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 [...]
It is the sound of a name
The naming of a baby is one of things that on the one hand are a personal matter as it could be the name of a relative or friend, whereas on the other hand there is the pressure from celebrity names as these too have an influence on the naming of a child.
If we look [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
You really are what you eat
According to a recent report from researchers in Melbourne, Australia it looks as if people that regularly eat junk food are not only risking putting on pounds but they could also be affecting the memory stored in their genes.
Studies show that cells have the ability to remember and although this may be only a short [...]
Birth defects can be undone by stem cells
There has been a lot of work done in the field of stem cell research, this has been met by equally good and bad thoughts on whether this is a good idea or not.
The problem is that although some people are set against this being used as a treatment, the benefits are often outweighing the [...]
There is a gene that makes kids naughty
In line with what almost every parent already knows, researchers have found that children who appear to be naughty more than others have a great excuse now for there is a naughty gene.
This gene has also been described as the rebel gene because it is found in those people who tend to be popular though [...]
Faulty gene makes drinkers aggressive
Anyone that has ever seen people who have drunk too much would have to ask why they all tend to act differently, the most worrying being those drinkers who turn aggressive.
It seems that recent research from Finland has found alcohol can have a violent trigger effect in some people. This is because some people have [...]
Vatican speaks out on bioethics
The Vatican have always appeared to have against any sort of interference by science into the natural development of the human body, but these with so many good results coming from treatments such as gene therapy and stem cell research; can they ignore the benefits anymore?
It would not, as the Vatican have recently spoken out [...]
Chemical threat to men
This sounds like something from that TV programme from the seventies “Doom Watch” where a group of scientists save the world from disaster.
Well scientists are now warning that pollutants that have made their way into the environment have the ability to appear to be oestrogen the female hormone.
This means that fish, birds and reptiles that [...]
Damaged genes can cause cancer
Recent research has found that it only takes a damaged gene to cause cancer, this discovery although frightening to some people will help future researchers in finding more ways to find out more about cancer and to ultimately treat the disease.
Researchers at the Erasmas MC in Rotterdam, Holland found that the tumour suppressor gene SMAD4 [...]
Life gene found
Researchers of the Hawaii Lifespan Study at the Kuakini Medical Centre, Honolulu, Hawaii have found that men, who have two copies of a gene that is associated with long life, stand an excellent chance of living well over a hundred years old.
It all boils down to having two letters, but these two letters are quite [...]
Sport improves brain functions
There is no doubt that being involved in sport can improve many functions of the brain, after all a sportsman will need to be alert and make snap decisions, but it is not necessarily just the people who actively take part in sport, fans can benefit too.
The concept of sport means that unlike watching TV [...]
The smell of danger
For as long as anyone can remember there have been sayings that go around the fact that humans can smell danger, these may be something like “I can smell danger in the air” and so on. However, this has normally been put down to fear or something similar.
However according to research being conducted by researchers [...]
Vaccine for Arthritis coming soon
There is a chance that within a few years there could be an injection available for arthritis sufferers which is said to work like a vaccine.
It works by taking cells from the patient; these are then altered and simply injected into the affected joint or joints.
With over 350,000 people in the UK suffering from the [...]
DNA flaw means no learning from mistakes
Experts in child development are looking at a flaw in the child’s DNA as the reason behind why some children fail to learn from their mistakes. We have seen this many times before when a child does something wrong one or two times then eventually, they get it right, but sometimes there are those children [...]
July 24, 2008Cancer vaccine from Tobacco
This has to be one of the classics, something good coming from something that is considered now to be completely evil. Trials of a new vaccine could become the way to treat the potentially fatal disease non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
This would have been something really special in any case, but you find out that the vaccine has [...]
Why do Americans suffer from fattigue?
In the US there is growing as to why the waste lines of a large proportion of the public are expanding.
The reason why people put weight on is that they are consuming more calories than they are using up through activity. Whatever the reasons, this is going to have long-term effects on the health [...]