After Iran, it is India's turn to report totally resistant strain of tuberculosis. The report published in Clinical Infectious Diseases journal on Dec 21, 2011 by Dr Udwadia et al and comes from Hinduja hospital and medical center in Mahim, … [Continue reading]
Language Skills In Deaf Children – Bilateral Cochlear Implants Show An Improvement Than Single
January 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Deaf children with profound deafness have shown better spoken language skills than those with a single implant. This has been reported in a study published this month in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. The study was carried out … [Continue reading]
α4-integrin
January 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The integrins generally consist of alpha-beta heterodimeric transmembrane glycoproteins in which the alpha subunit is noncovalently associated with the beta subunit. Integrin, alpha 4 belongs to the integrin alpha chain family of proteins. Unlike … [Continue reading]
What Is Apoptosis?
January 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Apoptosis programmed cell death that is carried out in multicellular organism. Apoptosis leads to production of cell fragments called apoptotic bodies that phagocytic cells engulf and quickly remove. Apoptosis is designed to carry out functions of … [Continue reading]
Chemotaxis
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Chemotaxis is the phenomenon in which somatic cells, bacteria, and other single-cell or multicellular organisms direct their movements according to certain chemicals in their environment. In bacteria, chemotaxis is important for finding food by … [Continue reading]
What Is A Ligand?
January 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Ligand is a substance that forms a complex with a biomolecule to serve a biological purpose. It acts as a signal triggering molecule, binding to a site on a target protein. the forces included in the binding process may be ionic bonds, hydrogen … [Continue reading]
Addressin Endothelial Cell Receptor
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Addressin Endothelial Cell Receptor is a receptor for adddresssin. Addressin is also known as mucosal vascular addressin cell adhesion molecule 1. It is an extracellular protein of the endothelium of venules. Addressins are the ligands to … [Continue reading]
FDA Clears PICO – A Negative Pressure Wound Thearpy System By Smith Nephew
January 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Over last twenty years, there has been increased use of negative pressure pumps in order to seal wound dressings and remove edema, or fluid buildup and in turn enhance wound healing. Smith & Nephew's new device PICO is a single-use negative … [Continue reading]
Osteopontin Gene
January 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Oseteopontin is a extracellular linking protein which is also known by the names of bone sialoprotein I , early T-lymphocyte activation 1, secreted phosphoprotein 1, 2ar and Rickettsia resistance. It is a glycoprotein that was first … [Continue reading]
Helicobacter Pylori May Be Protective Against Some Diarrhoeal Diseases
January 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
H pylori infections in stomach an increased risk of stomach cancer and related diseases but a recent study has suggested that Helicobacter pylori may be protective against diarrhoeal diseases. The study by Dr. Dani Cohen and colleagues from Tel … [Continue reading]
Red Meat Intake Has Been Linked To Kidney Cancer
January 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A large US based study has reported that people who eat a lot of red meat are at higher risk of kidney cancer red meat may have a higher risk of some types of kidney cancer namely renal cell carcinoma. The study has been reported in January … [Continue reading]
