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CBS urges blacks to donate blood, stem cells

LizMcgowan28 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:09:07 +0000

Canadian Blood Services is marking Black History Month in a unique way.

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Iranian scientist's method protects immature cancer boys' fertility

BestForPill — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:09:06 +0000

An Iranian scientist managed to develop a new method to propagate human spermatogonial stem cells from small testicular biopsies to obtain adequate number of cells for successful transplantation for 18000-fold in vitro, leading to protection of the fertility of immature boys suffering from cancer.

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AFRICOM Now "CJTF-HOA Service Members Assist Via MEDCAP" – Video

centerprestigezbr — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:08:51 +0000

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23-01-2012 02:02 Service members assigned to Combined Joint Task Force — Horn of Africa traveled to villages in the Tanga region of Tanzania to provide assistance during a Medical Civil Action Program or MEDCAP. More than 2100 Tanzanian women and children received medical treatment by Tanzanian medical providers working in partnership with service members during the MEDCAP. Staff Sergeant Andre Moxley, Preventive Medicine Non-Commissioned Officer: “We started them with registration and then we moved them to education, which was my part, talking about preventative medicine measures for food borne illnesses, water borne illnesses, HIV and AIDs prevention, and malaria prevention. The other thing that we’re doing is letting them have a chance to speak with the doctors, to do a quick diagnosis of any illnesses that they have and shortly after that they get issued some medications, multivitamins, that we previously packed before the operation.” Petty Officer Jeremy Brandt Reporting: The focus of the MEDCAP was to allow women of childbearing age and children under the age of five to receive enhanced medical care. Sauma Abdalha, Mother and Female Representative for the Village: “This is a very important exercise, understanding that the provision of medical services is quite different from urban areas. Health services in rural areas are a bit limited.” Petty Officer Jeremy Brandt Reporting: The MEDCAP was designed to support the Tanzanian Health Initiative, a program that strives to provide …

Doctors to prescribe exercise medicine in Ghana.

elenahmelnich — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:08:51 +0000

About 50 medical doctors, pharmacists and seniour nurses from public and private hospitals and clinics will converge in Tema tomorrow, January 10 for an intensive seminar designed to equip them with the requisite knowledge for prescribing adequate doses of exercise medicine for their patients.

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Colorado Springs Veterinarian Welcomes New Doctor to Practice

thorrooferzaquxt — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:08:48 +0000

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO– – Dr. Scott Hamann, Dr. Corrina Hamann, and the pet care team at Yorkshire Veterinary Hospital recently announced that Dr. Katie Phillips, DVM, will be joining their practice in …

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Kamau Kokayi, MD, Integrative and Holistic Physician at Patients Medical in NYC – Video

eqpnpm — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:08:32 +0000

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03-02-2012 14:05 Dr. Kamau Kokayi explains his unique approach to integrative medicine. A medical doctor who practices Oriental Medicine, Acupuncture, Kinesiology, Homeopahy, Nutrition and energetic medicine, Dr. Kokayi brings focuses on finding the root cause of disease and using treatment plans that combine modern medical innovation with time-honored healing modalities.

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Cystic Fibrosis Drug is Personalized Medicine – Video

greedoCreesia — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:08:21 +0000

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31-01-2012 08:03 The drug Kalydeco has been approved to treat patients with one of the mutations that cause cystic fibrosis. FDA’s Stephen Spielberg, MD, Ph.D, tells how this targeted treatment represents how personalized medicine will revolutionize health care.

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Morristown fertility clinic helps teen with genetic defect unravel mysteries of her own DNA

unfottia — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:08:21 +0000

Julia Horowitz, a 16-year-old sophomore at Watchung Hills Regional High School, embarked on a mini-internship to learn about herself

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Genetic variant increases risk of common type stroke

sorayazd — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:08:20 +0000

A genetic variant that increases the risk of a common type of stroke has been identified by scientists. This is one of the few genetic variants to date to be associated with risk of stroke and the discovery opens up new possibilities for treatment.

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New virtual tool may provide more accurate diagnosis of genetic mutations

Kohgsobgds — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:08:19 +0000

( Elsevier Health Sciences ) DNA sequencing to detect genetic mutations can aid in the diagnosis and selection of treatment for cancer. Current methods of testing DNA samples, Sanger sequencing and pyrosequencing, occasionally produce complex results that can be difficult or impossible to interpret. Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have developed a free software …

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Genetic variant ups risk of common type stroke

yCarson86 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:08:19 +0000

London, Feb 6 (ANI): Scientists have now identified a genetic variant that increases the risk of a common type of stroke.

This is one of the few genetic variants to date to be associated with risk of stroke and the discovery opens up new possibilities for treatment.

Several different mechanisms underlie strokes. One of the most common types is when blood flow is impaired because of a blockage to one or more of the large arteries supplying blood to the brain – large artery ischemic stroke. This accounts for over a third of all strokes.

Researchers from St George's, University of London and Oxford University, working with scientists from Europe, America and Australia, in one of the largest genetic studies of stroke to date, compared the genetic make-up of 10,000 people who had suffered from a stroke with 40,000 healthy individuals.

The researchers discovered an alteration in a gene called HDAC9, which affects a person's risk of large artery ischemic stroke. This variant occurs on about 10 per cent of human chromosomes.

Those people who carry two copies of the variant (one inherited from each parent) have nearly twice the risk for this type of stroke compared to those with no copies of the variant.

The protein produced by HDAC9 is already known to play a role in the formation of muscle tissue and heart development. However, the exact mechanism by which the genetic variant increases the risk of stroke is not yet known.

A better understanding of the mechanism could lead to new drugs to treat or prevent stroke; however, the researchers stress that this is still some way off.

“This discovery identifies a completely new mechanism for causing stroke,” Professor Hugh Markus, from St George's, University of London, who co-led the study, said.

“The next step is to determine in more detail the relationship between HDAC9 and stroke and see whether we can develop new treatments that reduce the risk of stroke.

“Interestingly, there are already drugs available which inhibit the HDAC9 protein. However, it is important that we understand the mechanism involved before trialling the effects of these drugs on stroke.”

The researchers went on to show that the new variant does not have the same effect on the risk of other types of stroke, which include bleeding in the brain (haemorrhagic stroke).

“Our study shows that the different subtypes of stroke could involve quite different genetic mechanisms,” Professor Peter Donnelly, Director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics in the University of Oxford, who co-led the study, said.

“This is really fascinating, and if it holds up more generally, will move us closer to personalised medicine, where treatments and preventions can be tailored more precisely to individual patients.”

According to Dr Peter Coleman, Deputy Director of Research at The Stroke Association, who funded collection of some of the samples used in this study, over a third of strokes are caused due to a blockage in one of the large blood vessels supplying blood to the brain (large artery stroke).

“Findings from this ground breaking study appear to show a genetic link which may affect a person's risk of large vessel stroke,” Dr Coleman said.

“Further study is needed, but this research could potentially lead to new methods of screening and prevention for large vessel stroke, and ultimately, new methods of treatment,” Dr Coleman added.

The study has been recently published online in Nature Genetics. (ANI)

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Liquid lasers to make detection of cancer genes easier

stywhentren — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:08:11 +0000

Washington, Feb 5 (ANI): Using a liquid laser, researchers have devised a better way to detect the slight genetic mutations that might make a person more vulnerable to a particular type of cancer or other diseases.

This work by University of Michigan researchers could advance understanding of the genetic basis of diseases.

It also has applications in personalized medicine, which aims to target drugs and other therapies to individual patients based on a thorough knowledge of their genetic information.

The researchers say their technique works much better than the current approach, which uses fluorescent dye and other biological molecules to find and bind to mutated DNA strands.

When a patrol molecule catches one of these rogues, it emits a fluorescent beacon. This might sound like a solid system, but it's not perfect. The patrol molecules tend to bind to healthy DNA as well, giving off a background glow that is only slightly dimmer than a positive signal.

“Sometimes, we can fail to see the difference,” said Xudong Fan, an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and principal investigator on the project.

“If you cannot see the difference in signals, you could misdiagnose. The patient may have the mutated gene, but you wouldn't detect it.”

In the conventional fluorescence technique, the signal from mutated DNA might be only a few tenths of a percent higher than the background noise. With Fan's new approach it's hundreds of times brighter.

“We found a clever way to amplify the intrinsic difference in the signals,” Fan said.

He did it with a bit of backtracking.

Liquid lasers, discovered in the late '60s, amplify light by passing it through a dye, rather than a crystal, as solid-state lasers do. Fan, who works at the intersection of biomedical engineering and photonics, has been developing them for the past five years.

In his unique set-up, the signal is amplified in a glass capillary called a “ring resonator cavity.”

Last year, Fan and his research group found that they could employ DNA (the blueprints for life that reside in all cells) to modulate a liquid laser, or turn it on and off.

His group is one of just a few in the world to accomplish this, Fan said. At the time, they didn't have a practical application in mind. Then they had an epiphany.

“We thought, 'Let's look at the laser output. Can we see what's causing the different outputs and use it to detect differences in the DNA?'” Fan said.

“I had an intuition, and it turns out the output difference was huge,” Fan added.

The journal editors named this a “hot paper” that “advances knowledge in a rapidly evolving field of high current interest.”

The study has been published in German journal Angewandte Chemie. (ANI)

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Feed 8 Billion – a Panel Discussion on Biotechnology in Agriculture part 1 – Video

Fraurnweatora — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:07:38 +0000

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03-02-2012 22:01 Within the next two decades the population of the world is expected to climb to 8 billion people. Feed 8 Billion is a panel discussion where internationally recognized scientists address the possibility of biotechnology feeding the future population of the world. The event was co-sponsored by the Arizona State University Biotechnology Club and Campus Student Sustainability Initiatives. Moderator – Dr Jason Robert Panelists: Dr Charles Arntzen Dr Roberto Gaxiola Dr Ben Hurlbut Marci Baranski Dr Rolf Halden 7 PM, February 2nd 2012, ASU room BAC 116

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Stem Cells to Treat Acne Scarring | Los Angeles | Hollywood | Beverly Hills – Video

apomyEnusamus — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:07:13 +0000

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02-09-2011 03:47 metromd.net Stem Cells to Treat Acne Scarring | An overview by Alex Martin, MD of how he combines stem cell therapy and the CO2 fractional laser to effectively treat facial scars caused by acne. Offices near Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles and Orange County. Questions? Please call the MetroMD Institute of Regenerative Medicine at (323) 285-5300 or email us at info@MetroMD.net.

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Dental disease as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:56:33 +0000

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Some years ago, the Finnish government sponsored a comprehensive study of the health risks of the Finnish people. They measured the rates of all kinds of diseases and did statistical correlations to see if there were any correlations. In an article published in British Medical Journal (BMJ), 1989 Mar 25;298(6676):779-81 showed that there was an unexpected correlation between dental disease and systemic disease (stroke, heart disease, diabetes). After correcting for age, exercise, diet, smoking, weight, blood cholesterol level, alcohol use and health care, people who had periodontal disease had a significantly higher incidence of heart disease, stroke and premature death. Read more…

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Secrecy surrounding genetically engineered grapes field tests can have serious repercussions

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:56:32 +0000

UC Davis and Cornell University have the approval for testing genetically engineered grapes in California. In this case no application or environmental assessments were undertaken for the permits and there were just notifications given by the institutes. As far as the field tests are concerned there seems to be a veil of secrecy surrounding them therefore grape growers are not aware regarding the measures which need to be taken for protecting their vineyards from genetic contamination which could dent their image and even cause huge losses if the customers shun genetically engineered products. USDA was even criticized for not paying attention towards the field trials being undertaken and the U.S. Inspector General report said: USDA lacks basic information about the field test sites it approves and is responsible for monitoring, including where and how the crops are being grown, and what becomes of them at the end of the field test. It was only last month when a federal judge ruling stated that USDA cannot give approval for new GE field trials without environmental assessments but this wont be applicable to the grape field tests which have been already given permission. Such secrecy is expected to cause huge problems in the future for GE foods and if proper study and transparency is not ensured then genetically modified food will have a tough time ahead. Via napavalleyregister

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Smartgels can avoid surgery for chronic lower back pain patients

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:56:32 +0000

University of Manchester scientists have figured out that injections of sponge-like particles could help in avoiding surgery required in case of chronic lower back pain. The researchers have developed tiny gel particles which when injected into the damaged area tend to swell and stiffen. It has been discovered that degenerated animal intervertebral discs having these injected microgels regained their mechanical properties. If this turns out to be successful then patients would be able to gain their mobility after receiving these injections. When dispersed in water the microgel particles turn into smart sponges. It is a low pH fluid which can be injected with the aid a syringe and at physiological pH values it turns to stiff gel. It was developed in response to the need for non surgical method for repairing of intervertebral discs. In the future we might see biodegradable microgels releasing additives for stimulation of regeneration of intervertebral disc tissue. Via biologynews

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Notorious cancer gene may be responsible for tumor growth

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:56:32 +0000

A recent study has confirmed that a notorious cancer gene may be the reason for growth of tumor. Research involved the study of a protein called PMR1 which is a major player in the unusual mechanism that cells use for restraining the production of important proteins. Daniel R. Schoenberg, Professor, molecular and cellular biochemistry stated: The link between Src and cancer was discovered 30 years ago, but to this day, we still don’t know its exact role in tumor development. Our data suggest that Src may promote cancer by causing PMR1 to halt production of proteins that normally put the brakes on cell growth – tumor-suppressor proteins, for example, or other growth-regulating proteins The researchers figured out that activation takes place when PMR1 is joined temporarily by an unidentified enzyme and a contact with these enzymes leads to some changes in PMR1 properties and it also binds its targets mRNA. Via biologynews

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Preserve meats the ‘green way’ using green tea and some wildflower dark honey

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:56:32 +0000

Now you can avoid those chemical preservatives used to reduce pathogenic bacteria in meats. Go the ‘green’ way inspite. Extracts from green tea or Jasmine tea do all the magic taking the help of some wildflower dark honey. This scientific non-chemical, organic mixture can reduced Listeria monocytogenes in a turkey breast slice by 10 to 20 percent. Even applied to hot dogs, similar pathogen reductions have been observed. Daniel Fung, the Kansas State University food science professor who supervised the research for the Food Safety Consortium said, Our results indicated that Jasmine tea with honey and green tea with honey had the highest antimicrobial activity. Innovative and impertinent Fung said, We’re thinking of using tea to wash carcasses because of its natural compounds. If you can use tea or honey to wash carcasses instead of lactic acid, you can use a natural compound on the surface of meat.

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