BBC reporter takes drugs on show
It looks as if there could be some trouble brewing as a new TV programme will show a BBC reporter take drugs in front of the camera. The programme will be called “Should I Smoke Dope?” which is due to be aired on BBC Three later on in the year is aimed at sixteen to [...]
February 27, 2008How cocaine affects your brain
Research being done at the Trinity College in Dublin, has been testing exactly how cocaine works in the brain, their research has found that there is a biological reason as to why some people become addicted to the drug, while others seem to be able to carry on a normal life.
With the use of scans [...]
The human genome explained
For many people the human genome is a mystery but there is lot of work being carried on at various institutions around the world like the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge they have together some great facts about the human genome:
The genome is the complete list of coded instructions needed to make a person.
The 4 [...]
People are like sheep
Some fascinating research has been done by the Faculty of Biological Sciences at the University of Leeds; they have been looking into how crowds or groups of people are manipulated. Do they work as team of individuals?
Considering that for a long time we have always been considered different to the rest of the animals on [...]
Marijuana used for medical purposes
The use of marijuana for medical purposes is being endorsed by doctors from of the leading medical organisations in the US, the American College of Physicians; this is the second largest medical organisation in America. Its governing body has an approved a statement which will claim that evidence has been found that marijuana can help [...]
February 19, 2008Skin cells could become embryonic
If were possible to create cells and tissues from basic skin cells this would mean that this idea of using cloned cells and all of the problems associated with it would never need to be used. In fact there is evidence that a treatment like this is entirely possible.
Researchers from Kyoto University have report that [...]
Cancer can thrive on stress
As if having the worries that come along with virtually everyone’s daily life are not bad enough it now turns out that according to researchers at the Fox Chase Cancer Centre in Philadelphia that leading stressful life could make it harder to fight against the virus which causes the vast amount of cervical cancer cases.
“Women [...]
Boosting the body’s anti virus defences
It is a well known fact that the more medicines that you take the less chance there is that your body will produce the natural anti virus defences needed to fight against the different types of Flu and other illnesses that have the potential to kill.
However researchers from the McGill University in Canada have been [...]
Tattoos could deliver drugs
Having a tattoo done is something that you either like or hate, whether it is the fact that you have a picture left on your body or just the pain that it causes. But this could be the key to helping vaccines to become more efficient.
Its amazing how this technology could be used in medical [...]
New HIV receptor found
Scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have discovered some interesting aspects on how the HIV virus actually attacks the human body. This groundbreaking discovering could lead the way to finding some new and even more effective treatments for the disease.
What they found is a completely new receptor in the human body, [...]
Girl could easily die of shock
Many children of ten these days tend to like the scariest of things, these may include films, TV programmes and of those rides that you find at amusement parks, but for one ten year old girl even thinking about such things could be deadly.
Jennifer Lloyd would appear from first sight to normal girl aged ten, [...]
Why cancer cells grow
Researchers have been working on what makes a cancer cell work, and how to identify the genes that make the cancer cell divide in the first place. As it is the growth of these cells that is very dangerous, if a way was found to somehow stop this from happening then this would be a [...]
February 6, 2008Sound destroys viruses
Researchers at Arizona State University have been working on how to destroy viruses, this is a serious venture because a virus can be anything from flu to something even more deadly, and in many cases there is nothing that can be done to prevent a virus from running its course.
However the research team have found [...]
The blueprint of all life
Researchers from North-western University are reporting that they believe that DNA is the blueprint for all life. It can give form to many different types of organisms from the basic one cell bacteria right up to the complex structure known as humans.
This blueprint is the designer, project leader and indeed the actual builder of these [...]
Men not needed to create life
Researchers at the university of Newcastle have create human sperm cells, from a female embryonic stem cell, this is not the first time that the team lead by Professor Karim Nayernia have managed to create a cell like this, they created the same from male bone marrow too, although they are working on a way [...]