Gene Variant For Biological Ageing In Humans Discovered

Scientists from the UK and The Netherlands have identified for the first time a variant of a gene that is linked to biological ageing in humans and suggest the discovery will help us better understand cancer and diseases of ageing…
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Anthrax Alert For Heroin Users In London

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) and NHS London have confirmed that a drug injecting heroin user has tested positive for anthrax and is being treated in a London hospital. This is the first case of anthrax seen in an injecting drug user in England since similar cases were first seen in Scotland in December 2009. Nineteen cases have so far been confirmed in Scotland…
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Artificial Pancreas Trials Show Benefits For Kids, Teenagers With Diabetes

In a landmark study in children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes, JDRF-funded researchers at the University of Cambridge showed that using a first-generation artificial pancreas system overnight can lower the risk of low blood sugar emergencies while sleeping, and at the same time improve diabetes control…
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Artificial Pancreas Trials Show Benefits For Kids, Teenagers With Diabetes

In a landmark study in children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes, JDRF-funded researchers at the University of Cambridge showed that using a first-generation artificial pancreas system overnight can lower the risk of low blood sugar emergencies while sleeping, and at the same time improve diabetes control…
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Should Human Genes Be Patented? US Federal Court Hearing

This week a US federal court heard a case that may decide whether it is legal to patent human genes…
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Young Patients With Type 1 Diabetes: Closed-Loop ‘Artificial Pancreas’ System Can Improve Blood Sugar Control

An article published Online First and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet reports that the use of ‘artificial pancreas’ closed-loop insulin delivery systems can improve blood sugar control in patients with type 1 diabetes. In these systems the insulin is delivered in response to changing blood sugar levels…
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Vegetative State Patient Says "Yes" And "No" Via Brain Scan

Researchers in the UK and Belgium who scanned the brains of patients in a vegetative or minimally conscious state while they were asked to perform mental tasks found that some of them were able to control brain activity in a way that suggested signs of awareness and cognition, and in one case, the patient was even able to communicate “yes” and “no” via the brain scan…
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Vegetative State Patient Says "Yes" And "No" Via Brain Scan

Researchers in the UK and Belgium who scanned the brains of patients in a vegetative or minimally conscious state while they were asked to perform mental tasks found that some of them were able to control brain activity in a way that suggested signs of awareness and cognition, and in one case, the patient was even able to communicate “yes” and “no” via the brain scan…
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Dementia Costs UK More Than Cancer But Gets Less Research Funding, Report

A new report reveals that the burden of dementia on the UK economy is twice that of cancer, yet dementia research receives one twenty sixth of the money that goes to studying cancer, agreeing with previous studies that concluded dementia research is severely underfunded…
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Dementia Costs UK More Than Cancer But Gets Less Research Funding, Report

A new report reveals that the burden of dementia on the UK economy is twice that of cancer, yet dementia research receives one twenty sixth of the money that goes to studying cancer, agreeing with previous studies that concluded dementia research is severely underfunded…
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