1960 Medical batch, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

This blog is about the entrants in the year 1960, to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ceylon, Colombo. The email address for communications is, 1960batch@gmail.com. Please BOOKMARK this page for easier access later.Photo is the entrance porch of the old General Hospital, Colombo, still in existence. Please use the search box below to look for your requirement.

Saturday, November 19, 2016

Odds and ends



New insight into how Alzheimer's disease begins

Why wounds heal more slowly with age

Beyond the DNA: Comprehensive map of the human epigenome completed


Story of tea in Sri Lanka - https://youtu.be/A0ju5se4FWw

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Friday, November 18, 2016

Alzheimers, HIV, RNA.



Discovery opens door to new Alzheimer's treatments 

Elderly discovered with superior memory and Alzheimer’s pathology 

“One patient’s blood might hold a new weapon against HIV” 
https://lumi.news/p/0881igbwk2fjb

A milestone in small RNA biology
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Thursday, November 17, 2016

Drug delivery systems, diagnosing Alzheimers, HIV breakthrough.




Slow release pills
 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3942778/Is-pill-end-pills-Scientists-develop-capsule-dissolves-slowly-body.html
 

Star-shaped drug dispenser stays in gut to deliver medication for weeks
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-drug-dispenser-gut-20161116-story,amp.html


Diagnosing Alzheimers using a smart-phone

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3942540/Free-mobile-game-tests-s-ability-navigate-diagnose-Alzheimer-s-5-MINUTES.html

 HIV breakthrough

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3942624/HIV-breakthrough-scientists-discover-antibody-neutralizes-98-strains-virus.html



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