Malaysia has been declared free from avian influenza, three months after the deadly virus was detected in poultry from a village in the central Selangor state, a minister announced Monday.In June, the H5N1 strain of bird flu was discovered after a poultry rearer from the Paya Jaras Hilir village in Selangor, next to the capital [...]
A new study has added to the list of health problems posed by smoking, by finding that it also contributes to atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries.Researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City pinpoint their evidence to the addictive chemical in cigarettes - nicotine.
By comparing reduced-nicotine cigarettes like Quest 3 and Eclipse [...]
Researchers have discovered a new application for tropical and popular aquarium fish, Zebrafish - it can now be used to study COX deficiencies in humans.Researchers at the University of Oregon claim that their finding has opened an unparalleled pathway to examine the earliest stages of mitochondrial impairments that lead to potentially fatal metabolic disorders.
COX deficiencies [...]
Researchers have identified a blood formation gene, which, if lost, results in early bone marrow failure.Dartmouth Medical School cancer geneticists have found that all blood cell production in adults depends on the steady work of this vital gene that if lost can lead to premature bone marrow failure.
Their research reveals an unforeseen role for the [...]
McMaster researchers have found that a major class of cells called glial cells contain the fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP), a discovery that has strong implications for the cellular causes of Fragile X Syndrome (FXS), the most common genetic disorder associated with mental impairment.According to the background information in a report, brain development in [...]