Certain types of brain cancer cells, called cancer stem cells, help brain tumors to buffer themselves against radiation treatment by activating a “repair switch” that enables them to continue to grow unchecked, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found.
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have discovered how taking the brakes off a ?detox? gene causes chemotherapy resistance in a common form of lung cancer. Products made by a gene called NRF2 normally protect cells from environmental pollutants like cigarette smoke and diesel exhaust by absorbing the materials and pumping them out of the cell. Another gene called KEAP1 encodes products that stop this cleansing process. But lung cancer cells sabotage the expression of these same genes to block assault from chemotherapy drugs.
A fast, sensitive and inexpensive diagnostic tool called MassTag PCR has been developed that can identify the specific pathogen that causes a particular case of respiratory infection, according to a new study funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The research team ? headed by scientists in the Jerome L. and Dawn Greene Infectious Disease Laboratory at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and their colleagues at the Wadsworth Center of the New York State Department of Health ? used MassTag PCR to identify previously undiagnosed pathogens that caused influenza-like illnesses in New York State during the winter of 2004.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued recommendations to aid manufacturers in developing seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccines. FDA’s goal is to expedite the development and availability of safe and effective vaccines needed to protect against influenza.
Today, we live in a culture totally youth-oriented. Aspiration to get younger, healthier and beautiful (or handsome) is growing. Face is the most remarkable feature of a human body. We know someone by face as much as we know by one?s name and fame. But with age we loose the youthfulness and face is the striking human future that shows our loss in terms of health and beauty, by developing loose skins, fine lines and bags around the eyes.
Siddha Vaidya system of health and rejuvenation has a long lineage and tradition in south India. It has been practiced for thousands of years in Tamilnadu and Kerala. Dravidian in origin, the whole gamut of its literature is in Tamil language. The basic concepts of the Siddha medicine are the same as those of Ayurveda.
The objective of treatment is to eliminate the infection and prevent the development of chronic infection in Osteomyelitis.
Symptoms n signs of osteomyelitis are:
Measles is a highly contagious viral illness characterized by a fever, cough, conjunctivitis (redness and irritation in membranes of the eyes), and spreading rash.
GI values can be interpreted intuitively as percentages on an absolute scale and are commonly interpreted as follows: