US scientists have discovered three gene variants linked to migraine, a move that could help understand the cause of severe headaches. Inheriting any one of the three gene variants raises risk of severe headaches by 10 to 15 percent, the researchers said in a study published online by the journal Nature Genetics. The three genes [...]
So-called ultra-bad cholesterol — MGmin-low-density lipoprotein — appears to be more likely than normal LDL to stick to artery walls, British researchers say. Scientists at the University of Warwick in England say the super-sticky ultra-bad cholesterol is more common among those with type 2 diabetes and the elderly than among others. Study leader Dr. Naila [...]
Scientists say they have discovered the first solid evidence that variations in some peoples’ genes may cause depression — one of the world’s most common and costly mental illnesses. And in a rare occurrence in genetic research, a British-led international team’s finding of a DNA region linked to depression has been replicated by another team [...]
In what could be called a major breakthrough in the fight against AIDS, scientists claim to have discovered the exact way of how an HIV-related virus keeps evading human antibody. An international team says that the latest insights into immunity to HIV could help develop a vaccine to build antibodies’ defences against AIDS. By investigating [...]
Those with two sets of the gene – one from each parent – are almost twice as likely to say they are satisfied with life, compared to those who lack a copy. The gene, called 5-HTT, is responsible for how well nerve cells manage to distribute serotonin, a chemical produced by the pineal gland in [...]
U.S. researchers say they discovered a compound that may be more effective than existing agents in treating the very painful blisters involved with shingles. People age 60 and older who have had chicken pox as children — caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which can hide in the nerves — can get shingles, a blistering rash [...]
Alzheimer’s, the brain disease that saps away not just memories but, gradually, identity, is now a little less mysterious. In two large studies of more than 54,000 people, scientists have found five new genes linked to the disease. Think of the genes as clues to the underlying causes of Alzheimer’s. Those causes are still unknown, but scientists have long suspected [...]
UCLA scientists may have found a possible solution to an age-old problem – hair loss. The researchers, along with the Veterans Administration that was investigating how stress affects gastrointestinal function may have found a chemical compound that induces hair growth by blocking a stress-related hormone associated with hair loss. “Our findings show that a short-duration [...]
Researchers have claimed that they have discovered a small protein molecule in zebrafish which it uses to repair its damaged cardiac muscle, reported The Independent. Zebrafish is a small tropical fish found in Ganga, Hindus’ holy river. It is also widely found in aquariums these days. A zebrafish can repair up to 20 per cent [...]
A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found that the manner in which the heart responds to an early beat is predictive of cardiac death, even in seemingly healthy people. Doctors are in a constant search for better ways to identify patients at risk of cardiac death because conventional [...]
marcos anthony toledo:
Lets see how this new information either proves or disprove the current cosmic models of t...
marcos anthony toledo:
I think the further back we go in time we will find evidence of fishing. I think it might ...
Jase_UK:
One side could be really hot and the other side really cold.
It all depends on the type...
marcos anthony toledo:
What I wonder if the planet circling Gliese 581 is not rotating what would be the effect o...
marcos anthony toledo:
This great news this increases the chances for finding life in the galaxy since red dwarf ...
