A comparison of four popular diets – Atkins, Ornish, Zone and LEARN. Read this – and learn what REALLY is good for you.

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UK universities are making great advances in using stem cells to repair damaged bone and cartilage. The UK National Stem Cell Research Conference heard about some of these.
One programme, lead by Richard Oreffo at Southampton University, uses a patient’s own stem cells to repair damaged bone. The stem cells, derived from their bone marrow, [...]

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Researchers at the University of Sheffield have discovered how to turn stem cells into the key cells governing hearing – the sensory hair cells and the auditory neurons.
Until now, once these cells were damaged, diminishing hearing, there was no cure.
This fantastic research has been showcased at the UK National Stem Cell Network conference, [...]

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Britain is using stem cell research to become the leader in producing unlimited, safe blood for transfusions. This will be achieved because of our world lead in stem cell research.
The research will be paid for by a coalition of the NHS, the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service and the Wellcome Trust – the [...]

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Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have clarified the role of an enzyme, called lisyl oxidase (LOX) in the role of cancer.
Most people who die of cancer die from metastasis – the spreading of cancer from its original site. This metastasis is enabled by the original tumour producing LOX, which find [...]

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At last, embryonic stem cell research will now get federal funding thanks to President Obama’s reversal of Bush’s ridiculous ban. This has put embryonic stem cell research back 5 years – and we are talking here about cures for various cancers and heart disease. Bush has definitely cost lives, many lives.
The correct course was, [...]

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Warfarin, the anti-coagulant drug often prescribed after strokes and heart attacks, is a high risk treatment because the therapeutic dose – the amount needed for it to have an effect – is rather close to being a dangerous dose. This means that if anything happens to disturb the body’s balance – it could, theoretically, [...]

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