24Apr/13

Face transplant success paves way for feet – Adelaide Now

Face transplant success paves way for feet
Adelaide Now
Surgeons are also making progress in transplant surgery for people who have lost a limb, he said. “Again that’s an experimental protocol. But people have reattached (a patient’s) own limb if it’s amputated. Hands were more commonly reattached than
Boston ‘best place to help bomb victims’ – NinemsnNinemsn

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24Apr/13

Video reveals cancer cells' Achilles' heel – EurekAlert! – EurekAlert (press release)

Video reveals cancer cells’ Achilles’ heel – EurekAlert!
EurekAlert (press release)
Professor Daniel Davis and his team used high quality video imaging to investigate why the drug rituximab is so effective at killing cancerous B cells. It is widely used in the treatment of B cell malignancies, such as lymphoma and leukaemia – as well

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24Apr/13

Death notices for April 24 Including Tulsa and northeastern Oklahoma. – Tulsa World

Death notices for April 24 Including Tulsa and northeastern Oklahoma.
Tulsa World
Visitation 1-7 p.m. Thursday, Add’Vantage Funeral Home, Tulsa, and service 2 p.m. Friday, Indian Springs Baptist Church. – Almeta Hawkins Talley, 93, retired Doctors Hospital purchasing agent, died Monday in Duluth, …. In an effort to honor those who

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24Apr/13

How air pollution may cause heart disease – Times of India


Times of India

How air pollution may cause heart disease
Times of India
Long term exposure to air pollution may cause heart attacks and strokes by speeding up atherosclerosis, or “hardening of the arteries”, according to a study by U.S. researchers. The researchers, led by Sara Adar, John Searle Assistant Professor of
Heart Attacks May Be Linked to Air PollutionSmithsonian (blog)

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