Researchers Found HIV-killer Stem Cells

Researchers has found genetically created stem cells that kill HIV virus. The University of California researchers has showed that genetically created stem cells can attack HIV-infected cells in living organisms.

These researchers has identified molecules that known as T cell receptor. Then the clone guides the T cell to identify and kill HIV-infected cells and use it genetically to be incorporated into human’s blood stem cells.

When the cells was incorporated to human’s tissue that had been planted inside a rat, the cells developed into a big population. Eventually, the population in particular will target cells which contain HIV protein.

The researchers has modified human’s blood stem cell in a same way. They found that they can create fully-developed T cells that can attack HIV in a tissue where the virus is.

In a series of tests on a rat’s peripheral plasma, blood and ograns, the researchers found that the amount of HIV-infected T cell helper ‘CD4 was dead. Consequently, HIV rate in the blood decreased.

‘We believe that this study has set a foundation for potential use in combating HIV infection for those infected. There is a hope through this research to combat HIV virus from our body,’ said Scott Kitchen, assistant professor of medicine at UCLA.

This research gives a new hope that deadly diseases such as HIV/AID has a cure. If the treatment is found to be successful, people with HIV can be saved.

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The Danger of Metabolism Syndrome in You

Women are in risk of depression and metabolism syndrome if they never exercise. Metabolism syndrome is one of the problems that could occur to you, besides high cholesterol and hypertension. In addition, increasing weight also leads to increasing risk of coroner, stroke, and type-2 diabetes, if they’re lazy to do any exercise.

A Research by Oregon University in USA has recently found that women only exercise for approximately 18 minutes. Meanwhile men typically exercise for 30 minutes. The fact is based on the research conducted to 1,000 men and women. The result is, one out of three women experience metabolism syndrome and one out of five has depression symptoms.

‘Those who regularly exercise for 30 minutes a day rarely experience depression, high cholesterol, and metabolism syndrome,’ said Paul Loprinzi, one of the researchers.

They were initially interested to find the correlation between physical activities, depression and metabolism syndrome. However, eventually gender difference determines the amount of physical activities.

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Soy Milk Helps Cool Down Body’s Heat

Taking 2 glasses of soymilk a day apparently helps cool down heat sensation in the body. Researchers have recently found that some foods and drinks made from soybean alleviate the frequency of hot flash on women as much as 26%.

As published by Zeenews, from the latest evidence of 19 researches involving more than 1,200 women, soybean contains isoflavone, which is a kind of estrogen hormone found in plants. It is considered beneficial for health, especially for relieving 4-minute hot flashes, which can cause inconvenience for women.

‘When you combine them all, you’ll get a positive effect. If you’re 50 and have never consumed soybean before, it’s not too late. We’ve found that soybean still helps,’ revealed the researchers’ representation, Prof. Melissa Melby of Delaware.

Melby stated that if women consume soy bean for 12 weeks or more, they will experience hot flashes three times less frequent than in probationary period. Melby, who researched the isoflavone’s effect, said that chemical compounds found on soy bean produce similar effects with the estrogen hormone.

She’s been consuming 54mg isoflavone of soybean everyday for six weeks until a year long. She found that the frequency of hot flashes decreases as much as 26%. ‘Eating soybean or consuming supplements made of whole soy bean is extremely beneficial for women,’ added Melby.

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Prevent stress and sickness with music

Studies have showed the benefit of music in increasing immunity and medication towards sickness. Recent analysis for more than 400 scientific reports even stated that music is probably better than medicines for several type of sickness.

A study leads by Professor Daniel K. Levitin from Psychology Department of McGill University analyzed hundreds of study about how music affects the body. Mainly there are two main areas that benefits from music, immune system and mental health in dealing with stress.

“We found strong evidence that music intervention has an important role for health ranging from surgery room to family clinics. But even more importantly, we were able to document the neurochemical mechanisms by which music has an effect in four domains: management of mood, stress, immunity and as an aid to social bonding." Says Prof. Levitin.

Here are some of the conclusions

• Listening to music is better than medicines to reduce stress level before a surgery.
• Those who hear music have higher level of immunoglobulin A, an antibody on the mucous system and the one that can help prevent infection.
•     People who listen to music have more immune cells that act as natural killer cells; these cells attack germs, bacteria, and cancer cells invading the body.
•     Listening to music can reduce cortisol level, which is a stress hormone that has lots of negative psychological impact and may trigger obesities.

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