2012 and Beyond..
Britain is facing ‘a new horror’ from a flesh eating superbug which killed a father just within four hours of him arriving in hospital with leg pains.
Richard Johnson, 54, had been given painkillers for what doctors thought was arthritis.
But when it was realised that he had the infection necrotising fasciitis surgeons amputated his left leg in a bid to save him.
Scientists believe a variation in the gene’s DNA promotes insulin resistance, the primary cause of type 2 diabetes. The disease is the most common form of diabetes, affecting around two million people in the UK.
The discovery could lead to new drug treatments that target the genetic fault and prevent the body failing to respond to insulin.
ScienceDaily (Aug. 16, 2009) — Scientists investigating the effects of cannabis on bone health have found that its impact varies dramatically with age.
Those friends who claim they “only need” five or six hours of sleep, as compared to your lazy eight? Researchers suggest their lowered slumber needs are a genetic mutation, and that the rest of us shouldn’t fight our instincts.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6793173.ece
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