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TwitterLisonopril: Could hold key to battling MSA cheap blood pressure drug could hold the key to combating multiple sclerosis. An MS expert has shown that the tablets taken by millions to lower blood pressure can also ease the symptoms – and even reverse paralysis. Lawrence Steinman made the link when he researched the Lisinopril pills he was prescribed for high blood pressure. Drugs currently used to treat MS, in which the immune system turns on the body, are of limited effectiveness and do not work for everyone. Some cost up to £15,000 a year.
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August 18th, 2009 
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July 7th, 2009 admin Sunspot groups 1024 developed over the 4th of July weekend, and while it did not create any historically spectacular fireworks, it has been kicking up modest solar flares. After one of the longest sunspot droughts in modern times, solar activity picked up quickly over the weekend.A new group of sunspots developed, and while not dramatic by historic standards, the spots were the most significant in many months.”This is the best sunspot I’ve seen in two years,” observer Michael Buxton of Ocean Beach, Calif., said on Spaceweather.com.Solar activity goes in a roughly 11-year cycle.
Posted in News Tags: Activity Period, Jet Streams, Magnetic Energy, Major Storms, Mass Ejections, Nasa Researchers, National Academy Of Sciences, Ocean Beach, Power Grids, Solar Activity, Solar Flares, Solar Storm, Solar Storms, Space Storms, Spectacular Fireworks, Spectacular Light, Sunspot Groups, Time Nasa, Tril, Visible Signs Comments OffLower Increases In Global Temperatures Could Lead To Greater Impacts Than Previously Thought, Study Finds
March 1st, 2009 admin The “burning embers diagram”: Risks from climate change by reason for concern, 2001 (left) compared with 2007. (Credit: Smith et al., PNAS)From Science Daily:ScienceDaily (Mar. 1, 2009) — A new study by scientists updating some of the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2001 Third Assessment Report finds that even a lower level of increase in average global temperatures due to greenhouse gas emissions could cause significant problems in five key areas of global concern.The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is titled “Assessing Dangerous Climate Change Through an Update of the IPCC ‘Reasons for Concern.”Read more ….
Posted in Science News Tags: Academy Of Sciences, Assessment Report, Average Temperatures, Burning Embers, Dangerous Climate Change, Global Concern, Global Temperatures, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, Key Areas, Lead, National Academy Of Sciences, New Scientists, Proceedings Of The National Academy, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, Science Daily, Sciencedaily Comments OffGenetic Discovery Could Lead To Advances In Dental Treatment
February 25th, 2009 admin A normal mouse tooth on the left, where ameloblast cells that produce enamel are glowing in red. On the right is a tooth with the Ctip2 gene deleted, and little enamel has been able to form. (Credit: Image courtesy of Oregon State University)From Science Daily:ScienceDaily (Feb.
Posted in Science News Tags: Academy Of Sciences, Cavity Prevention, Cells, Credit Image, Dental Treatment, Genetic Discovery, Immune Response, Lead Treatment, National Academy Of Sciences, Nervous System, Oregon State University, Proceedings Of The National Academy, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, Replacement Teeth, Science Daily, Sciencedaily, Scientists, Tooth Development, Tooth Enamel, Transcription Factor Comments OffScience Found Wanting In U.S. Crime Labs
February 6th, 2009 admin Robert Stinson, convicted of murder in 1984, was freed from a Wisconsin prison last month after tests found that bite-mark and DNA analysis did not match evidence from the crime scene. (Andy Manis/Associated Press)From International Herald Tribune:Forensic evidence that has helped convict thousands of defendants for nearly a century is often the product of shoddy scientific practices that should be upgraded and standardized, according to accounts of a draft report by the nation’s pre-eminent scientific research group.The report by the National Academy of Sciences is to be released this month. People who have seen it say it is a sweeping critique of many forensic methods that the police and prosecutors rely on, including fingerprinting, firearms identification and analysis of bite marks, blood spatter, hair and handwriting.Read more ….
Posted in Science News Tags: Academy Of Sciences, Associated Press, Blood Spatter, Convict, Crime Labs, Crime Scene, Critique, Dna Analysis, Draft Report, Firearms Identification, Forensic Evidence, Handwriting, International Herald Tribune, Manis, National Academy Of Sciences, Prosecutors, Research Group, Robert Stinson, Science Comments Off‘Longevity Gene’ Common Among People Living To 100 Years Old And Beyond
February 4th, 2009 admin Dr. Friederike Flachsbart (left) and Professor Almut Nebel of the Kiel Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology examining the genetic samples from 100-year-old subjects. (Credit: Copyright: CAU; picture by Sandra Ogriseck)
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ScienceDaily (Feb. 4, 2009) — A variation in the gene FOXO3A has a positive effect on the life expectancy of humans, and is found much more often in people living to 100 and beyond – moreover, this appears to be true worldwide.
Posted in Science News Tags: 100 Years, Centenarians, Christian Albrechts University, Clinical Molecular Biology, Dna Samples, Faculty Of Medicine, Friederike, Genetic Samples, Journal Proceedings, Kiel Institute, Life Expectancy, Living To 100, Longevity, National Academy Of Sciences, Nebel, Proceedings Of The National Academy, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, Research Group, Science Daily, Sciencedaily Comments OffGlobal Warming ‘Irreversible’ For Next 1000 Years: Study
January 28th, 2009 admin The Department of Water and Power (DWP) San Fernando Valley Generating Station is seen in Sun Valley, California, 2008. Climate change is “largely irreversible” for the next 1,000 years even if carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions could be abruptly halted, according to a new study led by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)From Yahoo News/AFP:WASHINGTON (AFP) – Climate change is “largely irreversible” for the next 1,000 years even if carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions could be abruptly halted, according to a new study led by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).The study’s authors said there was “no going back” after the report showed that changes in surface temperature, rainfall and sea level are “largely irreversible for more than 1,000 years after CO2 emissions are completely stopped.”NOAA senior scientist Susan Solomon said the study, published in this week’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, showed that current human choices on carbon dioxide emissions are set to “irreversibly change the planet.”Read more ….
Posted in Science News Tags: Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Climate Change, Co2 Emissions, David Mcnew, Generating Station, Getty Images, Human Choices, National Academy Of Sciences, National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration, Proceedings Of The National Academy, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, Report Showed That, San Fernando Valley, Sciences Journal, Sea Level, Sun Valley California, Surface Temperature, Susan Solomon, Water And Power, Yahoo News Comments OffDid You Know A Solar Flare Can Make Your Toilet Stop Working?
January 22nd, 2009 admin Auroras over Blair, Nebraska, during a geomagnetic storm in May 2005. Photo credit: Mike Hollingshead/Spaceweather.com.From NASA:That’s the surprising conclusion of a NASA-funded study by the National Academy of Sciences entitled Severe Space Weather Events—Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts. In the 132-page report, experts detailed what might happen to our modern, high-tech society in the event of a “super solar flare” followed by an extreme geomagnetic storm.
Posted in Science News Tags: Auroras, Blair Nebraska, Copper Windings, Cornerstone Technology, Economic Impacts, Electric Power Grid, Geomagnetic Storm, Geomagnetic Storms, Ground Currents, Mike Hollingshead, Nasa, National Academy Of Sciences, Photo Credit, Power Distribution Systems, Power Outage, Solar Flare, Space Storm, Space Weather Events, Spaceweather, Weather Ground Comments Off