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Scientists record first injured human donor lungs repair with gene therapy
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FOR the first time in the world, transplant surgeons at Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Canada, used a new technique to repair an injured donor lung that was unsuitable for transplant, and then successfully transplanted it into a patient. They said the use of this technique could significantly expand the lung donor organ pool and improve outcome after transplantation. Bionic brain chips kindle hope for the paralysed (2) -051109 By Sam Ejike Okoye COULD the electronics-brain partnership approach work in humans? There seem to be no fundamental obstacles, and Donoghue plans to test the proposition in the new BrainGate trials, using his chip to control a limb through FES. If successful, it will represent a milestone in the development of such treatments. Researchers discover gene critical in speech evolution -051109 HUMANS may owe the gift of gab to a newly discovered gene that helps keeps vocal pipes limber. WHO, UNICEF launch plan to reduce child deaths from pneumonia -051109 THE World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have launched a comprehensive action plan that could save up to 5.3 million children from dying of pneumonia by 2015. Bacterium promotes new blood vessel growth in intestinal cells -051109 THE probiotic, Bacillus polyfermenticus, can help mice recover from colitis, a new study has found. Mice treated with B. polyfermenticus during the non-inflammatory period of the disease had reduced rectal bleeding, their tissues were less inflamed and they gained more weight than mice that did not receive the treatment. Next-generation microcapsules deliver 'chemicals on demand' -051109 SCIENTISTS in California are reporting development of a new generation of the microcapsules used in carbon-free copy paper, in which capsules burst and release ink with pressure from a pen. |
Fossil find sparks fresh debate on primate origins
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THE latest are pieces of ancient primates that pack a surprising punch. Consider a 37-million-year-old lower jaw that still sports many of its teeth and was found in Africa by paleontologist Erik Seiffert of Stony Brook University in New York and his colleagues. New method targets cancerous tumors without harming healthy cells -051109 TWO University of Rhode Island (URI) associate professors, biophysicists Yana Reshetnyak and Oleg Andreev, have discovered a technology that can detect cancerous tumors and deliver treatment to them without the harming the healthy cells surrounding them, thereby significantly reducing side effects. Diarrhoea kills three times more than thought, says WHO -051109 By Ben Ukwuoma DIARRHOEA kills at least three times more people than previously thought, the World Health Organisation said recently, citing latest data showing that 1.1 million people die yearly from the ailment. Experts want forensic psychiatric strengthened in Nigeria -051109 By Joseph Okoghenun MENTAL health experts and a legal education luminary have called for strengthening of forensic psychiatric in the country. NHIS to partner Ondo on qualitative healthcare -051109 By Wole Oyebade IN its renewed effort at providing qualitative healthcare services across the nation, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is set to partner with the Ondo State government in extending the services to the citizens of the state. |
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