Technology to control turbulence in water pipes could also keep arteries clear
Washington, Mar 20 (ANI): In what could be a boon for cardiologists, a new technology to keep turbulence down in pipes could actually keep arteries clear and save lives, according to a study.
In an effort to help lower the cost of pumping fluids through pipelines, U.S. and German scientists discovered that by injecting puffs of [...]
Study shows link between vitamin D, skin cancer
Washington, Mar 5 (ANI): Researchers at Henry Ford and Wayne State University has explained a link between Vitamin D levels and basal cell carcinoma, a discovery which could lead scientists to better understand the development of the most common form of skin cancer.
In a small study, boffins found elevated levels of Vitamin D enzymes and [...]
Migraines linked to reduced breast cancer risk
Washington, July 10 (ANI): For women who suffer from migraines, here’s some good news: New study shows that your risk of breast cancer may be reduced by as much as 26 percent.
And no matter what a woman’s age or what migraine triggers a woman might [...]
Plants’ internal clocks may improve climate change scenarios
Washington, July 3 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have suggested that the internal clock in plants can help make climate change scenarios and CO2 level figures more accurate.
The study was done by an international team of researchers led by the University of Castilla-La-Mancha (UCLM) in Spain.
The team compiled the research carried out to date [...]
Non-invasive stem cell procedure shows promise to repair heart tissue
Washington, May 29 (ANI): For the first time, researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown that it is possible to repair cardiac tissue and, in turn, reverse heart failure by injecting adult bone marrow stem cells into skeletal muscle.
The researchers used an animal model to demonstrate that the non-invasive procedure could increase myocytes, or [...]
Now, the story of Persian Empire retold digitally
Washington, May 3 (ANI): The Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago is using modern technology to digitally record thousands of tablets that, as they are being pieced together, tell an unusually detailed story [...]
First technique to produce effective anti-leukaemia agent developed
Washington, Apr 18 (ANI): More than a decade after discovering kapakahines- marine-derived natural products with anti-leukaemia potential-scientists have found the first technique to synthesise them in laboratory in large quantities, by using only acetylene gas, a handful of amino acids, and a dozen inventive steps.
Kapakahines were isolated from a South Pacific sponge [...]
Crowded cities dramatically raise second hand smoke exposure risk
Washington, April 9 (ANI): A new study has found that more than 50 percent of non-smokers in New York have elevated levels of cotinine in their blood, which means that they were recently exposed to toxic second-hand smoke in concentrations high enough to leave residues in the body.
The residue is cotinine, a by-product of nicotine [...]
Drug to prevent exercise-induced arrhythmias identified
London, Mar 30 (ANI): Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers have found that a drug can prevent potentially lethal arrhythmias caused due to exercise or stress, called CPVT.
Patients with CPVT experience abnormally rapid heart rates (tachycardia), usually during exercise or stress, and are at risk for fainting and cardiac arrest.
“It’s potentially a breakthrough in the [...]
Canada’s first TB vaccine set to go under clinical trial
Washington, Mar 20 (ANI): For the first time, researchers at McMaster University have fully designed, manufactured and tested Canada’s first tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, which is all set to go under clinical trial.
Zhou Xing, a professor in the Department of Pathology [...]
Simple test may help spot hidden heart risks
Washington, Mar 11 (ANI): The use of common and readily available screening test called the ankle brachial index (ABI) could spot people with otherwise unsuspected heart risks, a new research has shown.n the study, information was [...]



