California scientists, boosted by stem cell research funding enabled by Proposition 71, are aiming for clinical trials involving gene therapy through bone marrow transplants.
Synthetic nucleotides halt replication of the viruses in tests on monkeys. The FDA approves clinical trials in primates. ‘Any disorder that involves a genetic problem can potentially be treated,’ one expert says.
A single dose of the drug Ketamine acts like “magic” lifting people out of depression in hours and lasting more than a week, scientists claim.
By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent
Sirius Radio’s Dr. Steve explains why some people are more malodorous than others
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By Postmedia News
BRAMPTON, ONT. – A patient who recently travelled to India and was later treated at a health facility in Brampton, Ont., has tested positive for the NDM-1 superbug, Ontario health officials confirmed Saturday.
By Clay Dillow
A group of researchers at Imperial College London recently cross-referenced a couple of studies on heart health and have made an interesting recommendation to fast food outlets:

Those who suffer its effects say treating it brought them renewed energy, while most doctors say the disorder doesn’t exist
By Julie Deardorff, Tribune reporter
BOSTON, Aug. 21 (UPI) — Yoga may positively affect mood and decrease anxiety — and may be therapeutically beneficial for some mental disorders, U.S. researchers said.

Good morning, readers. Settled in, ready to take on the day? Great, we hope you have a good one. Also, FYI, a new mutation that makes bacteria resistant to pretty much every antibiotic known to man

By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY
The ongoing salmonella outbreak from eggs may have sickened about 1,300 people from May to July, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today.