Category Archives: health

Reprogramming of the cells to be something other than what they are…

Posted on July 10, 2011 by rndsync

Human organs are made of cells. But all cells are not made equal. There is quite a bit of diversity. Most of our organs like skin, bones, muscles, heart, brain, lungs and other internal organs are made up of cells … Continue reading →

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Bugs and infectious diseases

Posted on June 16, 2011 by rndsync

It’s well known that mosquitoes are carriers and transmitters of some of the most dreaded diseases like Malaria, Dongue fever, west nile fever etc. Ticks, Lice and Fleas cause Encephalitis, Lyme Disease, Typhus fever, Plague Flies carry all sorts of … Continue reading →

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Flu prevention and cure if infected close at hand?

Posted on April 24, 2011 by rndsync

A lot of people get sick every year due to the influenza virus. Some are hospitalized and a few even die. It’s intersting to see how the hospitalization rates varied over years CDC tracks this very closely as they do … Continue reading →

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Playing the probability game and winning

Posted on February 26, 2011 by rndsync

Life is a game of probabilities. When it comes to health or wealth that’s especially true. In the world of investing everyone is guessing where the market goes next day, week, month, year, or whatever period. Being able to predict … Continue reading →

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A better understanding of how Flu invades our bodies and cells helps give us better insight into prevention and mitigation

Posted on February 20, 2011 by rndsync

This is a very good article on the NSF website and research work on understanding common flu and also possibly H1N1 and other variants. In order to infect a healthy cell, a flu virus must enter the cell (upper left) … Continue reading →

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In general males have higher tendency to be autistic than females. New evidence for the genetic cause for this found by scientists from George Washington University.

Posted on February 17, 2011 by rndsync

George Washington University researcher, Dr. Valerie Hu, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and her team at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, found that male and female sex hormones regulate expression of an important gene RORA through a … Continue reading →

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We know Bacteria can evolve. Is there emergence of intelligence in simple rules governing bacterial evolution?

Posted on February 14, 2011 by rndsync

Bacteria is the most successful life form we know of and has adopted very well. It will, most likely, out live any life form we know of. Probably the only thing that can outlive bacteria is virus. But by many … Continue reading →

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Does “short attention span” equal “higher capacity for creativity”?

Posted on February 11, 2011 by rndsync

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Eckerd College also found that ADHD individuals preferred different thinking styles. They like generating ideas, but are not good about completing the tasks. Lead author Holly White, an assistant professor of psychology at … Continue reading →

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You are what’s in your gut

Posted on February 2, 2011 by rndsync

It’s been well known that serotonin production is regulated by bacteria (good bacteria) in the guts now new research seems to indicate that they also regulate synapse functioning. However, these effects were only confirmed in mice and it’s too early … Continue reading →

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Genetically modified mosquitoes released into the wild – human manipulation like this has unpredictable results

Posted on January 29, 2011 by rndsync

Remember Jurassic Park? Ian Malcolm expresses the same surprise when he comes to know that John Hammond tells him how they took DNA of a dinosaur from mosquitoes preserved in amber since the Jurassic period. Ian says how could John … Continue reading →

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