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Durata ICD lead "should be immune" to flaw that felled Riata
So concluded a new laboratory study, with acknowledged limitations, that simulated the in vivo stresses imposed on implanted leads. (Source: theHeart.org)
Source: theHeart.org - June 18, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Study Opens Door For Additional Treatment Option For Hypothyroidism
Desiccated thyroid extract (DTE), derived from crushed preparations of animal thyroid glands, is a safe and effective alternative to standard T4 therapy in hypothyroid patients, a new study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. In adults, untreated hypothyroidism leads to poor mental and physical performance. It also can cause high blood cholesterol levels that can lead to heart disease. The condition is treated with Levothyroxine, a synthetic (laboratory-made) form of T4 that is identical to the T4 the thyroid naturally makes... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Drug-Resistant Prostate Cancer Treated With New Medication In The Laboratory
A new drug called pyrvinium pamoate inhibits aggressive forms of prostate cancer that are resistant to standard drugs, according to a study conducted in an animal model. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. "Our novel prostate cancer drug works by a unique mechanism of action," said study lead author Jeremy Jones, PhD, assistant professor of molecular pharmacology at City of Hope, Beckman Research Institute, in Duarte, CA. "Thus, it has the potential to treat cancers resistant to currently approved therapies... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Prostate / Prostate Cancer Source Type: news

Robot That Runs Like A Cat Has Implications For Search And Rescue
Thanks to its legs, whose design faithfully reproduces feline morphology, EPFL's 4-legged 'cheetah-cub robot' has the same advantages as its model: It is small, light and fast. Even though it doesn't have a head, you can still tell what kind of animal it is: the robot is definitely modeled upon a cat. Developed by EPFL's Biorobotics Laboratory (Biorob), the "cheetah-cub robot," a small-size quadruped prototype robot, is described in an article appearing today in the International Journal of Robotics Research... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Aid / Disasters Source Type: news

Geneticists Solve Mystery Of EEC Syndrome's Variable Severity In Children
By identifying a protein that acts as a genetic modifier, scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have solved the mystery of why some infants are born with a grave syndrome consisting of cleft palate and major deformities of the skin and limbs, while other infants bearing the same predisposing genetic mutation bear little or no sign of the illness, called EEC. EEC stands for "Ectodactyly, Ectodermal dysplasia, Clefting syndrome." It is rare in its full-blown form, although individual aspects of the associated pathology, such as cleft palate, are more common... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cleft Palate Source Type: news

The discerning fruit fly: Linking brain-cell activity and behavior in smell recognition
(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) Comparing apples to oranges, or different apples. Neuroscientists in Associate Professor Glenn Turner's group at CSHL have visualized and quantified the activity of cells in the fruit fly brain that process smell. They found that the activity of as few as 25 cells correlated extremely well with the flies' ability to tell different smells apart, as well group similar smells together, and they could predict fly behavior patterns towards the odors based on these responses. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 18, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Trend of Hospitals Re-entering the Health Insurance Market May Benefit Hospital Laboratories
As ACO movement gathers momentum, hospitals and health systems see opportunities in providing health insurance Hospitals and health systems are getting back into the health insurance business. Not only is this seen as an opportunity created by the development of accountable-care organizations (ACOs), but it may help the clinical laboratories of these same hospitals that [...] (Source: Dark Daily)
Source: Dark Daily - June 17, 2013 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: jude Tags: Compliance, Legal, and Malpractice Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology Management & Operations Affordable Care Act AmeriHealth New Jersey Cooper University Health Care bundle payment Catholic Health In Source Type: news

Scientists grow new organs on scaffolding
Progress in the science of "scaffolding" allows doctors to create body parts in the laboratory (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - June 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Abnormalities In New Molecular Pathway May Increase Breast Cancer Risk
A new molecular pathway involving the gene ZNF365 has been identified and abnormalities in that pathway may predict worse outcomes for patients with breast cancer, according to data published in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. "Genomic instability is an increased tendency for abnormal changes in DNA, like the addition of extra copies of chromosomes, DNA breaks and mutations," said Ji-Hye Paik, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, N.Y... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: news

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) - update
The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has announced an additional three laboratory-confirmed cases with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). (Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks)
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - June 17, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Don't Hit The Road Without A Helmet
A laboratory study has found that bicycle helmets certified to Australia's national standard significantly reduce the causes of head, skull and brain injury - linear and angular head accelerations, and the impact force of a crash. Crashing without a helmet exposes the head to accelerations and forces - or loads - up to 9.5 times greater than with a helmet and so greatly increases the risk of head, skull and brain injury, according to a detailed biomechanical study published in the journal Traffic Injury Prevention... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news

New Technique May Improve Type 1 Diabetes Transplants
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a way to trigger reproduction in the laboratory of clusters of human cells that make insulin, potentially removing a significant obstacle to transplanting the cells as a treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes. Efforts to make this treatment possible have been limited by a dearth of insulin-producing beta cells that can be removed from donors after death, and by the stubborn refusal of human beta cells to proliferate in the laboratory after harvesting... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes Source Type: news

How to discover an antibiotic: a historian's guide | Vanessa Heggie
Given our pressing need for new antibiotics, or a whole new class of antibiotic-like drugs, perhaps we ought to try learning lessons from the history of penicillin (it might even help someone win the new Longitude Prize!)Historians of science and medicine are often terrible killjoys when it comes to great stories about discovery and genius. We've been quick to point out that the apocryphal story of Fleming discovering penicillin mould 'by accident' when it blew in through a window and landed on a discarded petri dish is, well, apocryphal. We're less unanimous about the way penicillin became a drug. Although the 'Oxford Gro...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 17, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Vanessa Heggie Tags: Blogposts guardian.co.uk History of science Source Type: news

Carbon monoxide, ethylene glycol, cocaine toothache drops: Weekly Web Review in Toxicology
Deaths from Carbon Monoxide: WCNC in Charlotte, N.C. reports that on June 8, 11-year-old Jeffrey Williams died of carbon monoxide poisoning in the same Boone N.C. motel room where an elderly couple had died nearly 2 months before. On April 16, Shirley Mae Jenkins, 72, and her husband Daryl, 73, were found dead in the room. Laboratory tests available on June 1 revealed that both victims had carboxyhemoglobin levels > 60%. Apparently these results were not passed on to police and fire officials. The source of the carbon monoxide was traced to a faulty indoor pool water heater. Ethylene glycol poisoning: On her blog at wi...
Source: The Poison Review - June 17, 2013 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical carbon monoxide ethylene glycol M.D. Anderson methanol strychnine Source Type: news

Slow and steady wins the baggage search
(Duke University) Next time you're doing a slow burn in security screening at the airport, calm yourself with the assurance that a more deliberate baggage scanner may do a better job. In a laboratory test of visual searching ability, scientists found trained Transportation Security Administration screening officers were a lot slower than undergraduate students and other civilians. But the amateurs were sloppier. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 17, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

New medication treats drug-resistant prostate cancer in the laboratory
(The Endocrine Society) A new drug called pyrvinium pamoate inhibits aggressive forms of prostate cancer that are resistant to standard drugs, according to a study conducted in an animal model. The results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 17, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Cone photoreceptor neuroprotection conferred by CNTF in a novel in vivo model of battlefield retinal laser injury - Aslam SA, Davies WI, Singh MS, Charbel Issa P, Barnard AR, Scott RA, Maclaren RE.
PURPOSE: To develop a reproducible laboratory model to simulate a battlefield foveal laser injury and to test potential neuroprotective effects of a single injection treatment which might be administered in a military setting. METHODS: Frequency-doubled 53... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Mild blast events alter anxiety, memory, and neural activity patterns in the anterior cingulate cortex - Xie K, Kuang H, Tsien JZ.
There is a general interest in understanding of whether and how exposure to emotionally traumatizing events can alter memory function and anxiety behaviors. Here we have developed a novel laboratory-version of mild blast exposure comprised of high decibel ... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Prolonged ventilatory failure and flaccid quadriparesis following ingestion of poison hemlock - Lung DD, Scott BJ, Wu AH, Gerona RR.
Introduction: A 28-year-old man presented with acute flaccid paralysis and respiratory failure that persisted for 2 weeks after suicidal ingestion of unknown substances. Methods: Extensive clinical, nerve, laboratory, and neuroimaging testing excluded alte... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news

The Effectiveness Of Green Coffee Bean Weight-Loss Supplements Questioned
A major ingredient in those green coffee bean dietary supplements - often touted as "miracle" weight-loss products - doesn't prevent weight gain in obese laboratory mice fed a high-fat diet when given at higher doses. That's the conclusion of a first-of-its-kind study published in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. It also linked the ingredient to an unhealthy build-up of fat in the liver. Vance Matthews, Kevin Croft and their team note that coffee is rich in healthful, natural, plant-based polyphenol substances... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news

Why the war on drugs has been made redundant
For every 'designer drug' the authorities ban, clandestine labs are churning out a new version. No wonder the law can't keep up…The term "designer drug" became popular with the acid house and ecstasy boom in the 1990s, but it was never really accurate. The main ingredient in ecstasy pills – MDMA – was first synthesised in 1912 and began its life as a recreational drug in 70s California, years before it became notorious on the rave scene. The drug was never created for the party crowd, but the "designer drug" label stuck as the perfect phrase both to glamorise and demonise the fashionable new high.There have been some...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 15, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Vaughan Bell Tags: Cannabis Society Mephedrone Drugs Features Drugs policy The Observer Science Source Type: news

The future of robotics: in a transhuman world, the disabled will be the ones without prosthetic limbs
Bertolt Meyer's amazing bionic hand controlled by an iPhone app is a glimpse of the advances being made in prosthetics. But in years to come, will everyone want one?Bertolt Meyer is used to being viewed as not fully human. Born with a stump where his left hand should have been, he spent his childhood wearing a hook connected to an elaborate pulley and harness. "To open the hook and grasp things I had to flex my shoulders like this," he says, striking a he-man pose. "The harness was very uncomfortable. To stop it chafing my skin, I had to wear a shirt underneath it at all times. I was always sweating."Even when, at the age ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 15, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Mark Honigsbaum Tags: Robots Sport Disability sport Society FutureFest Drugs in sport Technology Editorial The Observer Science Source Type: news

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) - update
The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has announced an additional three laboratory-confirmed cases, including one death with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). (Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks)
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - June 15, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

After 4 Years and $1 Billion, the VA and DoD Abandon Plans for a Fully Integrated EHR
DoD/VA public relations debacle could provide valuable lessons for laboratory organizations looking to implement large-scale IT or operational innovations Even as the federal government is incentivizing hospitals, physicians, and all types of healthcare providers to adopt and use electronic health records (EHRs), it has admitted failure in its own attempt to integrate EHRs that serve [...] (Source: Dark Daily)
Source: Dark Daily - June 14, 2013 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: jude Tags: Instruments & Equipment Laboratory Hiring & Human Resources Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory News Laboratory Operations Laboratory Pathology clinical laboratory Composite Health Source Type: news

Paul Nurse receives Albert Einstein World Award of Science
President emeritus and head of the Laboratory of Yeast Genetics and Cell Biology at Rockefeller, Nurse is being honored by the World Cultural Council for his long-term work as scientific leader committed to excellence in learning, research, health and education. More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire)
Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire - June 14, 2013 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: pubaff Tags: Awards and Honors Paul Nurse World Cultural Council Source Type: news

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) - update
The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has announced an additional three laboratory-confirmed cases, including one death with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). (Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks)
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - June 14, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Yellow fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is launching an emergency mass vaccination campaign against yellow fever from 20 June 2013, following laboratory confirmation of six cases in the country on 6 June 2013. (Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks)
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - June 14, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

CSHL geneticists solve mystery of EEC Syndrome's variable severity in children
(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) By identifying a protein that acts as a genetic modifier, scientists have solved the mystery of why some infants are born with a grave syndrome consisting of cleft palate and major deformities of the skin and limbs, while other infants with the same predisposing genetic mutation bear little or no sign of the illness, called EEC. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 14, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

What Is a Colon Biopsy - Basics of a Colon Biopsy
A colon biopsy is the removal and examination of tissue, cells, or fluid from the colon. No colon cancer diagnosis is final until the tissue sample from your colon is analyzed in a laboratory and found to contain cancer cells. (Source: About.com Colon Cancer)
Source: About.com Colon Cancer - June 14, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: coloncancer.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: news

As top court invalidates some gene patents, biotech has moved on
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court decision on Thursday to uphold patent protections for genetic material that has been changed in the laboratory but invalidate patents for purely natural DNA may seem like a partial setback for the biotech industry, but experts said it isn't: the industry has already moved on. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Human Gene Patents
But companies can patent complementary DNAs constructed in the laboratory (Source: ScienceNOW)
Source: ScienceNOW - June 13, 2013 Category: Science Source Type: news

Hormone therapy for endometrial cancer targets connective tissue, not tumor cells
In this study, we found that all of the progesterone anti-tumor effects are in fact mediated through the stroma, even though it makes up a minor fraction of the tumor. I believe these exciting findings are going to surprise the clinical community and change the way people look at patterns of hormone-receptor expression in endometrial tumors." The results of the three-year study, done using a specially developed laboratory model created by Memarzadeh's team that closely mimics human endometrial cancer, appear in the early online edition of Cancer Research, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Association for Cance...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - June 13, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Claims angry Lego faces could upset children
Conclusion Overall, this research suggests that Lego figures’ faces have changed over time. This is a finding that is unlikely to surprise parents (or big kids of a certain age). The default minifig of old (described in the study as having an “enigmatic smile”) is now just part of a much larger family of minifigs including pirates, Star Wars “imperial stormtroopers” and ninjas. So, as more faces have been produced it is unsurprising that a larger variety of emotions has been shown on the faces – particularly as minifigs now more commonly represent warriors. This study only assessed adults’ responses to the fa...
Source: NHS News Feed - June 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Pregnancy/child Source Type: news

Rwanda: Health Centres Get CD4, HIV Testing Machines
[New Times]Aids Health Care Foundation (AHF) has donated three CD4 machines to help in testingfor HIV and immunity of patients before putting them on antiretroviral therapy. The machines worth Rwf100m were handed to Dr Jean Baptiste Mazarati, the head of National Reference Laboratory in Kigali yesterday. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - June 13, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Major hurdle cleared to diabetes transplants
(Washington University School of Medicine) Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a way to trigger reproduction in the laboratory of clusters of human cells that make insulin, potentially removing a significant obstacle to transplanting the cells as a treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 13, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Grooves on Mars may be result of blocks of dry ice sliding down slopes
Nasa scientists say Mars' linear gullies caused by CO2 chunks breaking off layer of seasonal frost and surfing down slopes in springThe long, narrow grooves seen in the sand dunes of Mars – first spotted more than a decade ago and still an enduring mystery as to how they were formed – might be a result of blocks of dry ice surfing their way down the slopes during the Martian spring, according to scientists.A team of scientists led by Serina Diniega at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California has proposed that the so-called linear gullies – most of them several hundred metres long and around 10m wide – are cau...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 12, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Alok Jha Tags: The Guardian Nasa World news Mars Science Space Source Type: news

Can harnessing algae's natural goodness keep our skin fresh?
A French laboratory has proven that when it comes to beauty, good science really does make all the differenceLast week, continuing my theme of self-education, I ventured out of the UK on a press trip. My heart doesn't leap at the prospect of a press trip but it's the best way to satisfy this sceptic's curiosity and it does at least allow me to ask disobliging questions about science, testing and marketing puff. There are two reasons I accepted this invitation: first, it was from 40-year-old French skincare brand Phytomer and I have always believed the French know what's what in that area; second, the brand is all about mar...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 12, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Invisible Woman Tags: Blogposts Biology Fashion guardian.co.uk Women Features Beauty Life and style Ageing Science Source Type: news

Why Greenland's darkening ice has become a hot topic in climate science
Darkening causes the snow to absorb more sunlight which in turn increases meltingLast July, a record melting occurred on the Greenland ice sheet. Even in some of the highest and coldest areas, field parties observed rainfall with air temperatures several degrees above the freezing point. A month before, it was as though Greenland expert Jason Box had a crystal ball; he predicted this complete surface melting in a scientific publication. Box's research then got broader public visibility after climate activist and writer Bill McKibben covered it in Rolling Stone magazine.The basic premise of Box's study was that observations...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 12, 2013 Category: Science Authors: John Abraham Tags: Blogposts guardian.co.uk Climate change Greenland Environment Polar regions Science Source Type: news

Link between going grey and stress uncertain
Conclusion This is an interesting study and its results may eventually lead to the development of treatments for skin pigmentation disorders. Stress hormones also seem to be involved in the movement of melanocyte stem cells from hair follicles to the skin but the relationship appears complicated, involving multiple factors. Whether stress by itself causes hair to go grey is still uncertain. Still, there is evidence that prolonged stress can damage both your mental and physical health. Visit the NHS Choices Moodzone for more information on stress and methods you can use to relieve or reduce your stress levels. Analysis b...
Source: NHS News Feed - June 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lifestyle/exercise Mental health Source Type: news

Noted Pathologist George Lundberg, M.D., Sees Opportunity for Pathology Profession to be Leaders in Diagnostics during the Era of Genomics
Noted pathologist encourages pathology profession to step up and assert leadership in clinical diagnostics as it enters the era of genomics-based medicine Pathologists, embrace molecular testing or become irrelevant. In essence, that’s the message from pathology maven George D. Lundberg, M.D.. Lundberg is well known to pathologists in America. A board-certified pathologist himself, Lundberg served [...] (Source: Dark Daily)
Source: Dark Daily - June 12, 2013 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: jude Tags: Digital Pathology Instruments & Equipment Laboratory Hiring & Human Resources Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment Laboratory Pathology A National Agenda for the Future of Pathology in Personalized Medicine AJCP American Journal of Source Type: news

Clearing The Air On Changing Pollution Risks
The federal government has been warned not enough is being done to protect miners and fast-food workers at drive-throughs from exposure to potentially dangerous levels of exhaust fumes. In submissions to the senate enquiry on the health impacts of air quality in Australia, experts from QUT's International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health (ILAQH) confirmed there is no 'safe' level of air pollution, just as there is no safe level of smoking... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Source Type: news

Stem Cells Reach Standard For Use In Drug Development
Drug development for a range of conditions could be improved with stem cell technology that helps doctors predict the safety and the effectiveness of potential treatments. Medical Research Council scientists at the University of Edinburgh have been able to generate cells in the laboratory that reach the gold standard required by the pharmaceutical industry to test drug safety. The researchers used stem cell technology to generate liver cells - which help our bodies to process drugs... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stem Cell Research Source Type: news

Benzophenones Derived From African Medicinal Plants May Be Effective Against Multi-Drug Resistant Cancers
African medicinal plants contain chemicals that may be able to stop the spread of cancer cells. This is the conclusion of researchers following laboratory experiments conducted at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). The plant materials will now undergo further analysis in order to evaluate their therapeutic potential. "The active substances present in African medicinal plants may be capable of killing off tumor cells that are resistant to more than one drug... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer / Oncology Source Type: news

Lab experiments question effectiveness of green coffee bean weight-loss supplements
(American Chemical Society) A major ingredient in those green coffee bean dietary supplements -- often touted as "miracle" weight-loss products -- doesn't prevent weight gain in obese laboratory mice fed a high-fat diet when given at higher doses. That's the conclusion of a first-of-its-kind study published in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. It also linked the ingredient to an unhealthy build-up of fat in the liver. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 12, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Discovery of new material state counterintuitive to laws of physics
(DOE/Argonne National Laboratory) Dense materials made porous, doubling the number of nanotraps for use as water filters, chemical sensors, sequestration, hydrogen fuel cell storage, drug delivery, and catalysis. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 12, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Questions rise about seeding for ocean C02 sequestration
(DOE/Argonne National Laboratory) A study suggests that iron fertilization, the process of putting iron into the ocean to encourage the growth of C02 capturing alga blooms, could backfire. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 12, 2013 Category: Biology Source Type: news

University of Chicago and Marine Biological Laboratory agree to form affiliation
(University of Chicago) The University of Chicago and the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass. have agreed to form an affiliation that will strengthen both institutions' missions of leadership and innovation in scientific research and education. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 12, 2013 Category: Biology Source Type: news