Japanese scientist wins 2016 Nobel medicine prize
Yoshinori Ohsumi won the 2016 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology for his discovery of mechanisms for degrading and recycling cellular components, the award-giving body said today. “Ohsumi’s discoveries led to a new paradigm in our understanding of how the cell recycles its content,” the Nobel Assembly at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute said in a statement in awarding the prize of 8 million Swedish crowns...
A Walker That Works Using Artificial Intelligence Is Created For Elderly
Due to the physical deterioration that the human body experiences when reaching old age, Mexican scientists designed a walker, which is a machine that works through a computer and allows elders who have cognitive or physical impairments, to complete their daily routines by helping them to walk. Additionally, it can send through the internet an alert that notifies the help system in case of any emergency. The benefit of the walker is...
Siberian scientists obtain magnetic particles for medicinal applications
Scientists from the Siberian Federal University (SFU) and Krasnoyarsk Research Center have developed a technology to produce magnetic nanoparticles of ferrihydrite for medical applications, the SFU press service said. The ferrihydrite is formed in the course of bacterial activity and located on the cellular surface as the aggregations of nanograins. The special features of these nanoparticles obtained via bacterial synthesis could be...
Diabetes Raises Risk Of Heart Attack Death By 50 Percent
Having diabetes increases the risk of dying from the effects of a heart attack by around 50 per cent, according to a widespread study. Researchers at the University of Leeds tracked 700,000 people who had been admitted to hospital with a heart attack between January 2003 and June 2013. Of these, 121,000 had diabetes. After stripping out the effects of age, sex, any other illnesses and differences in the emergency medical treatment...
How US Federal Government Limits Valid Scientific Research On Marijuana
The use of medical marijuana for millions of patients suffering from a wide range of health conditions and the subsequent therapeutic benefits has long been documented. Twenty-three states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam, have determined that Cannabis sativa (a.k.a. marijuana) can benefit patients suffering from a wide range of conditions, including cancer, epilepsy, chronic pain, and post-traumatic stress disorder....
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