The World Health Organization estimates that in 2011 there were 216 million cases of malaria and 34.2 million people living with HIV. These diseases particularly afflict sub-Saharan Africa, where large incidence of co-infection result in high mortality rates. Yet, in spite of this global...
An experimental vaccine developed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine is the first veterinary cancer vaccine of its kind that shows an increase in survival time for dogs with spontaneous non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The work shows for the...
VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) announced that additional data from the phase 3 QNEXA studies will be presented during the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) meeting in Las Vegas, NV. Ronette L. Kolotkin, PhD, a clinical psychologist from Obesity and Quality of Life Consulting...
A team of scientists from the University of Lethbridge's Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience (CCNB) has confirmed the first ever successful example of brain cell re-growth in an adult rat. This breakthrough may offer hope for effective treatments for dementia-related diseases and...
Until now there were only indirect evidence of the transfer of thyroid hormones from mother to fetus through the placenta during pregnancy. That event is very important because the maternal thyroid hormones appear to play a key role in the development of the nervous system and other organs of...
We have a chemistry project to be demonstrated by students and we need something that can amuse and blow the teachers mind at the same time it is safe to demonstrate. It would be more interesting if it is more on about chemicals.
of the future. Name of 'toon? The cartoon had these products of the future that often served dual purposes. A narrator described the products/gadgets, and a cartoon actor demonstrated the use of the product/gadget. Silly stuff, like an alarm clock that also served as a back-scratcher (not an...