Medical Research

Famous brain set to go under the knife

British Journal of Pharmacology (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Slices from the brain of H.M., a key patient in pioneering memory studies, will be immortalized online.

Feral dromedaries besiege Oz Outback town

The Register (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

'Some people open their windows and all they see is camels' An Oz Outback community is battling to regain control of its town from a 6,000-strong feral camel invasion, which has seen the thirsty dromedaries cause "chaos" in their search for water.… The power of collaboration within unified communications

Billionaire floats eco dream on sailing soda bottles

The Register (Free subscription) | yesterday

Plastiki and the 100% recyclable yacht By now, David de Rothschild is used to being cast as the eccentric visionary whose well-meaning crusade to save the world's oceans is overshadowed by a lack of execution - or at least naiveté.… The power of collaboration within unified communications

NIGMS invests in scientific Grand Opportunities with Recovery Act funds

Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

( NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences ) NIGMS has invested $42.3 million in Recovery Act funds for grants in scientific areas it identified as "Grand Opportunities." The 14 projects will close specific knowledge gaps, create new technologies, or build community-wide resources, dramatically propelling biomedical research with a one-time, two-year investment.

Do you want to play a game - Iran?

Black Horizon (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Iran plans to launch a large aerial military exercise Sunday to prepare for any possible attack, state media said. The five-day exercise was to cover a vast area in the country's northwest, west, south and southwest, Press TV said, citing Brig. Gen. Ahmad Miqani. Iran's regular military and its elite Revolutionary Guards were to participate in the exercise against aerial attacks,...

Iran To Play War Games

Truthdig (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

Iran has announced it will conduct a set of week-long war games exercises centered around the country’s nuclear sites after Western powers, especially the U.S., moved to a full-court press over Iran’s nuclear program. The Wall Street Journal: Iran announced Saturday it would conduct a large-scale, air-defense exercise—a week-long drill that comes as Western powers ratchet up pressure...

High-tech 'blade runner' legs better than real ones - profs

The Register (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Olympic ban on Dr Who Cybermen seems likely The argument over the use of artificial legs to gain better results in athletics has taken a new turn. Following lengthy legal debates, it had been accepted that prosthetic legs confer no substantial advantage, but now the very scientists who argued that case have changed their minds.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

The Burnham Buzz

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

Recent developments at Burnham Institute for Medical Research, November 2009New antibiotics for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other pesky bacteria.

Researchers find potential treatment for Huntington's disease (w/ Video)

Physorg (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research, the University of British Columbia's Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and the University of California, San Diego have found that normal synaptic activity in nerve cells (the electrical activity in the brain that allows nerve cells to communicate with one another) protects the brain from the misfolded proteins associated with Huntington's...

Researchers find potential treatment for Huntington's disease

Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009

( Burnham Institute ) Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research, UBC and UCSD have found that normal synaptic activity in nerve cells protects the brain from the misfolded proteins associated with Huntington's disease. They also found that the drug Memantine, which is approved to treat Alzheimer's disease, successfully treated Huntington's disease in a mouse model by preserving normal...

Brain-delving boffins in key monkey-butler breakthrough

The Register (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

Inability of apes to understand drinks orders probed In a development with potentially immense consequences in the important area of monkey* butlers, boffins have identified the crucial genetic differences which permit humans to employ speech and deny this ability to chimpanzees, our closest genetic cousins.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

Mouse Gene Suppresses Alzheimer's Plaques And Tangles

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

Protein reduces levels of amyloid beta and tau hyperphosphorylation, 2 hallmarks of Alzheimer'sInvestigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) and colleagues have identified a novel mouse gene (Rps23r1) that reduces the accumulation of two toxic proteins that are major players in Alzheimer's disease: amyloid beta and tau.

• Mouse gene suppresses Alzheimer's plaques and tangles - Life Science World
• Novel Mouse Gene Reduces Major Pathologies Associated With Alzheimer’s Disease - Science Daily
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UT Southwestern Aids National Effort to Recruit Volunteers for Medical Research

Newswise (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

A new national initiative involving UT Southwestern Medical Center will match volunteers who want to take part in medical research studies with the scientists who are leading those studies.

Docs press for probe into 'designer vaginas'

The Register (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Warn over 'invasive and irrevocable' labiaplasty ops Doctors have warned that nip-and-tuck labiaplasty operations aimed at creating "designer vaginas" could have adverse affects on long-term sexual function.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud

UT Southwestern aids national effort to recruit volunteers for medical research

Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

A new national initiative involving UT Southwestern Medical Center will match volunteers who want to take part in medical research studies with the scientists who are leading those studies.

Arthritis Diet

sbbc | 01/23/2009

Despite ongoing medical research, so far arthritis has no known cure but luckily there are a number of useful and capable methods, like an arthritis diet, which are able to assist you control arthritis. Substitute medical methods like herbal treatments...