Articles in the Category: Diseases
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Diseases, Genetics, Genomics, Health and Medicine, Video on 02 22nd, 2010 | No Comments
Rose Ellen’s Genetic Assist
A cancer patient is helping doctors at the Mayo Clinic unlock a few genetic secrets. Rose Ellen Heley allowed oncologists to decode her DNA and map her genome.
Mayo Clinic researchers have learned something about her bone marrow cancer in the process that could help others suffering from cancer.
Dr....
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Diseases, Genetics, Health and Medicine, Video on 02 16th, 2010 | No Comments
Science Determines King Tut’s Killer
For years, people thought the Egyptian king was murdered but new DNA evidence is pointing to a different killer. the 3,300-year-old pharaoh King Tutankhamun likely died from complications of a broken leg that was exacerbated by malaria, according to a two-year study of his mummy and family members.
They...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Climate, Diseases, Endangered Species, Genetics, Health and Medicine, Podcast, Politics and Science, SciClips on 01 10th, 2010 | No Comments
The Growling Uncertainty of Science
One thing is for sure. Science doesn’t do certainty. No matter how close a researcher gets to complete certainty there is always room to know more. Therefore uncertainty is a scientific fact. And we need to get comfortable with it.
From taxonomic tussles over classifying the giant panda to more...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Diseases, Genetics, Genomics, Health and Medicine, Video on 01 4th, 2010 | No Comments
2 Cancer Codes Cracked
The International Cancer Genome Project is the largest genetic undertaking since the Human Genome Project. It is trying to sequence the DNA of 50 types of cancer over the next few years.
Researchers decoded the genome for lung and skin cancer in mid December. CBC reports.
Fun fact: Scientists discovered...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Diseases, Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Podcast, Politics and Science, RawAudio, SciClips, Science & Entertainment on 12 15th, 2009 | No Comments
The Real Grey’s Anatomy
The hit ABC television drama Grey’s Anatomy revolves around the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital and follows the lives of surgical residents. Portland, Oregon medical correspondent and author Andrew Holtz wondered where the line between fact and fiction is being drawn when it comes to training...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Diseases, Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Politics and Science, SciClips on 11 19th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Mammogram Recommendations Pit Science Against Policy
A long-standing debate over younger women getting annual breast cancer screening is reigniting this week, after an independent medical panel changed its recommendations.
Confusion, fear and politics are swirling around the new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations. The task force now recommends...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Diseases, Health and Medicine, Video on 10 25th, 2009 | No Comments
H1N1 Flu Now a National Emergency
As the numbers of Americans sickened by the H1N1 swine flu skyrockets into the millions, President Obama declared the flu a national emergency.
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Diseases, Health and Medicine, Video on 10 14th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Anti-swine Flu Suit
Japanese menswear company Haruyama Trading has developed a suit that it claims can protect wearers from the swine flu.
For only about $600, white-collar workers in Tokyo and other crowded Japanese cities will help reduce the spread of the H1N1 flu virus, which has already infected more than 350,000...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Anthropology, Astronomy, Biochemistry, Biology, Computer Science, Diseases, Ecology, Environment, Geology, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, Podcast, SciClips, Space on 10 13th, 2009 | No Comments
Science Sticks its Head in the Cloud
Visualization of a river bed created using VisTrails, a system developed by University of Utah computer scientists Photo by: Juliana Freire and Claudio Silva, University of Utah
A two-year experiment to build a framework to analyze the massive amount of data scientists are collecting will push research...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Diseases, Health and Medicine, Podcast, SciClips on 10 5th, 2009 | No Comments
H1N1 Vaccine Brings Big Shot Program
After months of speculation and waiting for the vaccine to grow, the new swine flu virus killer is ready and rolling out across the country this week.
The CDC hopes that at least 150 million Americans will get the shot or nasal spray to fight the H1N1 flu virus that began its worldwide rampage in April.
Some...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Climate, Diseases, Energy, Environment, Featured Articles, Global Warming, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, Oceanography, Politics and Science, SciClips on 10 1st, 2009 | No Comments
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Calls for Global Warming Trial
The biggest business lobby in the U.S. is pushing for the EPA to hold a public hearing to debate the science of global warming.
The move, calling for the Scopes monkey trial of the 21st Century, is proving too much for some chamber members, from big utilities to Nike and Johnson & Johnson.
Yesterday,...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Diseases, Health and Medicine, SciClips, Video on 09 25th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Mouthrinses Awash in Controversy
New research coming from Johnson & Johnson shows that Listerine antiseptic not only kills germs that cause bad breath and gum disease but also could prevent those germs from entering the bloodstream where they can lead to diabetes, heart disease and pneumonia.
This follows on the heels of an Australian...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Bioethics, Biofuels, Biology, Diseases, Energy, Featured Articles, Genomics, Health and Medicine, New Species, SciClips on 09 22nd, 2009 | No Comments
Synthetic Biology Takes on a Life of Its Own
A Yeast Cell with Synthetic Genes, courtesy of Dr. Pamela Silver, Harvard Medical School
Life is often stranger than fiction. But the direction that biology is heading, synthetic life could be stranger than science fiction.
The emerging field of synthetic biology is moving closer and closer to creating...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biochemistry, Biology, Diseases, Genomics, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, New Species, Oceanography, SciClips on 09 18th, 2009 | No Comments
Discovering an Ocean of Medicine
Amy Wright Collects Samples While Diving, courtesy of Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University
Cures to the most mundane and deadly illnesses have been found deep in the jungles, high in the mountains and hidden in the rainforests. But until recently not many scientists were...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Diseases, Health and Medicine, SciClips on 09 14th, 2009 | No Comments
Life and Death of Cells
Apoptosis in Action
Apoptosis is essentially cell suicide. It is the natural process by which damaged or unfit cells get expelled, making rooms for robust healthy cells.
This field of biological study has been around for a long time. But scientists are just starting to unravel the highly complex processes...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Consumer Safety, Diseases, Health and Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, Podcast, SciClips on 09 1st, 2009 | No Comments
Retractions on the Rise
Hwang Woo Suk's Fake Cloned Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Scientific papers are the hallmark of any scientist’s career and achievements. And having a published paper retracted spells trouble.
Do rising retraction rates hurt the public trust in science? Or does closer scrutiny signal improved safeguards...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Computer Science, Diseases, Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Podcast, Politics and Science, SciClips on 08 28th, 2009 | No Comments
Confounded by Conficker
Just as we have to monitor our own health, now we have to be more aware of our computer’s health. While high cholesterol and blood pressure aren’t issues for our machines, keeping them free of viruses and worms are.
A new piece of malware, known as the Conficker worm, that has been worming...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biology, Diseases, Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Video on 07 30th, 2009 | No Comments
Harvesting Teeth for Stem Cells
What if those pearly brights could be used for more than eating or charming? Scientists say below the tough white shell of some wisdom and baby teeth is a bounty of adult stem cells.
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Astronomy, Biology, Diseases, Featured Articles, Geology, Global Warming, Physics and Chemistry, Politics and Science, President Obama Science Policy, SciClips on 07 13th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Bridging the Science and Society Gap
There appears to be a huge disconnect between the public and scientists, as evidenced through a Pew Research Center report that came out last week.
Science writer Chris Mooney, the author of Republican War on Science and Stormworld has a new book, titled, Unscientific America, showing just how un-science-focused...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Diseases, Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Video on 06 24th, 2009 | No Comments
Grizzlies Grin and Bear it for Medical Science
A short overview of the Bear Research, Education and Conservation Center at Washington State University. Narrated by Dr. Lynn Nelson, there’s some great footage of bear cubs here.
Research being conducted at the Bear Center could help us understand heart disease, muscle tone and bone density....
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Consumer Safety, Diseases, Featured Articles, Health and Medicine, Video on 06 11th, 2009 | No Comments
Swine Flu Hits Pandemic Level
The H1N1 virus, also known as Swine Flu, has been declared a flu pandemic, the first in over 40 years. The World Health Organization has declared the H1N1 a level 6 pandemic, as global numbers top 29,000 in 70 countries and resulting in 150 deaths.
Declaring the virus “unstoppable” will...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Artificial Intelligence, Backyard Science, Biology, Computer Science, Diseases, Featured Articles, Global Warming, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, Math, Nanotechnology, Physics and Chemistry, Plants, RawAudio, SciClips, Space, The Brain on 06 8th, 2009 | No Comments
Science For All
In a move to take science from the lab and place it in the public square, the World Science Festival is about to start its second year of inciting curiosity.
REALscience talked with organizer and physicist Brian Greene to hear what we can expect at this year’s festival.
Photo: Physicist and Co-Founder...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Diseases, Endangered Species, Featured Articles, Video on 06 4th, 2009 | No Comments
One-on-One with Bat Man Tom Kunz
Bat expert and Boston University professor of biology Tom Kunz speaks with host Edgar B. Herwick III about his research trips around the globe, his encounter with the world’s largest bat, and why after forty-five years of studying these winged mammals he still wants to learn more.
Photo: Thermal...
