitive tests than women who didn't have migraines.

24 Apr 2007

Chronic depression or depression that worsens over time may cause diabetes in older adults

This is the first national study to suggest that depression alone -- and not lifestyle factors like being overweight ,can trigger Type 2 diabetes in adults 65 and older, a population with a high prevalence of diabetes and depression. The report will be published April 23 in Archives of Internal Medicine.

24 Apr 2007

Potential therapeutic target for multiple sclerosis

Oregon Health & Science University neuroscientists are eyeing a protein as a potential therapeutic target for multiple sclerosis because de-activating it protects nerve fibers from damage.

24 Apr 2007

New direction for therapies to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Researchers from The Ludwig Institute and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have discovered that when motor neurons damaged by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig?s disease, inappropriately send the wrong signal, immune cells react by killing the messenger.

24 Apr 2007