MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'human disease'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:51:36 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4507281&cid=t_162492_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-human-genome-turns-10%2F2011.02.22 The human genome has been around for a bit more than ten years, but on February 15, 2001, the first complete human genome sequence was published. This was nothing short of a revolution within medicine. Since then, great advancements have been made in our understanding of genetics and its associations with human traits and diseases. Nature is celebrating this tenth birthday with a special titled “Human Genome at Ten.” In it, multiple papers reflect on what we learned and discovered, what is still unknown, and what we can expect for the near future. Best of all, Nature has packaged the special in a free iPad app for everyone to read, which features interactive graphs, videos, and audio commentaries. Nature special: The Human Genome at Ten… iTunes link: Nature Human Genome S... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4507281 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:00:52 +0100 4507281 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2442306&cid=t_162492_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FsG4v5D5FRSo%2F A transgenic animal is one where its genome has been changed to carry the genes from another organism. In the medical sciences, transgenic animals can be used to model human diseases or develop strategies for gene therapy. Using transgenic monkeys allows researchers to study genetic diseases in systems that resemble humans as close as possible, and implement strategies and experiments toward treatment or intervention. Last year for example, a transgenic rhesus macaques was created to model Huntington’s disease. Scientists inserted a virus vector carrying part of the mutated human gene for Huntington HTT and a fluorescent marker gene into unfertilized monkey egg cells. This allowed the virus to be integrated into the egg’s genome. Three newborns carried between two and four copies of th... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2442306 Fri, 29 May 2009 03:50:00 +0100 2442306 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347889&cid=t_162492_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fthe-museum-of-human-disease-a-grisly-find%2F Most people head to Sydney, Australia for the sun, the food, and the opera house. Now you can also take in a visit to the Museum of Human Diseases, a Pandora’s box of plague, pestilence and disease in graphic detail. Used for years as a  resource for medical students, this museum at the University of New South Wales has more than 2,000 cadaver parts on display. It’s not for the weak of stomach. There’s a blackened smoker’s lung on one side and a  nectrotic ulcer the size of a cricket ball n the other. The two disembodied white thumbs, macabrely sit in a ’thumbs up’ gesture against a dark background (possibly a little med school humor). There’s a gangrenous foot, a nodular goitre, and an egg-shaped breast cancer. It might sound pretty grisly but sights like this can ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347889 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:52:57 +0100 2347889 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1123350&cid=t_162492_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Ffungalcompgenomics%2F%7E3%2F209085862%2F The NY Times has an article on the high rate of Coccidioides incidence at the state prison in Pleasant Valley, California. The infection rate has been documented by Pappagianis et al in an in-depth study of Coccidioidomycosis in the California state prisons. The disease has stalled some plans for constructing a new prison the edge of the San Joaquin Valley so the state is definitely taking note. Also see Figure here with prettier links. Thanks Liz! © Jason Stajich for Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics, 2007. | Permalink | No comment Add to del.icio.us Search blogs linking this post with Technorati Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of posts filed under coccidioides. (Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics) Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1123350 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:37:25 +0100 1123350