The potential cost of pesticide-related illnesses in sub-Saharan African between 2005 and 2020 could reach $90bn (£56bn), according to a UN report released on Wednesday highlighting the growing health and environmental hazards from chemicals. It said the estimated cost of pesticide poisoning exceeds the total amount of international aid for …
The potential cost of pesticide-related illnesses in sub-Saharan African between 2005 and 2020 could reach $90bn (£56bn), according to a UN report released on Wednesday highlighting the growing health and environmental hazards from chemicals. It said the estimated cost of pesticide poisoning exceeds the total amount of international aid for …
Paving the way for a targeted treatment for leukaemia and other blood cancers, scientists have found a gene called JunB that controls the rapid production and differentiation of the stem cells that produce all blood cell types. The investigators have also uncovered evidence that could lead to a protocol for …
Studies have shown that people exposed to uranium may develop lung cancer, leukaemia, chromosomal aberrations, fibrosis of the lungs and non-malignant respiratory diseases. After entering the bloodstream, the absorbed uranium tends to accumulate and stay for many years in bone tissue because of uranium's affinity for phosphates. The greatest health …
us scientists have found a daisy-like plant common in gardens across North America can kill the cells that cause leukaemia or blood cancer. While current treatments target the cancerous cells, the Bachelor's Button or Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) is perhaps unique in eliminating the very cells (stem cells) from which the …
the much touted gene therapy as a miracle cure for diseases linked to genetic disorders recently suffered a major setback with the discovery that it has caused leukaemia in a child undergoing experimental treatment. The child was being treated at the Paris-based Necker-Enfants Malades clinic for x-severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome, …
A chemotherapy drug with few side effects has been developed by the University of Maryland's Greenebaum Cancer Center, in Baltimore, USA. The drug prevents further division of mutated cancerous cells. When the drug was tested for safety on 34 adult patients of leukemia, it was found that the drug did …
Poisonous fumes from construction and decorating materials can cause leukaemia and other illnesses, claim authorities of China's Beijing Children's Hospital. Statistics complied by the hospital authorities indicate that most children treated for leukaemia in the past six months were residents of houses recently redecorated. Paints are said to be particularly …
In people suffering a common form of leukaemia, certain chromosome abnormalities in cancer cells could help predict how quickly the disease will progress. This is the result of a study conducted in Germany, says a Reuters report dated December 27, 2000. The cancer is known as B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia …
till date, the exact cause for leukaemia or cancer of the blood-forming cells is not known. Some researchers have maintained that a microbe - a bacterium or a virus - could well be the cause of the disease and research is being conducted to identify it. Now, a study brings …
electromagnetic fields from power lines and appliances do not affect the risk of leukaemia in children, say researchers at the us National Cancer Institute ( nci ) and the University of Minnesota, usa. The study is one of the most comprehensive probes into the links between electromagnetic fields and the …
high levels of radioactive discharge into the English Channel from a reprocessing plant at La Hague, France, have increased the incidence of leukaemia in children of the region. The alleged removal of an underwater monitoring equipment by Cogema, the company that operates the plant, has led to the serious problem. …
INDIANS are a peculiar lot. They have three 'unique' genes which are not present in any other race across the world. These genes, belonging to the group DR2, put them at a high risk of contracting diseases like tuberculosis and leprosy. The DR2 group has 11 sub-types of genes. The …
Explaining the rise of 400 per cent cases of leukaemia, Raymond Liang Hin-Suen of the University of Hong Kong has recently postulated the incidence of the malady with exposure to organic solvents. "There is no hard evidence," he warned, "but there is suspicion." He had studied 67 patients. The Hong …
