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New Insights Into How Genes Turn On And Off
Date: Mar-29-2013Findings could enhance our understanding of human development, cancer therapies and autism Researchers at UC Davis and the University of British Columbia have shed new light on methylation, a critical process that helps control how genes are expressed. Working with placentas, the team discovered that 37 percent of the placental genome has regions of lower methylation, called partially methylated domains (PMDs), in which gene expression is turned off. This differs from most human tissues, in which 70 percent of the genome is highly methylated...
Convergence Pharmaceuticals Announces Successful Interim Data From Ground-Breaking Phase II Trigeminal Neuralgia Study
Date: Mar-29-2013Novel sodium channel blocker with excellent pharmacokinetic and safety profile could fill treatment gap for severe pain condition Convergence Pharmaceuticals Limited ("Convergence"), the company focused on the development of novel analgesic medicines for the treatment of chronic pain, today announces positive interim data from the ongoing Phase II clinical trial of novel sodium channel blocker CNV1014802 in patients with trigeminal neuralgia (TN), a very severe form of facial pain...
New DNA Test Cuts Time To Find Horsemeat In Food From Two Days To Less Than Four Hours
Date: Mar-29-2013QIAGEN's real-time DNA testing solution makes food testing fast and reliable. Call to introduce common food testing standards across the European Union A new DNA test launched this week cuts the time it takes to find horsemeat in food from two days to less than four hours. The process was developed by QIAGEN, the world's leading provider of molecular sample and assay technologies. The new testing method can detect in real time even minute traces of horsemeat ( "Current and previous scandals reveal a fundamental flaw in Europe's food surveillance systems...
Music Benefits Both Mental And Physical Health
Date: Mar-29-2013Playing and listening to music benefits both mental and physical health. The finding came from the first-large scale review of 400 research papers in the neurochemistry of music which found that music can improve the function of the body's immune system and reduce levels of stress. Listening to music was also shown to be more successful than prescription drugs in decreasing a person's anxiety before undergoing surgery. A report from 2011 indicated that anxiety in cancer patients can be reduced by music. Prof...
New Graphic Anti-Smoking Campaign Ads Revealed By The CDC
Date: Mar-29-2013On Thursday, a graphic public service announcement on the dangers of smoking was released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The new ads feature emotional stories of ex-smokers who have suffered the harmful effects of smoking. They come as a follow-up to last year's campaign "Tips From Former Smokers", released by the CDC. Just one year ago they announced a $54 million campaign consisting of TV, print, billboards, and radio ads that showed real people whose lives were altered because of smoking. Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the U.S...
Most Common Place Of Death For Cancer Patients In England In Hospital
Date: Mar-29-2013In England, hospital is still the most common place for patients with cancer to die but an increase in home and hospice deaths since 2005 suggests that the National End of Life Care Programme (a Programme to promote the rollout of national end-of-life care initiatives) has helped more people to die at their preferred place of death, according to a UK study funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery Research (NIHR HS&DR) Programme, published in this week's PLOS Medicine...
Unique Mechanisms Of Antibiotic Resistance Identified
Date: Mar-29-2013As public health authorities across the globe grapple with the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, Tufts University School of Medicine microbiologists and colleagues have identified the unique resistance mechanisms of a clinical isolate of E. coli resistant to carbapenems. Carbapenems are a class of antibiotics used as a last resort for the treatment of disease-causing bacteria, including E. coli and Klebsiella pneumonia, which can cause serious illness and even death...
Food Security And Animal Welfare Undermined By Pig Wasting Syndrome; High Economic Cost To Farmers
Date: Mar-29-2013Stark new figures show that a common pig virus, present on 99 per cent of pig farms has major economic implications for individual farmers and the pig industry as a whole, costing British farmers as much as 84 pounds per pig (if the pig dies from the syndrome), and during epidemic periods, such as 2008, costing the pig industry 88 million pounds per year. PMWS, a serious syndrome which results in emaciation and death in up to 30 per cent of cases...
Organic Diets Improve Health Of Fruit Flies
Date: Mar-29-2013A new study looking at the potential health benefits of organic versus non-organic food found that fruit flies fed an organic diet recorded better health outcomes than flies fed a nonorganic diet. The study from the lab of SMU biologist Johannes H. Bauer, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, found that fruit flies raised on diets of organic foods performed better on several tests for general health...
Small Sensor Placed On The Neck Records How A Patient With Suspected Dysphagia Swallows
Date: Mar-29-2013Those suffering from swallowing difficulties, especially stroke patients, could be evaluated more efficiently and noninvasively thanks to research under way at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Toronto. Ervin Sejdic, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering in Pitt's Swanson School of Engineering, is developing a small sensor that's externally placed on the neck near the thyroid and records how a person swallows...
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