Make srikumar as your homepage

< >

   
 
Please check "WHAT IS NEW?"  to see new pages we are adding. Enjoy

CAD Free stuff | NRI | Jobs | Home pages Education | Movies | Games | Music | Indian Music | A  to Z topics | Science| Job Posting | What is New? |

 Engineering| Alumni | Health | Sports |Tourism |Computers | Business | Oman 123| 3D perspectives | Chat Free downloads |Shopping | Family | Comments
Articles| Advertising | Cooking | Humour | Interior Design| Marketing |Toastmasters
 

 
Home
Art of Living
CAD
Cooking
Education
Engineering
Freestuff
Feng Shui
 
< >
 
Festivals
Games
Health
Question papers
Humour
House plans
Jobs
Interior Design
 
Jokes
Kids
Music
Movies
NRI
Oman123
 

Contact:
L.Srikumar Pai
B.Sc( Engg.), MIE, MIWWA, MICI
Civil Engineer & CAD Specialist
Web master

See my 3d perspectives using AutoCAD & 3DS Max.
3D Album
New

 

Revolutionary capsule offers hope to diabetics

Main Article page | Health page| Disease articles | Links

 

A revolutionary technique that has been found to successfully treat the symptoms of gout could result in a new form of therapy for a range of other medical conditions – such as diabetes and obesity, say experts.

Gout is caused by a build up of uric acid in the bloodstream, which results in crystals of uric acid being deposited in the kidneys and joints, leading to bouts of extreme pain.

Professor Martin Fussenegger of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich designed a 'molecular prosthesis' to treat gout, which is made from human cells designed to detect an increase in levels of uric acid and to respond by secreting an enzyme called urate oxydase, which destroys uric acid.

The treatment consists of implanting a small plastic capsule under the skin, which is loaded with genetically engineered cells taken from the patients themselves.

The capsule effectively works as a synthetic organ balancing the body's chemicals and hormones.

"We have constructed a synthetic genetic circuitry that can detect uric acid in the bloodstream and process this information to produce a therapeutic response," the Independent quoted Fussenegger as saying.

Tests on laboratory mice have proved the efficacy of the new technique.

According to scientists, human clinical trials could begin in two years.

The researchers hope to adapt the technique so that the genetically engineered human cells living in the plastic capsules can be programmed to deal with a range of other metabolic disorders, such as the hormonal imbalances leading to diabetes and obesity.

The new research has been published in the journal Nature Biotechnology.

- ANI / Times of India
 

 
Contact
Personality
Reiki
Real Estate 
Stories
TV
Toastmaster 
Vaastushastra
What is New?
 
< >
 
Free MP3
Results
AutoCAD Blocks
3D Max textures
Printer Drivers
Entrance Test
IAS Topper
 
Public Speaking
Shopping
Translation
Tourism
Useful articles
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
We have provided links for the public use and not responsible for the contents of any site.

About us | Submit your site |Suggestions | A to Z topics |Advertising | Auctions | Alumni | Arts | Astrology | Animals | BusinessCooking CAD| Chat | Computers | Disabled People
Environment | Education | Engineering | Family | Festivals | Freebies | Fun | Games | Health | India | Jobs | Jokes |Kerala | Kids | NRI News |   Movies | Music | Medicine 
| Photography | Religion | Reference | Science | Shopping | Sports | Tenders | Tourism | Vaastu shastra | Women | World | Zoo
Copyright www.srikumar.com 2009-2010