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Protein structure determined in living cells
The function of a protein is determined both by its structure and by its interaction partners in the cell. Until now, proteins had to be isolated for analyzing them. view more (2009-03-05)
Origins of Life
The origin of life lies in unique ocean reefs, and scientists from the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science have developed an approach to help investigate them better. view more (2006-11-20)
Some schoolboys get their kicks from partial self-strangulation
Schoolboys go in for partial self strangulation for kicks, using cloth towel dispensers, reports a study in Injury Prevention. Much older boys and adult men practice partial self strangulation by auto-erotic asphyxiation. The Canadian researchers cite five cases in which young boys attempted near strangulation using cloth towel dispensers in... view more... (2001-08-29)
Social habits of cells may hold key to fighting diseases
Scientists in Manchester are working to change the social habits of living cells - an innovation that could bring about cleaner and greener fuel and help fight diseases such as cancer and diabetes. view more (2007-08-27)
Living sensor can warn of arsenic pollution
Scientists studying arsenic pollution have discovered a living sensor that can spot contamination. They have also discovered new bacteria that can clean up arsenic spills even in previously untreatable cold areas, microbiologists heard today (Monday 8 September 2008) at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn meeting being held this week at... view more... (2008-09-08)
Columbia study shows elderly with diabetes at increased risk for falling
Falling is the leading cause of accidental death for elderly people, and a new study from Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/The Allen Pavilion suggests that nursing home residents with diabetes are four times more likely to fall than those who are not diabetic. view more (2005-09-26)
DNA-wrapped carbon nanotubes serve as sensors in living cells
Single-walled carbon nanotubes wrapped with DNA can be placed inside living cells and detect trace amounts of harmful contaminants using near infrared light. view more (2006-01-27)
Mammoth bones give clue to deaths
Experts from the University of Bradford are helping to find out if a hoard of recently-discovered mammoth and woolly rhino bones were the result of ice age man hunting or scavenging the long extinct mammals. The University's Department of Archaeological Sciences has been sent 1000s of bones found at Lynford Gravel Pit, an internationally important... view more... (2003-03-24)
Giant frog jumps continents
A giant frog fossil from Madagascar dubbed Beelzebufo or 'the frog from Hell' has been identified by scientists from UCL (University College London) and Stony Brook University, New York. view more (2008-02-19)
Marine conservation organizations team up to conduct Indonesia coral reefs assessment
Three leading marine conservation organizations will complete an extensive survey next week along the west coast of Aceh Province, Indonesia, to determine the impact of last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami on the region's coral reefs. view more (2005-10-13)
TB treatment delays in Taiwan
Older people suffer delayed tuberculosis treatment. A Taiwanese study of 78,118 pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) cases, reported in the open access journal BMC Public Health has found that older people had both diagnosis and treatment delays in tuberculosis and those with an aboriginal background had a longer treatment delay. view more (2009-02-18)
Viagra may affect fertility
Researchers from Belfast reveal today that men who take Viagra when they are hoping to start a family could be affecting their fertility. A group lead by Dr Sheena Lewis at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Queen's University Belfast have shown that while Viagra enhances sperm motility it also seems to speed up the 'acrosome... view more... (2004-03-31)
Researchers establish link between cold climates, poor housing and high blood pressure
People living in the north and west of Britain in poor quality housing are at a significantly greater risk of high blood pressure than those living in warmer climates, and better quality housing, say scientists today. The research, published recently in the International Journal of Epidemiology, shows how scientists from Imperial College London,... view more... (2002-08-21)
Occupational therapy is an effective way of improving the daily life of stroke patients
Occupational therapy can improve the lives of patients who have suffered a stroke and lessen their chances of deteriorating, according to a study published on bmj.com today. view more (2007-10-01)
Shattering the myth of self-segregation
The myth of self-segregation by Asian communities - accused of keeping themselves apart and refusing to mix with other races and religions - has been shattered by researchers at Leeds. In one of the widest surveys of housing patterns amongst the Asian communities of Leeds and Bradford, Dr Deborah Phillips and her team found that, while there may... view more... (2002-12-05)
Road pollution blamed for higher allergy risk in kids
New evidence blames traffic-related pollution for increasing the risk of allergy and atopic diseases among children by more than fifty percent. What's more, the closer children live to roads, the higher their risk. view more (2008-06-13)
Living longer in Yorkshire
People across Yorkshire are living longer, but a regional north-south divide in health is widening - a reversal of national patterns of affluence and deprivation, according to geography professor Phil Rees and research student Dominic Brown. view more (2002-06-10)
Increasing age of mothers in Spain leads to rise in mortality rates
A new study examining the evolution of maternal mortality rates in Spain since 1996 shows a 17% increase in deaths. This trend is linked to the widespread increase in maternal age. The highest death rates are among foreign women and those who live in the province of Malaga. view more (2009-07-02)
Penn researchers engineer first system of human nerve-cell tissue
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have demonstrated that living human nerve cells can be engineered into a network that could one day be used for transplants to repair damaged to the nervous system. They report their findings in the February issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery. view more (2008-02-27)
Pet Therapy May Help Schizophrenic Patients
In a pilot randomized controlled trial a group of researchers of the Technion Institute of Technology (Israel) suggest the usefulness of pet therapy for improving apathy in schizophrenic patients. The paper was published in the January issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. Anhedonia, a component of the negative symptom dimension and a core... view more... (2005-01-11)
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