Re-building muscles that have undergone ageing-associated wasting might one day be as easy as popping a pill. Researchers think that they just might have unraveled the secret to regaining lost muscle youth. The solution lies in a protein that produces signals that elicit muscle restorative process in the stem cells. Currently, it is anticipated that a muscle-bolstering drug could be manufactured that could dawdle the ageing process. During the course of the study, U.S. and Danish scientists have evaluated the capacity of stem cells or ‘master cells’ that reinstate damage in tissues – for building muscle. The researchers have established that aging has been found to be directly proportional to the weakening of the chemical messages that notify the stem cells to get functional.  [...]

Well, the tide has turned, much to the favor of womankind, with Scottish researchers out with a novel ‘pill’ that dramatically lowers sperm count amongst men. This is an indicator of times when men would be entailed to share the birth-control lumber with women. Professor Richard Anderson hailing from Edinburgh University is on a hunt for agreeable male participants for trying out the path breaking hormone jabs comprising of progesterone and testosterone to be administered on the butt region in two monthly intervals. The scientists are optimistic about the efficacy of this form of contraceptive treatment that according to them far surpasses the working efficiency of even condoms or for that matter the female pill. It avers to reducing male sperm count from over twenty million sperm/ml  [...]

An unusual occurrence called as heteropaternal superfecundation was cited in the cases of twins from Dallas that have two fathers. This sort of happening is so atypical that there are merely few of such cited cases globally. The eleven months old twins Justin and Jordan have visibly dissimilar facial characteristics. The parents of the twins, Mia Washington and her fiancée, James Harrison revealed this astounding facet to a television news channel when they were called to speak about their story. Making a clean breast about matters, Mia conceded to being in an affair with one more man during the point in time when the conception of the twins took place. She stated that she was astonished that such an extraordinary occurrence had transpired with her. Mia revealed that her twins were  [...]

Researchers of a latest study have revealed a three-forked strategy for treating spinal cord damage that helped rats with paralysis to be able to walk without the need of brain signalling. Due to damage caused to the nerve fibers that transmit and receive data from the brain, there is a major impediment in conducting information. The major spotlight on the research being undertaken for spinal cord injuries has been to delve into means of recuperating those marred nerve fibers and connections that have till date met with partial triumph in humans. During the course of the latest research, rats were administered a treatment that was a fusion of drugs, electrical stimulus to the spinal cord and remedial locomotor guidance technique. The amalgamated treatment assisted the rats in walking  [...]

A study undertaken reveals that the extensively available fats derived from human beings, easily collected employing liposuction, are noted to transmute into stem cells more effectually as compared to skin cells, thus providing the researchers a viable substitute to embryonic cells. Mr. Shinya Yamanaka from the Kyoto University, located in Japan had shown that skin cells that are very much alike embryonic stem cells, had the capability to be genetically altered to develop into any other form of cell. This procedure was identified as averting the annihilation of embryos and allowing researchers to develop novel treatments by creating stem cells from ailing patients. Ever since Yamanaka’s endeavours three years back, scientists have hunted for means to rise above the duo shortcomings  [...]

Urinary Incontinence is a condition wherein the ability to control the flow of urine is lost resulting in small to moderate amounts of urine seepage. This accidental loss of urine is known to affect nearly twelve million U.S individuals with a greater percentage of women being affected than men. There are varied forms of urinary incontinence such as: Stress Incontinence: This occurs due to heightened pressure on the abdomen during activities like exercising, laughing, sneezing or coughing. Urge Incontinence: In this type of incontinence also known as the ‘hyperactive bladder’, the recurrent urge to visit the loo with little control while reaching there, leading to involuntary urine leakage. Mixed Urinary Incontinence: A few women experience a combination of both Stress and Urge  [...]