Clinical Research

Ending Back Pain With Bio-Engineered Discs

Millions of people are suffering from back pain, making it a major continuous source of physical discomfort for many. Normally, each vertebra in the spine is cushioned by intervertebral discs (see figure 1). But these discs can degenerate due to age or in ...

Article - Gunnar De Winter - Aug 2 2011 - 3:54am

Middle East To Be The Future In Clinical Trials

Global pharmaceutical companies are currently seeking emerging markets to conduct clinical trials due to the increase in drug development costs and the demand to advance drugs faster.   The Middle East is forecast to be one of the fastest growing markets ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Aug 17 2011 - 1:48pm

The Healing Properties Of Frog Skin

Cancer, diabetes, stroke and transplant patients can all get benefit from one common thing; frog skin. An international research project  is collecting proteins from our amphibian friends (no frogs were harmed in the writing of this article or in the resea ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 17 2011 - 5:14pm

Engineering Microbes To Kill Pseudomonas

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (see figure 1) is a human pathogen that colonizes the respiratory and gastrointestinal tract, where it can cause life-threatening infections in patients with a compromised immune system, such as cancer or cystic fibrosis patients. P ...

Article - Gunnar De Winter - Aug 23 2011 - 6:19am

Trainers = Wreckers?

One of the things I used to enjoy as a youngster was Dundee Cake, a famous traditional Scottish fruit cake with a rich flavour. Not long ago, one of the reporters on The One Show went up to Bonny Dundee to be put through his paces by Professor Rami Abboud ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Sep 26 2011 - 3:39pm

Improving Gene Therapy For Cancer And Heart Disease

In gene therapy, one or more desired genes are introduced into an adenovirus, a virus that causes the common cold, which is then administered to the patient. Once in the body, the virus enters targeted cells and delivers the desired genes. In heart diseas ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 12 2011 - 2:30pm

Y chromosome, female, & fertility are compatible: an example found from a new Akodon discovery

A big puzzle has been solved with regard to fertile XY female Akodon. There are 3 types of X chromosomes noted amongst these XY fertile female Akodon. One type of altered X chromosome results in XY Akodon becoming female. http://www.sciencedirect.com/scie ...

Blog Post - M Italiano - Oct 24 2011 - 1:34am

Does Yoga Help With Back Pain?

Does yoga help with chronic back pain?  Yes it does, but so does stretching.  Either is better than handing people a book, according to the largest U.S. randomized controlled trial of yoga to date.  In the trial, 228 adults in six cities in western Washin ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 25 2011 - 4:02am

Mass Murder In Mississippi??

On Nov. 8th, Mississippi will vote on a proposed 'personhood' constitutional amendment that will outlaw the destruction of embryos created in laboratories. The amendment has been endorsed by both gubernatorial candidates and appears likely to pas ...

Blog Post - Bobby Knight - Oct 27 2011 - 5:47pm

AP-1 Protein Causes Varicose Veins

Varices, commonly called varicose veins, are a cosmetic problem if they occur as spider veins but in their advanced stage they pose a real health threat. In those patients, the blood is no longer transported to the heart unhindered but instead pools in th ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 13 2014 - 9:01am