Soon, 'human odourprint' based technology to sniff out criminalsOctober 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Police long have used trained dogs to sniff out human scents in pursuing criminals. Now, scientists are trying to decipher the chemistry of human odour to develop technology that can detect and classify smells.
New study may offer fatal polycystic kidney disease cureOctober 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Monash University researchers have found what they call 'microscopic antennas' that play a vital role in kidney repair process. They hope that the new discovery would be a crucial step towards a cure for fatal polycystic kidney disease.
Encephalitis kills 200 children in northern IndiaAugust 25th, 2009 LONDON - Health officials have said that at least 200 children have died in an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in northern India. According to a report by BBC News, so far, 900 affected children have been admitted to hospitals in Uttar Pradesh state.
Circulating blood cells can form bone outside the normal skeletonJuly 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Circulating cells in the blood have the ability to form bone at sites distant from the original skeleton, according to a new research. It is believed that bone-forming cells, derived from the body's connective tissue, are the only cells able to form the skeleton.
Evolutionary mis-step created short-legged dogsJuly 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have stumbled on an evolutionary discovery that seems to explain the short, curved legs so characteristic of dachshunds, corgis, basset hounds and other dog breeds. The discovery provides new clues about how physical differences may arise within species and suggests new approaches to understanding a form of human dwarfism.
Farmed fish may transmit mad cow diseaseJune 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Farmed fish, if fed by-products rendered from cows, could transmit Creutzfeldt Jakob disease-commonly known as mad cow disease. Questioning the safety of eating farmed fish, Dr.
Scientists unravel how smallpox virus sabotages our immune systemMay 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers are closing in on how smallpox virus go about their deadly business of sabotaging our immune system. These findings may reveal as much about our immune system as they do about one of the world's most feared pathogens.
Swine Flu virus outbreak milder than previously believedMay 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Health officials in the US have said that the outbreak of the Swine Flu virus is milder than previously believed. According to a report by Fox News, New York City officials said that the swine flu still has not spread beyond a few schools, and in Mexico, the suspected origin of the outbreak, very few relatives of flu victims seem to have caught the virus.
Alligators reveal how dinos survived low oxygen levelsApril 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have studied alligators to analyze what life may have been like for dinosaurs at low oxygen levels of 12 percent during pre-historic times. The scientists chose the alligator as a test subject for the study because they are believed to be the modern relatives of the dinosaurs.
Poor aerobic fitness linked to fatty liver diseaseApril 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has linked low aerobic capacity to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and suggested that the resulting liver problems play a crucial step developing obesity-related illnesses. Poor aerobic fitness is already strongly associated with obesity and its consequent risks of heart disease, strokes and diabetes.
Scientists uncover how probiotics can prevent diseaseApril 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have now discovered how probiotics successfully work in fighting against a number of animal diseases, paving way for their use in preventing and even treating human diseases. Scientists from University College Cork, Ireland, used three animal models of disease that have human counterparts - bovine mastitis, porcine salmonellosis (a gastrointestinal disease) and listeriosis in mice (an often fatal form of food poisoning) - to demonstrate the protective effects of probiotics.
Michael J. Fox refuses to let Parkinson's disease define himMarch 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - 'Back to the Future' star Michael J. Fox has revealed that he refuses to let his battle with Parkinson's disease stop him from living his life or from defining him.
Rihanna to blame for assault by Brown, say US youngstersMarch 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Over half of the youngsters in US feel that Rihanna is to blame for her alleged bust up with beau Chris Brown, for which the 'Kiss Kiss' hit-maker faces a five-year jail term. The alleged assault on Rihanna left her with a black eye and swelling, and turned Brown into a media target.
Human mouth houses over 600 kinds of microbesFebruary 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A human mouth houses a flourishing community of over 600 different kinds of bugs or microbiome. But like fingerprints, no two microbiomes are alike, say scientists.
Apple juice can delay onset of Alzhemier'sJanuary 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Drinking apple juice helped mice deliver above average performances in maze trials, which maintained the same level of mental fitness that was otherwise observed as these mice aged. Thomas B. Shea, of the Centre for Cellular Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts, and his team showed that mice receiving human equivalent of two glasses of apple juice daily for a month produced less of 'beta-amyloid,' responsible for forming plaques, commonly found in Alzheimer's disease, said a Massachusetts release.
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