Genes From Canines may help cure Brain Cancer

Pinpointing the genes involved in human brain cancer can be like looking for a needle in a haystack, and sometimes the needle you find may not be the right one. By comparing human and canine genomes, researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered that a gene...

Gene that plays role in ADHD found

What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, is one of the most common mental disorders that develop in children. Children with ADHD have impaired functioning in multiple settings, including home, school, and in...

Fruit Flies may help prevent Human Brain Tumors

Brain tumors, a condition that affects millions of people every year and in some cases with devastating if not fatal consequences. At Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore researchers have found a tumor-suppressing protein in the fly's brain, with a counterpart in...

H1N1 Vaccine a Reality or a money making opportunity?

H1N1 is the new Pandemic of our recent years with a Phase 5 alert according with the World Health Organization and we can see new cases all around the world every day in the news. Companies like Replikins, Novavax, Medicago, VaxInnate, NanoBio, Vaxart, Pulmatrix, and Purdue...

Identifying the needs of the forensic science in the U.S

By:The Honorable Harry T. EdwardsSenior Circuit Judge and Chief Judge EmeritusUnited States Court of Appeals for the D.C. CircuitWith the exception of nuclear DNA analysis, however, no forensic method has beenrigorously shown to have the capacity to consistently, and with a...