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The BBC has reported promising results from a gene therapy trial designed to halt the progressive loss of sight in people suffering from a genetic condition called Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA).
By sciencebase, Section News Posted on Thu Apr 24, 2008 at 07:39:25 AM PST
We've all had the doctor who plays hard-to-get. Aloof, always in a hurry, impossible to have a real conversation with. But it's not you - or your chronic halitosis. Doctors are usually paid based on how many patients they see in a day. So, knowing this, can you really blame your doctor for always having one foot out the door?
A new publication "Navigating the Medical Maze" is set to empower everyday patients looking for the best from their health care.
By sciencebase, Section News Posted on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 06:42:03 AM PST
Graeme Eagles of the University of London thinks he understands what happened to the supercontinent that existed before the present-day continents between 500m and 180m years ago. Apparently, it split in two because it got too big.
By sciencebase, Section News Posted on Tue Apr 15, 2008 at 11:19:28 PM PST
Corroboration of what I and many other observers have been saying for years - that antioxidants and other nutraceuticals can do you more harm than good. A scientific review shows that people who use antioxidant supplements may actually die earlier than their counterparts who don't.
By JefferyA, Section Commentary Posted on Tue Apr 15, 2008 at 11:19:13 PM PST
by Norman Doidge
Author of The Brain That Changes Itself
Recently I wrote a book about the revolutionary discovery that the human brain can change itself, as told through the stories of the scientists, doctors, and patients who have together brought about these astonishing transformations.
In his Art meets science concept, Michael Buckler (Germany) creates intersections between these two disciplines, using thin sections of meteorite as 'metaphoric materials'.
The artist created a nanosculpture (sculpture at the molecular and atomic levels) by freezing a tiny drop of colloidal graphite (graphite nanoparticles in a suspension) in liquid nitrogen at -196 degrees Celsius.
In his 
The artist created a nanosculpture (sculpture at the molecular and atomic levels) by freezing a tiny drop of colloidal graphite (graphite nanoparticles in a suspension) in liquid nitrogen at -196 degrees Celsius.
