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Health

Scientists Make Astonishing Breakthrough in the Flight against Flu

Scientists Make Astonishing Breakthrough in the Flight against Flu

Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in...
» read full story February 23rd, 2009 - 14:00
New Drug Set To Solve Mutation Problem

New Drug Set To Solve Mutation Problem

The bavituximab drug was tested on lab animals and it has shown remarkable success in tackling two...
» read full story November 24th, 2008 - 17:22
On Vitamin C And Cancer

On Vitamin C And Cancer

Cancer and ascorbic acid, Vitamin C, have a pretty controversial relationship. In the 1970s, after...
» read full story October 02nd, 2008 - 16:32

Blocking Enzyme Proves Efficient in Leukemia Treatment

New research by the Stanford University School of Medicine scientists gives children suffering...
» read full story September 18th, 2008 - 15:20
Update: New Breast Cancer Vaccine Proves Efficient In Lab Experiment

Update: New Breast Cancer Vaccine Proves Efficient In Lab Experiment

An experimental breast cancer vaccine proved efficient in treating breast cancer caused by an...
» read full story September 15th, 2008 - 14:45
New Weapons in Obesity Fight

New Weapons in Obesity Fight

The origins of brown fat cells that could help fight obesity have been revealed. Researchers...
» read full story August 21st, 2008 - 21:55
Addiction Drug Also Efficient in Weight Loss

Addiction Drug Also Efficient in Weight Loss

A trial conducted on lab mice showed that vigabatrin, a drug currently tested against...
» read full story August 21st, 2008 - 15:30
FDA Rules That Bisphenol A In Plastic Bottles Is Safe

FDA Rules That Bisphenol A In Plastic Bottles Is Safe

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday declared the levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in baby...
» read full story August 16th, 2008 - 12:48
California Lawmakers Considering Ban of Bisphenol A in Baby Products

California Lawmakers Considering Ban of Bisphenol A in Baby Products

California lawmakers are considering legislation that would ban bisphenol A (BPA) in containers...
» read full story August 12th, 2008 - 17:34
High Concentrations of Vitamin C Injections Tested to Fight Cancer

High Concentrations of Vitamin C Injections Tested to Fight Cancer

An injection of a high dose of vitamin C could reduce the size of cancerous tumors in people, new...
» read full story August 07th, 2008 - 11:57
Update 1: Pills To Replace Exercising Could Soon Become Reality

Update 1: Pills To Replace Exercising Could Soon Become Reality

What can be greater than taking a pill that would make your fat disappear and your muscle work as...
» read full story August 01st, 2008 - 14:04
Resveratrol In Red Wine May Be The Secret To Ward Off Damage Of Aging

Resveratrol In Red Wine May Be The Secret To Ward Off Damage Of Aging

Researchers may be closer than ever to discover the secret to longevity, as new research by the...
» read full story July 04th, 2008 - 12:33
Leukemia Drug Gleevec Might Improve Stroke Treatment As Well

Leukemia Drug Gleevec Might Improve Stroke Treatment As Well

Novartis AG’s efficient leukemia drug Gleevec or imatinib may also be beneficial for stroke...
» read full story June 24th, 2008 - 16:01
Viagra May Protect Heart in Muscular Dystrophy Patients

Viagra May Protect Heart in Muscular Dystrophy Patients

Besides being used to treat erectile dysfunction, Viagra may actually protect the hearts of people...
» read full story May 13th, 2008 - 16:01
Two Studies Shed Light on Cancer Stem Cells

Two Studies Shed Light on Cancer Stem Cells

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have allegedly turned normal skin cells...
» read full story April 09th, 2008 - 22:41
Starvation Prior to Chemotherapy May Raise Its Effectiveness

Starvation Prior to Chemotherapy May Raise Its Effectiveness

Starvation prior to chemotherapy could make it more effective, shielding healthy cells as it...
» read full story April 02nd, 2008 - 12:27
Stem Cells Curing Parkinson’s in Mice – Big Leap into the Future

Stem Cells Curing Parkinson’s in Mice – Big Leap into the Future

Mice with Parkinson’s disease seem to improve their condition after receiving their own modified...
» read full story March 24th, 2008 - 00:24
Breakthrough: Stem Cells Produced From Skin Cells

Breakthrough: Stem Cells Produced From Skin Cells

Japanese and American scientists discovered a way to make stem cells out of human skin cells, an...
» read full story December 04th, 2007 - 14:54
Diabetes Drug Avandia Tied to Bone Fracture Risk

Diabetes Drug Avandia Tied to Bone Fracture Risk

A new study conducted in mice revealed that over the long term, Avandia (rosiglitazone) used by...
» read full story December 03rd, 2007 - 11:32
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Specials

New Flu Vaccine Based on Human Antibodies May Come in Years

A new vaccine fighting several strains of the flu, including the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu,...
» read full story February 24th, 2009 - 15:00

Researchers Finally Derive Stem Cells From Rats

Since 1981, scientists had thought that genetically engineered rats would follow quickly after the...
» read full story December 28th, 2008 - 00:58
The Hypothalamus Plays a Role In Obesity

The Hypothalamus Plays a Role In Obesity

Scientists conducting experiments on mice have noticed that overfeeding the rodents triggers a...
» read full story October 03rd, 2008 - 15:04
Chemical In Plastics Could Cause Heart Disease, Diabetes

Chemical In Plastics Could Cause Heart Disease, Diabetes

Bisphenol A (BPA), the synthetic hormone used in baby bottles, toddler cups, water bottle and...
» read full story September 17th, 2008 - 14:01
Baby Bottle Chemical Bisphenol A Once Again under Fire

Baby Bottle Chemical Bisphenol A Once Again under Fire

The Department of Health and Human Services’ National Toxicology Program on Wednesday released a...
» read full story September 08th, 2008 - 14:31
‘Magic’ Pills Turn Ordinary Mice Into Athletes By Mimicking Exercise

‘Magic’ Pills Turn Ordinary Mice Into Athletes By Mimicking Exercise

For all of us who are kind of lazy or simply do not find the necessary time to exercise the...
» read full story August 02nd, 2008 - 12:17
A Glass of Red Wine May Hold the Secret to Longevity

A Glass of Red Wine May Hold the Secret to Longevity

Researchers may be closer than ever to discover the secret to longevity, as new research by...
» read full story June 05th, 2008 - 12:24
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Science

New Flu Vaccine Based On Human Antibodies May Come In Years

A new vaccine fighting several strains of the flu, including the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu,...
» read full story February 25th, 2009 - 10:20
Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer

Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer

Researchers took one more step toward so-called regenerative medicine by developing a safer way of...
» read full story September 26th, 2008 - 14:40
Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements

Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements

No need to worry about the ethical implications of stem-cell research anymore: American scientists...
» read full story December 23rd, 2007 - 23:47
Stem Cells Created from Human Skin

Stem Cells Created from Human Skin

Two research groups managed to obtain stem cells without the ethical problems posed by destroying...
» read full story November 20th, 2007 - 19:07
Ian Wilmut, Dolly’s Creator, Abandons Human Embryos Use

Ian Wilmut, Dolly’s Creator, Abandons Human Embryos Use

Professor Ian Wilmut, the Scottish scientists who led the team that created Dolly the sheep ten...
» read full story November 18th, 2007 - 01:17
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