Anti aging drug test tragedy
A family run pharmaceutical firm, Amro Biotech has been the centre of a police investigation after an employee and daughter of the founder died after testing an unlicensed anti ageing drug developed by the firm.
Yolanda Cox suffered an allergic reaction to the drug known as just B71, it has been developed by the company to [...]
Brain surgery turns man into artist
A few years ago 49 year old Alan Brown had difficulty doing even the most basic style of drawing and after suffering from a stroke and then having to undergo a sixteen hour long brain surgery operation, things were not looking too great.
After spending a long time recovering he began to pass the time by [...]
Lung cancer test could save lives
Researchers in the UK have developed a simple blood test that could save the lives of thousands of people; test is believed to be the first to be able to detect lung cancer.
The test is able to detect the presence of certain proteins in the blood, which are only produced when lung cancer cells are [...]
Humans are optimistic
If an outsider looked at the human race, they would notice that for thousands of years history has been repeating itself. This is because right from the early days of mankind there have been struggles with war, disease, famine and even economic failures.
Yet mankind survives and a study from the university of Kansas and Gallup [...]
Coffee could be good for you
Once again, something that we take for granted is back on the good for you list, coffee was once labelled as being bad for us and yet now according to recent research it turns out that coffee can have some beneficial effects, so what now.
The research has found that a cup of coffee can help [...]
Brain scans to catch terrorists
Sometimes technology edges towards the scary and a brain scanner that can detect terrorists would appear to be either one of the most brilliant or maybe one of the most scariest forms of technology around.
But nevertheless the EU are testing this new way of catching terrorists that is being developed through the Human Monitoring and [...]
Beer can be life extending
At last the news that drinkers have been waiting for, drinking beer can add around two and half year onto the end of your life, but those fancy wine drinkers have got it made for a mere half a glass of wine a day will add five year to your life.
This comes from Dutch research [...]
What are the most deadly pandemics?
There cannot be many people who have not heard of swine flu, it is a descendent of the Spanish flu that killed millions of people throughout the world, just after the First World War. yet this is not a pandemic yet despite the fact that the illness has crossed several borders.
For it to be classified, [...]
Young people screened for Alzheimer’s
According to recent research, it has been found that people who carry faulty gene could be scanned for the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
Find the disease early is essential for the treatment and the postponing of the effects, making life better for sufferers.
Brain scans can highlight any changes in the activity of the brain decades [...]
Modified tobacco can treat HIV
Researchers working for the University of Louisville’s Owensboro Cancer Research Program are reporting that they have been testing a gel that has been produced from a plant that is close to the tobacco family as a viable treatment for HIV.
It has been found that the plant nicotiana benthamiana contains a protein known as griffifthsin, this [...]
GM embryos will change the future
The world’s first genetically modified human embryo has been created by a research team at Cornell University in New York, but there are warnings that this could be research gone too far.
Such research has been frowned upon in most countries; in the UK, the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA) have said that this work [...]
You start getting old at 27
Everyone has their own idea on what age is considered to be old and as time goes on old age seems to be getting further away or so we think.
New research has thrown up some interesting ideas about old age and when it starts, the problem with these findings is that a lot of people [...]
The secret of grey hair
For a long while the appearance of grey hair has heralded the onset of old age, this is despite some people going grey in their thirties. This means that people have for decades been using dyes and other treatments to make their hair look like it used to.
The cause of grey hair has always been [...]
Is the legalisation of pot coming?
Work on marijuana as a medicine has been around for some time, but there has always been a shady line between what is the medical business and that of the recreational user.
The problem for business of science is that they understand the properties that marijuana has. This plant can then go on to be an [...]
Breakthrough in stem cell research
A new way of creating stem cells could mean that some of the world’s most devastating disease could soon be studied in great depth with a view to eventually finding a safe and effective treatment.
According to Dr. Andras Nagy, Senior Investigator at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, Investigator at the McEwen [...]
One shot Flu job on the way
Scientists are working on what can only be described as a super drug that could protect everyone against all types of flu from the common variety that we tend to get during the winter to the serious and deadly bird flu.
A single injection of this anti viral drug will protect the patient for life against [...]
Protein can help Alzheimer’s
Catching the devastating condition of Alzheimer’s is essential if the patient is going to be able to be treated, but even then, the chances are that the condition will still take its toll on the patient.
However, researchers from the University of California at San Diego have been studying the effects of injecting natural growth factor [...]
Green tea not so good with cancer drug
Currently there is a lot of marketing going on promoting the health benefits of green tea and there is no doubt, there are some clear benefits from drinking this beverage. However, according to researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) this may not always be the case.
The problem lies with the treatment for multiple [...]
First test for spinal injury treatment with stem cells
For the first time scientists will be getting the chance to research the benefits of what embryonic stem cells for the treatment of injuries to the spinal cord.
This is a long awaited programmed of research which is successful will change the lives of thousands of people around the world, but first they need to get [...]
Aids treated with stem cells
It is estimated that around forty million people worldwide suffer from the later effects of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). This has become known as AIDs and as of yet there is still cure, although there are treatments which can help prolong the lives of sufferers.
Scientists and researchers have been working with stem cells and it [...]