Skin patch could replace injections
In collaboration HP and Crospon have been developing a new system of administering drugs in a virtually painless and indeed a completely safe way of delivering drugs over a certain amount of time.
The skin patch has a chip which can be programmed to deliver an assortment of drugs directly into the system through tiny needles [...]
Monkeys move legs via internet
A research team at the Duke University in Durham have used monkey brains that have been implanted with electrodes to move artificial legs that are thousands of miles away in Japan.
It is believed that this research will be able to help people who have been paralysed to walk again.
The whole experiment was conducted over the [...]
What has the highest germ rates?
There seem to be more germs around these days, more than we have ever seen before, and yet there are actual places that are more germ infested than others, according to research by Dr Charles Gerba PhD, who is professor of environmental microbiology at the University of Arizona.
There is now a list of the top [...]
Obesity affects a third of Americans
There are concerns in a America still about the obesity problems especially as research has thrown up some astonishing figures. It appears that there are about a third of all US citizens that are classified as being obese, whereas this used to be the status of the so called lazy, this problem is now affecting [...]
November 22, 2007Stem Cells from skin
In the US and Japan there have been two groups working on how to produce stem cells from human skin, and it would appear that they have succeeded, and this success could end the long running problems with using stem cells from embryos.
The cells developed from skin cells could be used in the treatment of [...]
Health and Wi-Fi
There is a study going around by Dr George Carlo and published in the Australasian Journal of Clinical Environmental Medicine, which is regarding a connection between that little wireless router that is positioned somewhere in your home and Autism.
This is a similar study as we have seen with mobile phones and masts etc, but the [...]
PS3 used in Bio research
For anyone who was familiar with the SETI at home program where PCs down loaded a small program which searched for stars, with this program the principle is the same but wit a PS3. This is PS3GRID and any PS3 user can allow the program to use the system when it is not in use.
The [...]
Dragons Blood great upset stomachs
Now taking something called Dragons Blood could be enough to put anyone off of going to the doctor, but this is not conventional medicine, this is Chinese herbal medicine, and Dragons Blood is a plant that is gives off a red sap, hence the name.
This plant actually contains a whole host of chemicals that have [...]
Eating your greens is good for you
See your mother was right, eating all your greens is good for you, because now mums around the world have the backup from researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University; they have found that nitrite which is a chemical found in most green leafy vegetables and some root vegetables, can help [...]
November 14, 2007President Bush cuts bio research spending
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the States have been dealt a blow from the US President George Bush when their bill for $151 billion was sent back to Congress; this means that they will need stick with the 2007 budget.
The difference is $30 billion and most of this would have gone into research [...]
Nanodiamonds for drug delivery
Researchers from North-western University are playing with diamonds with a view to using them for the delivery of cancer treatments such as chemotherapy. These diamonds are only two nanometre in diameter the drug is loaded onto the surface, and then they are grouped into clusters of which change the size to around 50 to 100 [...]
November 9, 2007Medical advice over the phone
A new medical service has begun, this phone service will connect the caller with a doctor specialising in whatever field the caller needs, this is a great idea and although this is never going to replace the services of a GP, it can however help people with questions on specialist illnesses and other problems which [...]
November 8, 2007Cold medicines a con!
Are over the counter cold cures a con? Well according to some sources they are and in the states there is a movement to get the facts out. But with conflicting sides the consumers are going to be totally confused and will not know which way to turn.
According to News Target these medicines that are [...]
Inheriting two epilepsy genes may prove positive
When both parents have epilepsy their fear would be that their children would naturally inherit the same disease, yet in recent research by Dr Jeffery L Noebels from the Baylor College of Medicine have found that it may be possible that the two genes could cancel each other out.
If this were to be true then [...]
Stem Cells may help spine damage
Researchers at the Jefferson Medical College have found that there are stem cells in the intervertebral discs that are found in the human spine, this has given the idea that with more research and study that there may be a possibility that stem cells could be used to help repair damage to those areas.
Back pain [...]
Growing back a lost limb
Researchers are looking into the possibilities of trying to recreate the famous healing qualities of the salamander, this is where they are able to grow back their tails and limbs. You may be questioning as to what this has to do with human medicine?
Surprisingly there was a man who had an accident where the [...]