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GeraldRube
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A New Path to Longevity [Preview]
----------------------------------------Researchers have uncovered an ancient mechanism that retards aging. Drugs that tweaked it could well postpone cancer, diabetes and other diseases of old age http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=a-new-path-to-longevity  |
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GeraldRube
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DNA Robot Kills Cancer Cells
----------------------------------------Friday, February 17, 2012 7:21 AM Scientists have created a robot made entirely from DNA that can be instructed to find diseased cells in the body and deliver a payload to kill or reprogram them, according to a study from Harvard University. Read more: DNA Robot Kills Cancer Cells http://www.newsmaxhealth.com/health_stories/R...=al&promo_code=E35F-1 [Edit 1 times, last edit by GeraldRube at Feb 19, 2012 9:44:35 PM] |
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robertmiles
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Frances Brodsky lecture Nov_Diabetes Day2011.mp4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1crbxlpIimk&feature=youtu.be a video on the relation of the clathrin protein to type 2 diabetes - about 29 minutes not especially easy to follow gives a reason why some diabetes treatment work in rats and mice but not in humans - they use a different clathrin to handle insulin response |
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GeraldRube
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Agency Rules PepsiCo Cannibalizing Aborted Fetus is ‘Ordinary Business’ http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/arti...ions&utm_medium=email
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GeraldRube
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Discover a common yard weed that's proven to kill cancer cells
----------------------------------------Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/035754_dandelion_c...ention.html#ixzz1trE7WnR5 (NaturalNews) Most natural health advocates know that dandelion is a good liver tonic. But now research is showing that it's also a cancer fighter. This research discovery occurred at Windsor University in Windsor, Canada. A Windsor University biochemist, Siyaram Pandey, reluctantly took up dandelion research from a Windsor oncologist's suggestion. Dr. Caroline Hamm noticed a few cancer patients who had been drinking dandelion tea seemed to be getting better. Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/035754_dandelion_c...ention.html#ixzz1trEKBZWI |
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That Alzheimer had a strong relation to Diabetes we knew since a few years [a pandemic threat in the fast/processed food world], but now a gene related to Insuline housekeeping has been identified that has a double function: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18445701 .
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BBC news reports on a voice analysis technique that gives 86% accuracy on identifying if someone has Parkinson. Not diagnosable via blood tests, a major breakthrough in early identification: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18427851#s...;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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More Alzheimer early diagnostics news:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18796309 "The ability to detect the very earliest stages of Alzheimer's would not only allow people to plan and access care and existing treatments far sooner, but would also enable new drugs to be trialled in the right people, at the right time." Don't think anyone would want her/his employer or insurance company to know 'early'. |
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Fighting egg allergy with egg: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18888172
(Could not imagine my pasta alL'uovo without this mixed in the dough... the eggstuff sitting in many foods.) |
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As it is with quite of few potential medicine and vaccines, when it gets to clinical [human] trials, the corpus hominis responds different or not at all: Alzheimer's disease drug shelved after trial failure http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19159167
----------------------------------------Two US drug firms say they will stop development of an Alzheimer's drug because it failed in two late-stage clinical trials. Bapineuzumab, made by Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson, was designed to halt build-up of plaque in the brain. But it failed to improve cognitive or functional performance compared with a placebo in certain patients. Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia, as well as the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. An estimated 36 million people worldwide are believed to have dementia, including Alzheimer's. edit: closing quote [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Aug 7, 2012 7:33:04 AM] |
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