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Eyes Help Researchers ‘See’ Alzheimer’s Before Symptoms

July 15, 2016 SrijitaAlzheimer's, Before, Eyes, Help, Researchers, See, symptoms:

PhotoCredit:istock Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have discovered that eyes could help them see progression of Alzheimer’s disease even before the onset of symptoms. The research may help overcome a major roadblock in the development of therapies for the brain disorder characterised by memory impairment. Looking through the eye to see the brain is a key advantage of the new technology. “The retina of the eye is not just ‘connected’ to the brain — it is part of the central nervous system,” said author Swati More of the University of…

Austrian researchers develop potential AIDS treatment breakthrough

July 13, 2016 SrijitaAIDS, Austrian, breakthrough, Develop, potential, Researchers, Treatment

Austrian researchers have developed a treatment that could spell a breakthrough in the treatment of AIDS, the Krone newspaper reported on Monday. The research duo of Thomas Szekeres, a human geneticist who also serves as President of the Vienna Medical Association, and Walter Jaeger, a pharmacist, said the arduous research project spanned 15 years. Jaeger said while it was “full of setbacks”, there were also often “new hopes”, and they are now satisfied with the research results and ready to make them public, Xinhua reported. The research is based on…

‘terrible’ ldl cholesterol no longer in the back of aged Deaths: Researchers

June 28, 2016 Srijita'terrible', aged, Back, Cholesterol, Deaths, In, ldl, Longer?, No, of, Researchers, The

Older humans with high ranges of “awful” or low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C) cholesterol stay as long, and regularly longer, than their peers with low degrees of the identical cholesterol, a university of South Florida professor and an global team of experts have observed.The findings, which came after analysing past studies related to extra than sixty eight,000 contributors over 60 years of age, name into query the “cholesterol speculation,” which suggested that human beings with excessive cholesterol are greater liable to death and would need statin tablets to decrease ldl cholesterol.acting inside…

New AceDeceiver Malware Affects Non-Jailbroken iOS Devices: Researchers

March 17, 2016 SrijitaAceDeceiver, Affects, Devices, iOS, Malware:, New, Non-Jailbroken, Researchers

Researchers claim to have found a new strain of malware that can infect a large pool of iPhone and iPad devices. The iOS malware, dubbed AceDeceiver, is said to affect non-jailbroken devices without the user’s knowledge. Apple has reportedly pulled three apps from the App Store that were believed to be from the AceDeceiver family. AceDeceiver was designed to exploit a flaw in Apple’s FairPlay digital rights management (DRM) protection mechanism, reports security firm Palo Alto Networks. The DRM technology protects unauthorised download of apps and other content on the…