By using a virus to carry a gene called the green fluorescent protein or GFP, Eric Poeschla a U.S. researcher of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester was able to produce three genetically modified glowing cats. This genetic modification is a method simpler and more efficient compared to traditional cloning techniques. The green fluorescent protein originates […]
The knowledge and discoveries that we have today, we owe it to our astronauts or men of space who are considered to be heroes for giving their lives for the sake of science. Lately its was found out by NASA researchers that astronauts who spend six months or more in outer space have the possibility […]
Salt has provided us with many benefits and uses, but just lately this precious mineral was greatly challenged by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after a long day hearing last November 10, 2011, wherein strategies were discussed on how to help Americans cut the salt from their diets. World Health Organization and the American […]
US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton campaigned on an “AIDS-FREE GENERATION” during her speech last Tuesday at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. In her speech, she encouraged the United States and other countries to develop and use scientific discoveries and technology for the attainment of humanity free from the deadly AIDS. […]
The WHO or the World Health Organization has recommended the need to strengthen the research on health equity focused on health social determinants as based on an extensive review on global evidence. In order to do this recommendation from the WHO, there is a need for a paradigm shift that will explicitly address social, economic […]
A meta-analysis has been conducted and recently published in Plos Medicine suggesting the effect of physical activity in a common genetic trait that causes obesity and fat mass. It was found out that physical activity can alter and modify the effect of our genes that causes weight gain. The effect of this certain gene diminishes […]
A study has been conducted to see the potential of mobile phone to improve the emergency responsiveness in situations like natural disasters and calamities. The researchers have analyzed and concluded the importance of mobile phone in major disasters such as the Haiti Earthquake in January 12, 2010. In our day and age, mobile phones has […]
A new study conducted in the United States released its findings Wednesday saying that people who took chest X-ray screening for lung cancer don’t have higher survival rate as compared those who failed to have their chest X-ray screening. The new study is a follow-up of an earlier study that was already published in the […]
The result of a new international study has been released Wednesday saying that the vaccine used by women to prevent cervical cancer can be also used to prevent anal cancers for gay men. The vaccine which is used by women to protect themselves from sexually transmitting the disease HPV has also been shown with good […]
At this day and age, people live their lives at faster pace. Information can be accessed faster through the internet, and through modern technology, all works are less laborious. It is also true in the field of medicine where people want faster diagnosis. Patients are expecting technology tp provide speedy diagnosis for deadly and infectious […]
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