Category: Disease
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Neglected diseases definition?
See the link below for a disease that has affected about 100 people in the US since 1960. It is contracted by swimming in a few lakes which have sediment that can stir up amoeba. This amoeba called Naegleria Fowlerie and can infect the neurons through the nasal cavity. Eating their way through neurons from…
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New Cancer targets
Targets for cancer therapy initially were very specific cell division targets. Nowadays, the targets have become very cancer specific, for e.g. targeting the BCR-ABL to target Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. However, a scientist in Australia has come up with a target that is very unlikely – tropomyosin. Tropomyosin is a protein that along with actin is…
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Deuterium based drugs
The news story today is about Concert Pharmaceuticals partnering with Celgene to develop Concert’s deuterated compounds. Concert and Auspex are two pharmaceutical companies pursuing the deuterated compound as a unique drugs but the science is a bit of a mystery. Hydrogen and its isotope Deuterium exists in nature and thus any compound will exist in…
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Beetroot for Blood pressure.
It is postulated that the high nitrate content in beetroot is responsible for its ability to reduce the blood pressure. Circulation. 2012 June 12; 125(23): 2922–2932, Hypertension. 2008 March; 51(3): 784–790. The benefit of beetroot juice in reducing the blood pressure is worth cosidering. About 17.6 ounce of juice (3 parts of beetroot and 1…
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Guinea worm disease – cure without modern medicine
Guinea worm disease or Dracunculiasis is a disease that has been around since a long time. The Guinea worm has been found on mummies and it has been mentioned in several holy books. Nowadays, it only exists in a few parts of Africa in very low amounts and is close to eradication. Surprisingly, the eradication…