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Scientists unravel chemistry of Titan’s hazy atmosphere
Washington, September 16 (ANI): In a new research, a team of scientists has unraveled the chemical evolution of the orange-brownish colored atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan, the only solar system body besides Venus and Earth with a solid surface and thick atmosphere.
Scientists at University of Hawai’i at Manoa carried out the research.
The UH Manoa [...]
Popular diabetes drug may help fight breast cancer
Washington, Sept 15 (ANI): A popular diabetes drug called metformin has been found to be effective in fighting breast cancer.
The findings of the study from Harvard Medical School showed that metformin, along with conventional chemotherapy, shows promise for treating and delaying recurrence of breast cancer.
“We have found a compound selective for cancer stem cells,” [...]
Scientists make first high-resolution 3D images of a polymer solar cell’s insides
Washington, September 14 (ANI): Researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology and the University of Ulm in Germany have made the first high-resolution 3D images of the inside of a polymer solar cell.
This gives them important new insights in the nanoscale structure of polymer solar cells and its effect on the performance.
The investigations shed [...]
Biocon limited, Amylin pharmaceuticals enter global development agreement
Bangalore/ California Sep 11(ANI/Business Wire India): Biocon, Limited (NSE: BIOCON) and Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN) announced today that they have entered into an exclusive agreement to jointly develop, commercialize and manufacture a novel peptide therapeutic for the [...]
Why broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower are good for heart
Washington, Sept 5 (ANI): Here’s why broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower are good for the heart – a chemical found in these vegetables can boost a natural defence mechanism to protect arteries from disease.
The build up of fatty plaques in arteries called atherosclerosis leads to heart disease.
The Imperial College London team has shown that a protein [...]
Is Pak Navy building new base for US Marines in Sindh ?
Islamabad, Sep.3 (ANI): While the United States has repeatedly denied reports about a surge in US marines in Pakistan, an unconfirmed report has revealed that Pakistani Navy is secretly constructing operational facilities in Gharo, Sindh, which is meant to serve [...]
US Fritzl held sickening orgies in his secret evil garden
London, Aug 30 (ANI): ‘American Fritzl’ Phillip Garrido held sickening orgies in the same filthy compound where he kept Jaycee Lee Dugard as his sex slave for 18 years and fathered two children with her, it has been revealed.
Mike Rogers, whose home backs on to the convicted rapist’s backyard, said: “At the time I didn’t [...]
US Fritzl’s secret garden of evil where he kept kidnapped girl as sex slave
London, Aug 30 (ANI): A filthy, ramshackle secret garden, hidden inside ‘American Fritzl’ Phillip Garrido’s house in the small town of Antioch, east of San Francisco, has been revealed to be the place where he kept Jaycee Lee Dugard as sex slave for 18 years and fathered two children with her.
Jaycee – kidnapped from a [...]
US Fritzl describes his crime as “the most powerful heart-warming story”
London, Aug 29 (ANI): Phillip Garrido, the “American Fritzl”, who held a girl captive for 18 years and fathered two children with her, claimed the kidnap and rape ordeal of Jaycee Lee Dugard would be revealed as “a powerful, heart-warming story”.
The convicted rapist, who snatched Jaycee at age of 11, added: “You’re going to be [...]
US Fritzl’s bro compares him to mass murderer Charles Manson
London, Aug 29 (ANI): Phillip Garrido, the “American Fritzl”, who held a girl captive for 18 years and fathered two children, has been compared to mass murderer Charles Manson by his own family.
The Sun quoted Garrido’s brother Ron, 65, as saying: “It seems bizarre, but I can believe it. I know my brother, and I [...]
Scientists find novel way to deliver cancer-fighting molecules
London, Aug 28 (ANI): Scientists from University of Iowa have found a novel way to inject cancer-fighting molecules in the bloodstream and inhibit tumour growth.
Small interfering RNA (siRNA), a type of genetic material, are known to block potentially harmful activity in [...]
Scientists establish new link between pre-eclampsia and diet
Washington, August 26 (ANI): A new study has shown that pregnant women with pre-eclampsia have unusually high levels of a chemical compound called ‘ergothioneine’, which is found in unpasteurised food, in the red blood cells.
The finding made by scientists at the University of Leeds attains significance because they suggest that ergothioneine is an indicator of [...]
Cranberry juice fails to combat urinary tract infections
Washington, August 25 (ANI): Experts have expressed doubts over the use of cranberry juice as a preventative against urinary tract infections (UTIs).
Dr. Raz, Director of Infectious Diseases at the Technion School of Medicine in Israel, said that the present clinical evidence for using cranberry juice and related products to fight the common ailment was ‘unsatisfactory [...]
Holbrooke rejects reports about stationing Marines in Islamabad
Islamabad, Aug.19 (ANI): US Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke has rejected reports about the stationing of US Marines in Islamabad.
Sources said during his meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari, Holbrooke clarified that the massive expansion of the US embassy in Islamabad was primarily to accommodate all US staff.
Foreign Minister Shah Ahmed Qureshi [...]
Three suspected Taliban bank attackers killed in Kabul encounter
Kabul, Aug.19 (ANI): Afghan police have killed at least three gunmen who stormed a bank building in Kabul this morning.
A report by The Times said the police is conducting a search of the premises after engaging the attackers in brief gun battle inside the building.
The building is just a few hundred metres from the presidential [...]
How to boost Alzheimer’s-fighting compounds’ value
Washington, August 18 (ANI): A team of researchers from Purdue University and Mount Sinai School of Medicine have shown that some of the polyphenols found in red wine, thought to help prevent Alzheimer’s disease, in fact reach the brain.
The researchers have found that the amount of polyphenols from grapeseed extract that can reach a rat’s [...]
How toxic various sizes of Alzheimer’s clusters can be to brain’s nerve cells
Washington, August 12 (ANI): In a breakthrough that may pave the way for an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, scientists at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) have created various sizes of clusters in their lab, which exactly match the clusters of the amyloid ß-protein (Aß) protein that form in the brains of those affected [...]
Waste from TV screens may be recycled for medical purposes, say researchers
Washington, July 14 (ANI): University of York scientists say that it is possible to recycle waste material from discarded televisions to make them useful for medical purposes.
The researchers say that they have found a way to recover the chemical compound polyvinyl-alcohol (PVA) from television screens, and transform it into a substance which could be [...]
New compound could be a promising treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
Washington, July 13 (ANI): A compound called NIC5-15 has been found to be a safe and effective treatment to stabilize cognitive performance in Alzheimer’s disease patients, according to a study.
The two researchers in the study, Dr. Giulio Maria Pasinetti, and Dr. Hillel Grossman, have [...]
Panama may hold cures to cancer, malaria and dengue fever
Washington, July 11 (ANI): A team of scientists is exploring the length and breadth of Panama in search of exotic molecules that could one day lead to new treatments for human diseases like cancer, malaria and dengue fever.
The team is being led by William Gerwick from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC (University of [...]
