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Cardiology hub – Fiji Times Online – Fiji Times

Posted: Published on March 13th, 2017

A SURGEON who has been performing free surgeries in the country for the past 10 years, says Fiji has the potential to be the main cardiology centre in the Pacific. Cardiologist Dr Albert Ko is from Ascot Hospital in Auckland and performed Fiji's first angioplasty at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital (CWMH) on April 6, 2011. "Since the first angioplasty about six to seven years ago, there hasn't been much development in terms of equipment," he said. "However, the local staff are very good people who have been trained by us. "They are just as good as those in Australia and New Zealand, but these people need a career pathway, they need to know where they're headed towards in terms of salaries, training prospects, upskilling themselves and acquiring the best interest in their jobs." Dr Ko said Fiji had the capability to provide services on a level comparable to Australia and New Zealand, so patients from Pacific Island countries would pay a lower cost to receive treatment in our country. He said he performed a total of 40 surgical procedures with the local medical team at CWM Hospital in one week, showing Fiji had the capability and potential to make … Continue reading →

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‘Biotechnology can help solve medical challenges’ – DAWN.com

Posted: Published on March 13th, 2017

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Directorate of Science and Technology in collaboration with the Institute of Integrative Biosciences, Cecos University, organised a Biotech Young Leaders Conference at a local hotel here on Sunday. The conference brought together the student community of life sciences under one roof to discuss the future of biotechnology in the country, says a press release. Faisal Khan, director of the institute, said that it was important to organise such events for young students to divert their minds from pessimism to optimism. The event was also attended by the science and technology director, Zahoorul Haq. We may be lagging behind when it comes to information technology, but we are not going to stay behind in emerging technologies such as synthetic biology as the provincial government is working on a policy to promote science and technology in the province, he said. The statement said that a team of young biotechnologists who represented the country at the international iGEM competition in Boston and bagged a gold medal was also funded by the S&T directorate. A three-year extension of the iGEM fellowship was also announced at the end of the conference. In the end, Dr Shafeequr Rehman, CEO of Rehman Medical … Continue reading →

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Squid, eyes, and blood, oh my! 2017’s best biology images – Ars Technica

Posted: Published on March 13th, 2017

The Wellcome Trust is a major funder of biomedical research in the UK. But part of its remit is improving the public's understanding of health and medical research. This mostly means educational and public outreach efforts. But each year, the Trust also runs a contest that recognizes the best images of all things biological. The winners run from the microscopic to the every day. Many of the winning images aren't clearly medical in nature (unless you plan to practice medicine on a squid). But the compelling visuals may just be enough to induce someone to want to learn more and start searching the Internet for details. And, if so, that'll be in keeping with the Wellcome's mission. Those of you familiar with biology will know you're looking at an eye. But it's the process that created this eye that's amazing. These are the blood vessels that supply the eye, imaged after a contrast agent was injected into them. The images were used to create a 3D model, which was then printed to produce this. This is the aftermath of a cell division, in which the DNA, condensed into thick rods during division, unwound again and distorted the membranes that contain … Continue reading →

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Behavioral biology: Ripeness is all – Phys.org – Phys.Org

Posted: Published on March 13th, 2017

March 10, 2017 Drosophila suzukii, the spotted-wing Drosophila, on a wild cherry. Credit: Elora Gompel In contrast to other members of the Drosophila family, the spotted-wing fly D. suzukii deposits its eggs in ripe fruits. Biologists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have now elucidated the sensory basis of their ability to exploit a novel ecological niche. Unlike most species of the genus Drosophila, which deposit their eggs in fermenting fruits, the so-called spotted-wing Drosophila, D. suzukii, lays its eggs in ripe fruits. This apparently minor difference in behavior can have catastrophic consequences for commercial fruit-growers, and has made the species into a crop pest. For the puncture made by the female's ovipositor facilitates infections, while the hatched larvae feed on the fruit pulp. As a result, these infestations cause enormous damage to soft-fruit crops, such as cherries, raspberries, grapes and strawberries. LMU biologists led by Professor Nicolas Gompel, in a collaboration with the groups of Dr. Benjamin Prud'homme (CNRS, France) and Professor Ilona Grunwald Kadow (Technical University, Munich), have begun to explore the genetic basis for this unusual egg-laying behavior. Their findings appear in the latest issue of the journal Current Biology. The researchers combined behavioral tests and genetic methods … Continue reading →

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Greater insight into basic biology of pain will reveal non-addictive remedies – Science Daily

Posted: Published on March 13th, 2017

Greater insight into basic biology of pain will reveal non-addictive remedies Science Daily The U.S. medical community needs a better understanding of the biology of pain and how it plays out in individuals to be able to combat the national epidemic of addiction to painkillers, according to researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at ... See the rest here: Greater insight into basic biology of pain will reveal non-addictive remedies - Science Daily … Continue reading →

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Proteomics Conference 2017 – USA

Posted: Published on March 13th, 2017

About Conference Conference Series LLClike to take this opportunity to welcome all of you to 9thInternational Conference & Expo on Proteomics which is to be held during November 02-04, 2017 at Paris, France. Through our theme Exploring the hidden depths of the proteomics, the conference will analyze the recent advancements and new modes that can be enforced to the research to take Proteomics, one step further. Proteomics Congress 2017 conference will impact an attractive moment to meet people in the research field and therefore it takes a delight in opening a gate to meet the ability in the field, young researchers and potential speakers. The conference also includes essential topics onProtein Expressionand Analysis,ProteomicsDatabase,Mass Spectrometryin Proteome Research, Proteomics from Discovery to Function,Analytical Proteomicsand Genomics, Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, Proteomics inPersonalized Medicine, Cardiovascular Proteomics, Proteomics in Computational and Systems Biology, Proteomics forBioinformatics, Plant Proteomics and Applications, Food andNutritional Proteomics, Cancer and Clinical proteomics, Immunoproteomics,Protein Engineeringand Molecular Design,Neuroproteomics& Neurometabolomics and many more. Conference Series LLCcoordinates 1000+Global events. Every Year across USA, Europe and Asia with backing from 1000 morescientific societies& Publishes 700+Open access journalswhich encompass over 100000 eminent personalities, reputed scientists as an editorial board & organizing committee members. Conference Series LLC is … Continue reading →

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Scientists Are Close to Creating a Fully Synthetic Genome – Futurism

Posted: Published on March 13th, 2017

More Than Bread and Beer Humans have found a friend in yeast. The single-celled eukaryotes are used by humans for a wide variety of applications, such as making alcoholic beverages and baking, among others. Scientists are heading toward a breakthrough in bioengineering that could create synthetic organisms that will help make new kinds of drugs and fuels. An international team of researchers has been able to devise a way to synthesize a large part of yeasts genetic code. Prior to this announcement, the team had been able to completely synthesize one of yeasts 16 chromosomes. Now, the team has published a series of papers in the journal Scienceshowing that they have been able to add another five chromosomes, thus bringing their total to six. They say theyre on track to finish the remaining ten chromosomes to form a completely synthetic genome by the end of this year. While the scientific community remains leery of synthetic genome creation, many have united in praising this projects work. In an article accompanying the research, Daniel Gibson, vice president of DNA technologies at Synthetic Genomics, stated, This is really going to allow us to understand how to design cells from the bottom up that … Continue reading →

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Treatment programs face shutdown because of minimum wage increase – East Valley Tribune

Posted: Published on March 12th, 2017

Kate Noll, 29, was isolated and depressed when she first moved to Arizona with her family, before her mother discovered her lifeline, east Mesas Marc Community Resources. Cheryl Noll said developmentally disabled people like Kate thrive on structure and a sense of purpose. Kate had neither during her first three months in the East Valley. She became irrational. Her eating and sleeping habits changed. Thats why Noll and other parents of developmentally disabled children, who are now adults, are worried about whether an increase in the Arizona minimum wage will have the unintended consequence of shutting down or curtailing the day treatment programs that developmentally disabled people need. If I had Kate at home all day, I would be at home, Cheryl Noll said, forcing her to give up her job. We would lose our (health) insurance, we would lose our home. Kate would be miserable. It is invaluable to us. Its our lifeline. Like most parents of developmentally disabled children, David Hardaway of Chandler wondered where his daughter, Jennifer, 23, would go after she timed out in the public education system at age 21. Hardaway is not alone. Arizona has 35,000 developmentally disabled persons in its Medicaid program. Jennifer, … Continue reading →

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Researchers identify how inflammation spreads through the brain after injury – Science Daily

Posted: Published on March 12th, 2017

Researchers have identified a new mechanism by which inflammation can spread throughout the brain after injury. This mechanism may explain the widespread and long-lasting inflammation that occurs after traumatic brain injury, and may play a role in other neurodegenerative diseases. The findings were published today in a study in the Journal of Neuroinflammation. This new understanding has the potential to transform how brain inflammation is understood, and, ultimately, how it is treated. The researchers showed that microparticles derived from brain inflammatory cells are markedly increased in both the brain and the blood following experimental traumatic brain injury (TBI). These microparticles carry pro-inflammatory factors that can activate normal immune cells, making them potentially toxic to brain neurons. Injecting such microparticles into the brains of uninjured animals creates progressive inflammation at both the injection site and eventually in more distant sites. Research has found that neuroinflammation often goes on for years after TBI, causing chronic brain damage. The researchers say that the microparticles may play a key role in this process. Chronic inflammation has been increasingly implicated in the progressive cell loss and neurological changes that occur after TBI. These inflammatory microparticles may be a key mechanism for chronic, progressive brain inflammation … Continue reading →

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Stem cell reprogramming factor controls change in cellular energy generation – Science Daily

Posted: Published on March 12th, 2017

A little over 10 years ago, the first reprogramming of adult cells into undifferentiated stem cells was achieved. These induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have the ability to become almost any cell type and can divide indefinitely, so share many features with embryonic stem cells. Such characteristics enable iPSCs to be used in several applications of regenerative medicine, particularly because they can be derived from an individual's own cells so tissue rejection problems are not encountered. They can also be programmed to develop into rare or inaccessible cell types, used to screen novel drugs, and studied to understand the cellular basis of disease or reprogramming. However, while the genetic factors responsible for reprogramming are well known, the mechanisms underlying the responses to induced gene expression changes are not as clear. Now, research led by the University of Tsukuba has solved the mystery surrounding one of the reprogramming factors, KLF4. The study was published in Stem Cell Reports. KLF4 together with other reprogramming transcription factors is used in the lab to force the expression of genes in somatic cells (adult non-germline cells) in the development of iPSCs. Somatic cells generate their energy in an oxygen-fueled process called oxidative phosphorylation, which takes … Continue reading →

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