Human sperm from stem cells?
LONDON: A team of British scientists claimed yesterday to have created human sperm using embryonic stem cells, in a medical first that they say will lead to a better understanding of fertility. Researchers led by Professor Karim Nayernia at Newcastle University and the NorthEast England Stem Cell Institute (NESCI) developed a new technique that allows [...]
Sixth Sense Located in Huaman Brain
Human beings ‘sixth sense’ for danger, long dismissed by some scientists as myth, actually exists in a part of brain that also handles conflict resolution, according to a recent report in the journal Science. The brain region – known as the anterior cingulated cortex (ACC) – actually raises the alarm about dangers that fail to [...]
Fish-rich Diet
A study was conducted at Addenbrooke’ Hospital in Cambridge, UK, to determine the frequency of fish consumption among 22,000 middle-aged and older men and women, of whom 517 had diabetes. The researchers discovered that diabetics who consumed an average of less than one serving of fish per week had four times the risk of microalbuminuria [...]
HIV Increase Risk of Bone Fractures!
In the study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, it was found that HIV positive individuals have an increased risk of fractures of the hip, vertebra, wrist and combined fractures. Data from 8525 HIV positive and more than two million non-HIV patients were collected from two hospitals in the United States. Incidentlally, [...]
Testicles – new source of stem cells: Scientists
HAMBURG: Faced with strict German laws banning the use of human embryos, a team of German scientists came up with a radical new “ethical” source for stem cells – men’s testicles. The scientists believe their breakthrough may offer a whole new range of treatments for diseases like Parkinson’s and diabetes and for spinal cord injuries [...]
Gene – the key to neutralizing HIV, U.S. study
The AIDS virus is especially hard to fight because few people develop antibodies to neutralize it, but U.S. researchers said on Thursday they have found an immunity gene that may offer a new way to fight back.They said the gene Apobec3 helps mice develop antibodies against an HIV-like virus, and they think the same gene [...]
Laura Schaefer explained the Male Brain!
Women have puzzled over it for years-why the heck do men do the things they do? Why do they profess their love for you one minute, then ignore you the next (say, when an Attila the Hun special turns up on TV)? Why can they not remember our birthdays? Let science explain some of these [...]
Starfruits poisoned Malaysian!
PETALING JAYA: Two local medical experts give their opinions on the case of a Malaysian been diagnosed as suffering from “food poisoning” after eating starfruits in Shenzhen, China. Prof Mustaffa Ali Mohd, of the Pharmacology Department of the Medical Faculty, Universiti Malaya (UM), told theSun the common starfruit (averhoacarambola) is not known to contain neurotoxins [...]
Stem Cell lines created without destroying embryo
In a bid to sidestep the ethical debate over the use of human embryos in medical research, scientist have developed a way to derive viable stem cell lines without harming the embryo. They did so by extracting a single cell from the embryo – as in vitro fertilization clinics do when they test for genetic [...]
