They have helped to introduce Green Chemistry, an emerging field of sustainable science that will help African nations to meet the challenges of the 21st…
This discovery is the principal result of her doctoral dissertation, entitled “Lipo-Polymeric Vectors for the Transfer of DNA in Cancer Cells of the Colon”,…
The results provide information about the process of ice nucleation at a molecular level and take science a significant step closer to understanding the…
A number of epidemiological studies have shown that eating fatty fish provides a certain degree of protection against Alzheimer’s and other dementia…
By means of a simple technique, doctors can say if someone is under the influence of a drug (through blood), if they have taken it within the last week…
The student, Danny Goldstein, received the Barenholz Prize for Creativity and Originality in Applied Research for his work. The award, named for its donor,…
Dr Colin Campbell, Head of Soil Research at Aberdeen’s Macaulay Institute, said: “Healthy soils form the basis of our agriculture and forestry but also…
The immune system of this mosquito is of great importance as scientists believe it plays a key role in controlling the transmission of viruses that cause…
A terrorist organisation or rogue state could threaten essential satellite systems, say Adrian Gheorghe of Old Dominion University Norfolk, in Virginia, USA…
“For example, we ought to be able to save the Baltic cod if we fished herring and sprat. Likewise, the salmon trout in depleted lakes could be revived if we…
Plans for the development of an International Neuroblastoma Risk Group (INRG) classification system, to develop a consensus to permit comparisons of outcomes…
The Editorial says: “Far from its historic portrayal as a silent killer, ovarian cancer is preceded by symptoms, as recent evidence shows. Women who are…
Traditional Maasai songs, dance, sketch maps and mental maps are to be incorporated with digital video recordings, photography and satellite imagery in a…
Providing vitamin A supplementation in countries where there is a deficiency of the vitamin has been proven to decrease mortality. As a result, most developing…
However an accompanying comment questions the advantages of gene therapy over deep-brain stimulation, a current method for treating Parkinson’s disease.Professor Matthew During, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, USA, and colleagues did a safety and tolerability trial on 11 men and one woman, average age 58 years. The patients were divided into groups of four and given low, medium, or high dose, injections of the glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) gene, with associated adeno-associated virus (AAV). The injections were given into the subthalamic nucleus of the brain, and all took place at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University/New York Presbyterian Hospital, USA. …
Liquid mirror telescopes differ from conventional telescopes by their primary mirrors—the ones that gather and focus light—which are made from a reflective…
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