*BioDiscovery **
28th
February 2011*
* *Solutions for future* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * ** By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News, San Diego [image: injured brain scan image] Progesterone protects neurons in the brain after an injury *Natural progesterone, the sex hormone used in the first contraceptive pills, is to be tested on patients with severe head injuries.* Scientists will begin a phase III clinical trial in March and say the drug could save patients' lives and reduce damage to their brains. They announced the trial at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. It will involve 1,000 patients in 17 trauma centres across the US. Dr David Wright, associate professor of emergency medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, will lead the trial. *Complex condition* Previous studies have shown that progesterone supports the normal development of neurons in the brain, and that the hormone has a protective effect on damaged brain tissue. Click here to read this interesting article<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8525777.stm> *Follow us on Facebook here- * http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=100000643022809 *Best of Luck* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** ** *BioDiscovery* ** Solutions for future Email: info.biodiscov...@gmail.com DISCLAIMER: This e-mail contains proprietary information some or all of which may be legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print, or rely on this e-mail. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. [image: cid:image003.jpg@01C9DEE6.C3CA7700] We Can’t Run, Consider the Environment before printing. *********Stop Global Warming********** -- The value of a man or woman resides in what he or she gives; Not in what he or she is capable of receiving. Syed Asif Hussain Naqvi. -- http://www.cbclickbank.com/bioinformatics/company.htm List of the biotech company and address. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Biofriend Forum http://www.biofriend.info/ ============================================= Meet Biofriend India Team Manager at Linkedin http://in.linkedin.com/in/satishchauk
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