A team of Australian scientists has discovered a protein that can kill rogue cancer-causing cells and which they hope will lead to new drugs targeting cancer and other immune system diseases — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Heavy smokers with a 40-a-day habit face a much higher risk of two common forms of dementia, a large study shows — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A new contraceptive gel that is applied directly to the skin could offer women an alternative to the pill, a study suggests.
The clear gel is put on once a day and delivers a dose of hormones to prevent pregnancy. Women using the gel have reported none of the typical side effects associated with the pill, such as weight gain and acne.
It is suitable for breastfeeding women, who are often warned not to take the combined pill because its hormone levels interfere with milk supply.
The gel can be applied to the abdomen, thighs, arms or shoulders and is quickly absorbed, with no residue. Experts hope to bring it to market if clinical trial results continue to be positive — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The discovery of taste receptors
in the lungs rather than on the tongue could point the way to new medicines for asthma, it is suggested — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Scientists say they have uncovered more evidence that sleep apnoea is causing brain damage — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Experts say they have found a tipsy
gene that explains why some people feel the effects of alcohol quicker than others — via redwolf.newsvine.com
HIV infections have increased by almost five percent nationally since 2008, fuelled by a jump in heterosexual infections — via redwolf.newsvine.com
If you’re anything like me, your main problem with tattoos is probably the fact that you’ve never been able to play Pong on them. But those problems seem to be over now that an international team of researchers, led by John Rogers at the University of Illinois, has developed a new flexible array of LEDs that can be implanted under the skin — via redwolf.newsvine.com
An ingredient of dark chocolate may help diabetics control dangerously high cholesterol levels, it is claimed — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Elderly people who get about by walking are less likely to suffer mental decline or even dementia, a study says — via redwolf.newsvine.com
British scientists have moved a step closer to developing a simple urine test to identify men at risk of getting prostate cancer — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A strain of bacteria that became famous after it was used as a bio-terrorism weapon is causing immense damage to Bangladesh’s export-oriented leather industry — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A hospital has reassured patients after being forced to apologise to two pregnant women who were wrongly told their unborn babies were dead — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Three of five Victorian children allegedly starved in Adelaide’s northern suburbs were so malnourished their brains had shrunk, the South Australian Supreme Court has been told — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Researchers in the Midwest are developing microelectronic circuitry to guide the growth of axons in a brain damaged by an exploding bomb, car crash or stroke. The goal is to rewire the brain connectivity and bypass the region damaged by trauma, in order to restore normal behavior and movement — via redwolf.newsvine.com
In a study that could eventually restore movement to humans’ paralyzed limbs, researchers at California’s Stanford University have used light to induce muscle contractions in mice. A gene derived from algae was inserted into the mice, encoding a light-sensitive protein which adhered to their nerve cell surfaces. Scientists then placed an optical cuff
lined with tiny, inwards-facing LEDs around the mice’s sciatic nerves. By penetrating those nerves with brief, high-intensity bursts of blue light, they were able to produce muscle contractions similar to those that would occur naturally. The technology is called optogenetics
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Federal Government has cut funding to a national flying squad of disease detecting specialists that has been operating for nearly 20 years — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Scientists have identified a genetic defect linked to migraine which could point the way to new avenues of research and treatment targets — via redwolf.newsvine.com
An Australian man with criminal convictions for pretending to be a doctor has conned his way into a position at one of the most prestigious medical schools in Britain.
And despite being on a two-year-good behaviour bond, Vitomir Zepinic has continued the deception, telling an international war crimes tribunal he has a medical degree — via redwolf.newsvine.com
China has issued a health alert in its south-western region of Tibet after five people were diagnosed with the plague, an often fatal infectious disease.
One of the five has already died from a severe lung infection attributed to the pneumonic plague, while one other patient was in a critical condition, the Tibet health department said in a statement on its website — via richardfarner.newsvine.com
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