Keen On Nanotechnology: How It Changes Everything

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Matthew Putman is exactly the kind of interdisciplinary genius one would expect to found a nanotechnology company. A distinguished musician, research scientist, university professor and theater producer, Putmans latest technology startup is Nanotronics Imaging, a Brooklyn, N.Y. based pioneer of nanotechnology which includes Peter Thiel as an investor and board member.

It may not be a coincidence, either, that Putmans company is based in Brooklyn. Its an incredible hotbed of technology and creativity, he insists featuring the most important artists, intellectual innovators and technologists from the makers movement. The East Coast is much more exciting than Silicon Valley, Putman says, because its more interdisciplinary.

Nanotechnology has been the dream of every scientist for the past 50 years, Putman explains. It changes everything, he says from infinitely extending Moores Law to potentially eliminating cancer. And now, he says,this great scientific dream is achievable. By 2014, he promises, companies like Nanotronics Imaging will have truly revolutionized not only the tech world but also medicine and every other industry.

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Researchers Identify Achilles Heel Of Malignant Tumor Cells

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A study conducted by researchers from the CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences has identified the enzyme MTH1 as the Achilles Heel of malignant tumor cells. The vulnerability could be explored as a potential novel antitumor therapeutic approach.

In addition, researchers have also discovered the chemical mirror image of crizotinib, an existing anti-cancer drug, to be effective at inhibiting MTH1 activity. Findings from the study show that malignant tumor cells are vulnerable to imbalances in nucleotide metabolism. The research was conducted by the researchers from Vienna in collaboration with colleagues from Oxford and Stockholm.

This paper represents a creative and original application of pharmacology, signal transduction biochemistry, and structural biology employed to make inroads into the therapy of cancers that have to date resisted effective treatment, said Robert A. Weinberg, founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Professor of Biology at MIT in Cambridge, USA.

The researchers were able to demonstrate that MTH1 targeting drugs selectively induce DNA damage in cancer cells. The investigational anti-MTH1 drugs were also able to impair growth of aggressive, difficult to treat human tumors in model systems. MTH1 therefore, presents a therapeutic target that could herald a breakthrough in cancer therapy.

Scientific Director Giulio Superti-Furga, CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, said, The elucidation of the mode of action of drugs is one of the greatest strengths of CeMM, whose expertise and technology assets are world-class in this area. Without the support of public funding for basic research this first breakthrough would not have been possible, and therefore we are grateful to the taxpayers. However, the next challenges will be costly, and it would be a shame if we had to give up at this point in time. Therefore, we depend on a solid funding base and are, in addition, also seeking additional sponsors, philanthropists, organizations, and partners, who share our vision of a fight against diseases through innovative research, and who are interested in a continuation of our research.

The study was published online by the scientific journal Nature earlier this month.

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Britain looking to integrate traditional Chinese medicine with NHS

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LONDON, April 7 (UPI) -- Britain is looking at incorporating traditional Chinese medicines with the National Health Service, but only if there is sufficient scientific evidence.

Jeremy Hunt, Britain's secretary of state for health, said his visits to China, the home country of his wife, better acquainted him with Chinese medicine, which involves herbs, acupuncture and massage therapy, the Daily Telegraph reported.

David Tredinnick, a Conservative MP, asked Hunt during a session in the House of Commons: In your travels to the Peoples Republic of China, what have you learnt about the integration of Western medicines with traditional Chinese medicine?

Currently, NHS Choices said the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends -- based on scientific evidence -- acupuncture as a treatment only for lower back pain.

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Medicine Hat offers subsidy to homeowners for flood protection

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Hundreds of vulnerable homes in Medicine Hat are now protected against future floods because of a new program that provides owners with up to $2,000 each to install isolation valves that eliminate sewer backup when high waters hit.

While the province balked at funding the initiative through its disaster recovery program, the southeastern Alberta city found $1 million from its own coffers to protect local residents.

Were getting sick and tired of floods so we decided to solve this problem once and for all, Medicine Hat Mayor Ted Clugston said.

Its probably going to save us, the province and insurance companies big dollars in the long run.

Most municipalities in Alberta already require one-way valves on new homes that operate automatically and can withstand 35 kilopascals of backup flow.

But Medicine Hats program is retrofitting houses with isolation devices that are manually closed prior to a flood and can withstand at least 10 times that pressure.

Any residences damaged in last Junes inundation or that a review determines may be at risk from future floods are eligible for assistance.

Of an estimated 570 homes that were damaged by sewer backup in last Junes floods, the city has so far received applications from 336 owners.

Carla Jans, who suffered $15,000 in damage and lost the ability to earn an income operating a day home when her basement filled with over a half metre of sewage last June, is grateful for the help.

Money was tight in our household even before this happened, Jans said.

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ACM Awards: Watch Shakira, Blake Shelton Serve Up 'Medicine'

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Shakira and Blake Shelton gave viewers a taste of "Medicine," their new duet, at the ACM Awards on Sunday.

Rocking a lipstick-red dress showing just enough of those famous hips, Shakira squared off with the country superstar for a spirited version of the pounding anthem. They ended the performance with a huge smile and a hug.

The duet comes following the Latin superstar's yearning to go a little country, having approached Shelton after the two worked together on "The Voice."

"I told him I wanted to work with Nashville people," Shakira told Billboard last month. "I was a little tired of L.A. I wanted people with another point of view, real people with roots with whom I feel comfortable working in the same room. And I told Blake I wanted to do a song that had the narrative of a country song, that was picturesque, that was a real song. But it also needed to suit me, because after all, I'm Colombian."

"Medicine" hit No. 57 on the Country Airplay chart after the release of her self-titled album in late March, netting her first entry on a country chart.

Meanwhile, it's Shelton's 35th entry on the chart, having also hit No. 1 recently with "Doin' What She Likes," his 16th chart-topper.

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Adult Heart Transplants Now Performed at Memorial Cardiac & Vascular Institute – Video

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Rutgers Medical Students Learn Terror Medicine

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Newswise Ask many Americans what anthrax is, and they probably will tell you its something dangerous associated with terrorism. Deadly anthrax bacteria are firmly in the public consciousness.

Thats now. Back in 2001, however, while health professionals certainly knew what anthrax was, for most of them it was out of sight, out of mind. So when patients began showing up in the weeks after 9/11 with black lesions on their skin, most of their physicians did not consider anthrax as a possible cause.

Several doctors presumed that what they saw were spider bites, says Leonard Cole, director of the program on terror medicine and security at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Only in retrospect, when a photojournalist died after receiving anthrax in the mail, was there an understanding that other cases of anthrax-related sickness had been missed.

To raise awareness among future physicians, Cole has designed a new two-week elective course called Terror Medicine. It includes sessions taught by experts in emergency medicine, surgery, psychiatry and bioterror areas of crucial importance in a medical response to a terror attack. And it presents examples of how dangerous times have forced health professionals basic instincts to change.

For instance, Cole says, symptoms that might have been diagnosed in the past as simple food poisoning could actually come from exposure to a bioweapon that causes botulism, or a gardener who seems to have inhaled too much pesticide might have been exposed to the nerve gas sarin which happened in Japan in the 1990s.

While chances seem small that any individual might be caught up in a gas attack, a mass shooting or a bombing, Cole says that if the worst ever happens, preparedness can mean the difference between patients living and dying. But he fears that health professionals as a group still have a long way to go before they can consider themselves truly ready.

That includes having a sense ahead of time about choices that might be necessary. If a bomb goes off and a doctor is nearby, should that physician race to the victims? That sounds like a no-brainer, but maybe not, because past experience shows that a secondary bomber might be waiting to set off explosives after responders arrive compounding the toll of dead and injured.

If youre an emergency room physician, you may be comfortable treating a patient with penetration injuries, or one who has a punctured lung, or someone with burns or crush wounds. But what if your patient arrives with all of those problems simultaneously, as can happen after an especially savage bombing? How do you know where to start? Determining what needs immediate attention and what can wait, a process known as triage, is crucial, and making quick, hard choices correctly can save lives in a crisis situation.

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Childhood obesity can cost US$19,000 over lifetime

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SINGAPORE: Childhood obesity could cost you US$19,000 per child over a lifetime.

According to an analysis led by researchers at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore and at Duke Global Health Institute, that is the estimated price tag for an obese child's lifetime medical costs compared to that of a child with normal weight.

When multiplied by the number of obese 10-year-olds in the United States, lifetime medical costs for this age alone reach roughly US$14 billion.

An alternative estimate, which takes into account the possibility of normal weight children gaining weight in adulthood, reduces the cost to US$12,900 per obese child.

The findings appeared online on Monday in the Pediatrics journal.

"Reducing childhood obesity is a public health priority that has substantial health and economic benefits," said lead author Eric Andrew Finkelstein.

"These estimates provide the financial consequences of inaction and the potential medical savings from obesity prevention efforts that successfully reduce or delay obesity onset."

Obesity is a known risk factor for a wide range of diseases, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and certain cancers.

Roughly one in three adults and one in five children in the United States are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"Addressing obesity in adults requires efforts to prevent or reduce obesity among children, as research has shown most obese children and teenagers remain obese into adulthood," said study co-author Rahul Malhotra.

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Caribbean Medical School Professor Publishes Study on Indias Koraga People

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Dr. Mungli, Course Director and Associate Professor of Biochemistry at UMHS, recently published a study on liver dysfunction, anemia and metabolic syndrome in the Koraga community in South Karnataka, India in the International Journal of AJ Institute of Medical Sciences, a biannual, peer-reviewed, indexed, scientific journal catering to all specialties of medical and allied health sciences (http://journal.ajmedicals.in/WebPages/ViewResearchPapers.aspx?issue=current).

Following are highlights from the abstract of the Koraga people study by Dr. Mungli and his group of researchers:

-Koraga community members are considered one of the primitive tribal groups (PTBs) deprived of social benefits.

-The studys objective was the incidence of metabolic syndrome, anemia and altered liver function in the Koraga community.

Materials and methods:

-Routine health checkups were conducted exclusively for the Koraga community.

-Men and women of all ages were checked for height, weight, waist circumference, and blood pressure

-Hemoglobin, blood sugar, lipid profile and liver function parameters were assessed by collecting blood samples

-Body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) were calculated using anthropometric measurements to determine medical outcomes.

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Over a lifetime, childhood obesity costs $19,000 per child

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DURHAM, N.C. -- Childhood obesity comes with an estimated price tag of $19,000 per child when comparing lifetime medical costs to those of a normal weight child, according to an analysis led by researchers at the Duke Global Health Institute and Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore. When multiplied by the number of obese 10-year-olds in the United States, lifetime medical costs for this age alone reach roughly $14 billion.

An alternative estimate, which takes into account the possibility of normal weight children gaining weight in adulthood, reduces the cost to $12,900 per obese child. The findings appear online April 7, 2014, in the journal Pediatrics.

"Reducing childhood obesity is a public health priority that has substantial health and economic benefits," said lead author Eric Andrew Finkelstein, Ph.D., M.H.A. "These estimates provide the financial consequences of inaction and the potential medical savings from obesity prevention efforts that successfully reduce or delay obesity onset."

Obesity is a known risk factor for a wide range of diseases, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and certain cancers. Roughly one in three adults and one in five children in the United States are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"Addressing obesity in adults requires efforts to prevent or reduce obesity among children, as research has shown most obese children and teenagers remain obese into adulthood," said study coauthor Rahul Malhotra, M.B.B.S., M.D., M.P.H.

While some progress has been made in lowering obesity rates in children within certain age groups and regions, childhood obesity remains a significant health problem.

"Public health interventions should be prioritized on their ability to improve health at a reasonable cost," Finkelstein said. "In order to understand the cost implications of obesity prevention efforts, it is necessary to accurately quantify the burden of childhood obesity if left untreated."

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Newsmax: Weekly Standard’s Kristol: ‘Not a Good Day for Liberty in America’ – Video

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