Synthetic Detergent Found To Fight Multi-Drug Resistance
A synthetic detergent found in commonly used household cleansers couldbe...of the American Journal ofPhysiology. The detergent reduces the amount of chemotherapy drugs required to treatmulti-drug resistance by blocking a drug p...Understanding genetic cancer risk might not help smokers kick the habit
...the gene, it is as if their body does not have the detergent it needs to clean itself of cancer-causing agents. "It's a fine line we are walking," McBride said. "If we tell someone that they don't have the enzyme, we aren't saying that if the person smokes he or she will definitely get cancer. Inversely, if we......, excessive acidity, salinity, organic solvents or detergent solutions. The research was conducted at the Hebrew Universitys Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences in Rehovot by Prof. Arie Altman, head of the facultys Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agric...