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- Read more about Impotency in men may raise risk of developing type 2 diabetes
Medical researchers have claimed that men who experience erectile dysfunction might face twice the risk of Type 2 Diabetes compared to men without such sexual incapability. The story is published in Annals of Family Medicine.
8 August 2015

Sunlight and Vitamin D: Necessary for Public Health

The Journal of the American College of Nutrition is pleased to offer Open Access to a scientific consensus paper, Sunlight and Vitamin D: Necessary for Public Health, authored by scientists from the University of California, San Diego, Creighton University, Boston University Medical Center, and the Medical University of South Carolina, along with other research contributors.
- Read more about Certain genes when exposed to the environment may lead to diabetes
Arsenic, which can be present in ground water, modifies an enzyme that alters the secretion of insulin in the pancreas. Physicians, usually, show type II diabetes as a consequence of an exaggerated food intake and lack of exercise.

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- Read more about Scientists Target Kupffer Cell Protein CD68 to cure malaria
Which plays a crucial role in malaria infection, and may lead to potential new drug to fight the disease. The study is published in Journal of Experimental Medicine.
- Read more about Scientists identify that memories can be lost and found
A team of scientists believe they have shown that memories are more robust than we thought and have identified the process in the brain, which could help rescue lost memories or bury bad memories, and pave the way for new drugs and treatment for people with memory problems.
- Read more about Getting to the bottom of ageing
The question of why we age is one of the most fascinating questions for humankind, but nothing close to a satisfactory answer has been found to date. Scientists at the Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie in Berlin have now taken one step closer to providing an answer.
- Read more about Novel way to cook rice by Percolating Technology Remove Inorganic Arsenic
The European Food Standards Authority has warned that people who eat a lot of rice, are exposed to worrying concentrations. Chronic exposure to inorganic arsenic has been linked to developmental problems, heart disease, diabetes, nervous system damage, and cancer. Researchers in Northern Ireland have now found a way to remove the inorganic arsenic by cooking rice the way coffee is brewed.
- Read more about Effective vaccines against dengue in the offing
In a finding that could lead to the first effective therapies and vaccines against dengue, scientists have determined the structure of a human antibody which can fight the deadly virus. Researchers at Vanderbilt University and the National University of Singapore determined the structure of the human monoclonal antibody which, in an animal model, strongly neutralises a type of the potentially lethal dengue virus.
- Read more about Stem Cell Transplantation is good for Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia Patients
A group of medical researchers suggest using stem cell transplantation to treat patients with a serious but a very rare form of chronic blood cancer 'Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia' (JMML) has shown improved results. The study has been published in the journal Blood.
- Read more about Researchers explain How damaged DNA is repaired
Karim Mekhail, a professor at the University of Toronto has revealed how a damaged DNA is transported within a cell and repaired. By using yeast cells, researchers discovered the DNA ambulance, which is a motor protein complex.