Study: A fish a day reduces liver cancer risk

Japanese researchers say eating one fish a day lowers the risk of developing liver cancer by a third compared to eating one fish per week.

Researchers create hair follicles from stem cells

Laaska News  Apr. 18, 2012

A group of researchers have successfully created an organ that creates hair using two different types of stem cells. Stem cells have the potential to evolve into any tissue or organ.

Team: Intestinal dysfunction linked to gout

Japanese researchers say intestinal dysfunction is one of the causes of a disease that makes people suffer from swollen joints. Gout is usually linked to high levels of uric acid in the blood.

Study shows egg may help alleviate depression

Japanese researchers have found that an ingredient in eggs appears to alleviate depression.

A group led by Professor Mitsuhiro Furuse of Kyushu University’s graduate school of agriculture released the results of their study at a conference of the Japanese Society of Animal Science on Wednesday.

Japan -Thyroid screenings detect relatively high exposure

Experts have detected radioactive iodine in the thyroid glands of 80 percent of the people who used to live near the Fukushima nuclear plant. Five of them had dosages of more than 50 millisieverts.

Human Embryonic Stem cells improve monkeys with Parkinson’s

Laaska News Feb. 21, 2012

A group of Japanese scientists has succeeded in improving the conditions of monkeys with Parkinson’s disease after transplants of nerve cells generated from human Embryonic stem cells, or ES cells.

WHO to continue discussing bird flu research

Laaska News  Feb. 18, 2012

Flu experts from around the world have agreed on the need to continue discussing bird flu research in light of possible use by bioterrorists.

The World Health Organization announced the view on Friday after a 2-day

Japan – Researchers identify genes causing lung cancer

Laaska News  Feb. 13, 2012

Japanese researchers say they have identified genes that cause a type of lung cancer.

Researchers at Jichi Medical University and the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research focused on some healthy genes that cause lung adenocarcinoma by mutating with other genes.

Fighting Fat:US revises school lunch guidelines

Laaska News  Jan 26, 2012

US schoolchildren are to see healthier foods on their lunch plates under new guidelines designed to address obesity among children.

Embryonic stem cells help the blind to see

US scientists say they have helped improve vision in 2 legally blind women by injecting embryonic stem cells into their eyes.