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C H R I S T Y ' S ◥◤ L O F TChristina Pereira's Blog Free 3D programIf you like 3D the easiest solution is for you to try Daz Studio first. It is a free 3D program and you can make high quality renders. Go to http://daz3d.com Then be sure to check out these tutorials. You won't regret it: Beginning to use Daz Studio: http://tuitzone.com/DazTut.html Quote Talking about YouTube - DAZ Studio beginner tutorial 2 Breakthrough sheds light on cause of diabetesI read an article in New Scientist just now and was excited about it. I myself have diabetes but nothing serious just a mild case of type 2 which I am able to control during the day with a special diet. Nothing like type 1 where you need your daily dose of injections to survive because without insulin, the body cannot convert glucose into energy. My main problem is during the night when I am asleep and wake up with high sugar levels in the morning. It really upsets me because I cannot figure out what to do to fix this, as the tablets I take can't solve the problem and my doctor says there is no cure. Well wrong. There is a light at the end of that long and scarey tunnel.
Scientists believed that the cause of type 1 diabetes was an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system targets islet cells in the pancreas, eventually destroying their ability to produce insulin. Without insulin, the body cannot convert glucose into energy, so people with type 1 diabetes have to regularly inject themselves with insulin to survive. One of the root causes of type 1 diabetes may need rethinking – the condition may be triggered by faulty nerves in the pancreas, a new study reveals.
However, what initiates the original attack on the pancreas had been unclear. It now seems that the nervous system may play a key role, according to researchers in Toronto, Canada. The team eliminated the disease in diabetes-prone mice by knocking out a set of faulty sensory nerves. They believe the finding could chart a new path in treatment of the disease in humans. Michael Dosch at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, and colleagues, had previously shown that not only islet cells, but the nerve tissue around them was affected as diabetes set in. For this reason, they suspected that certain sensory nerves of the pancreas might be involved. These nerves release a neuropeptide called "substance P" and are usually responsible for ensuring that islet cells produce the right amount of insulin. The researchers used a chemical to obliterate these nerves in a breed of mice genetically predestined to develop diabetes. “It turns out if you remove these specific sensory nerves, the animals don’t get diabetes,” says Dosch. “It was stunning.” Single injectionWhen the researchers examined the nerves of diabetes-prone mice and compared them with normal mice, they found that the nerves of diabetes-prone mice do not producing enough substance P. This causes islet cells to overproduce insulin, leading to insulin-resistance and eventually islet-cell death. It is at this point, says Dosch, that the immune system is called into action, triggering diabetes. The team wanted to know what would happen if they gave diabetic mice a top-up of substance P, so they injected some directly into the pancreas. Astonishingly, the diabetes disappeared overnight and the mice remained diabetes-free for weeks, and even months in some cases. If the same were to happen in humans, a single injection could keep the disease at bay for years, says Dosch. Other mechanisms“These are interesting and original observations, and could potentially open new avenues for diabetes therapies,” says David Leslie of the Centre for Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine at Barts and The London, Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry in London, UK. The findings also support previous suggestions of a possible connection between autoimmunity and the nervous system. However, “there are almost certainly other mechanisms by which these mice, and indeed humans, get type 1 diabetes,” Leslie says. About 85% of human diabetics are believed to have impaired sensory nerve function, but it has always been assumed to be a consequence of the disease, rather than a cause, says Dosch. "This work merits serious consideration,” says Matt Hunt, Science Information Manager at Diabetes UK. However, since the study was carried out on specific neurons in mice, “future work in human populations with high rates of type 1 diabetes, such as Scandinavia, would seem a possible area to pursue," he adds. From January 2007, Dosch plans to look for evidence of sensory abnormalities in babies born to high-risk families, and will follow them to see if impairment is predictive of disease. Journal reference: Cell (vol 127, p 1123)
source: Newscientist
7:56 15 December 2006
NewScientist.com news service
Alison Motluk and Linda Geddes Google's new customized homepageI got a nice surprise this morning with the new customization homepage feature of Google. It is really cool. I think you should check it out. You have a calendar and clock for your timezone, you can have a weather forecast for your hometown and favourite places around the globe, CNN news and top stories, how to's of the day, post its, and much, much more. Here is a screenshot. Isn't it so cool? 
There is more! You have so many addons as well including google video.  SE GoodiesI made these easy guides for making themes for Sony Ericsson K750/K600/W800 and K800/K790.
A special thank you to Trobete for his K750 Alphabet to make this.  My Eternal Dreamers can be downloaded here>>  Download to the Tokidoki theme soon... If you want to start making some themes for your mobile phone then these psd files are a must. If you would like to download the psd files then just stop by at a sony ericsson forum called SE Goodies or go directly to my gallery. enjoy! Japanese Heaven
If you like Japanese anime, drama, pop music or anything japanese then take a look at Japanese Heaven forum we have plenty of things to share with you.
Funny PublicityYou see the darnest things here. This publicity for drinking beer made us crack up laughing. It really is handy having a good 2 MP phone to capture these moments.  K750i snapshot. INTERNATIONAL EASTER GREETING
I don't have many languages yet so please add a comment below so I can add your language to this table which I have created for Easter. The cute ducklings image I got from MoAndWoof. I would Like to thank my friends at Eseth.net for their Happy Easter wish. Thank you LR750i, Pula, Devnull, T-Shirt, Rantanplan and Fsdown with his alternative english Happy Easter wish (Are you feeling sick yet?)
 Thank you for the Bunny PearlPoem on Child Abuse
Careful with what you read on the Internet.I decided to make this blog for awareness to those students at high schools who need to do projects and stuff and resort to the Internet for information. It's okay to do your researching online but always use good sense and question what you read because not everything you read is true - that icludes text books too. I remember doing a seminar here for Bioethics and I reacall reading on many sites and textbooks that Van Potter, the scientist who coined the concept of bioethics had false statements on his behalf being written everywhere. Some even said that he was a Doctor practicing medicine when he was a scientist. Now I am researching Vitamin B12 and I read on the Internet something very amusing. It said on a site somewhere that Vitamin B12 was a microorganism, a bacteria. As I am in university studying Biotechnological Engineering, I know that Vitamin B12 is not a bacteria, Vitamin B12 can be fabricated by bacteria, it's not the bacteria itself. So be careful with what you read and keep a critic mind. What's that thing?I decided to make a past time on deviantart.com called Guess that Thing...
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