Washington, April 23 : Researchers at University of British Columbia have identified a `molecular key' that has the potential to increase the success of blood stem cell transplants.
Blood stem cell transplants are currently used to treat diseases such as leukemia, Hodgkin''s lymphoma and aplastic anemia.
During the procedure, donor blood stem cells - which can produce red and white blood cells and platelets - are injected into the recipient to produce new blood.
Washington, April 23 : A new study in rats has suggested that eating grapes could help in fighting high blood pressure and could also reduce other cardiovascular risks and heart muscle damage.
University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center researchers, who conducted the study, said that the benefits may be the result of the phytochemicals - naturally occurring antioxidants - turning on a protective process in the genes that reduces damage to the heart muscle.
Washington - The US Armenian community plans to open the Armenian Genocide Museum of America just a block and a half from the White House in less than two years.
In the pecking order of specially themed museums in Washington, the building will be far closer to the seat of US executive power than those dedicated to the Jewish Holocaust, African Art or the American Indian.
Whether that will bring Armenian-Americans any closer to presidential recognition of what they regard as genocide remains to be seen.
Washington - Barack Obama's campaign promise to recognize that the slaughter of more than 1 million Armenians in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire was genocide has left him in a difficult spot as president.
Since he took office, the influential Armenian-American community has been clamoring for Obama to follow through on the declaration and expressed disappointment that he did not do so during his trip in early April to Turkey.
Washington - US President Barack Obama and key administration officials launched a full media blitz Wednesday to push for limits to climate-damaging pollution in the United States, coinciding with Earth Day.
Obama touted the importance of wind power during a trip to the US state of Iowa and called for a "new era of energy exploration," sounding a theme repeated by a series of cabinet members who testified before Congress on the same day.
Los Angeles - The Chicago Bulls made Derrick Rose the first pick in the NBA Draft last June, and came up smelling like roses as the talented point guard bloomed as tops in his class.
Rose was named the NBA's Rookie of the Year, after leading the Bulls into the playoffs, the league announced on Wednesday.
"When I first came into the season my biggest thing was to get this award," Rose said. "I was telling you all that I wasn't caring about it, but when you're coming in, you really do want this award. It shows how much work you have put into it."
Washington, April 23 : Researchers at University of British Columbia have identified a `molecular key' that has the potential to increase the success of blood stem cell transplants.
Washington, April 23 : A new study in rats has suggested that eating grapes could help in fighting high blood pressure and could also reduce other cardiovascular risks and heart muscle damage.
Washington - The US Armenian community plans to open the Armenian Genocide Museum of America just a block and a half from the White House in less than two years.
Washington - Barack Obama's campaign promise to recognize that the slaughter of more than 1 million Armenians in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire was genocide has left him in a difficult spot as president.
Washington - US President Barack Obama and key administration officials launched a full media blitz Wednesday to push for limits to climate-damaging pollution in the United States, coinciding with Earth Day.
Los Angeles - The Chicago Bulls made Derrick Rose the first pick in the NBA Draft last June, and came up smelling like roses as the talented point guard bloomed as tops in his class.
