Aspirin and other non-specific COX inhibitors may slow atherosclerosis
... more than 50 percent. "This study suggests that a product of the cyclooxegenase enzyme known as COX-1 -- whi...is colleagues wondered whether blocking this COX-2 product might lead to hardening of the arteries, particularly in young patients with juvenile arthritis who ...Researchers build on discovery of potent potential antibiotic
...me-substrate complex did not react to form the end product KDO 8-P. As a result, the researchers were able to determine intermediate structures of KDO 8-P synthase, representing critical steps in the catalytic cycle. This part of the work will be published in the March 16 issue of the Journal of Biological...Undergraduate conducts high-tech tests on dental enamel
...and what the parameters will be. The results are a product of what I'm doing, not just what someone told me to do." As one of 43 Johns Hopkins students who received a Provost's Undergraduate Research Award in the 2000-2001 academic year, Braly presented an overview on his project during a university awards...Duke chemists synthesize fungus compound that could lead to oral diabetes drugs
...ed molecules." Indole, a protein decomposition product occurring in some flower oils, is a ring-shaped organic molecule made of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen atoms. Quinones are ring-shaped compounds containing double-bonded carbon and oxygen groups. "One of the things that I think is really interest...Reversing DNA damage caused by the sun before it becomes skin cancer may be possible
...at it would be at least ten years or more before a product might come to market that could repair DNA damage caused by the sun....... living in Hampstead, N.C., Wren has broadened the product to control house flies, termites, and mosquitoes. ...sects" was issued March 14. Cleary is developing a product for mosquito control. Eight patents are for improved or new materials. Garth L. Wilkes, Univ...Rutgers researchers developing technology to help New Jersey farmers "grow" pharmaceuticals
...ortant here," he notes. In the Phytomedics product pipeline undergoing testing in animals are therape... The most advanced pipeline prescription product is a botanical drug that in clinical trials has proven highly effective against rheumatoid arthritis......ols alike and tested for DDE, the major break-down product of DDT, and for PCBs. DDT and PCBs were widely used in the United States until the 1970s and accumulate in the body's fatty tissues and thus can be found in human blood and breast milk many years after exposures. The principal author of the analys......r symptoms. "Once approved by the FDA, this product will allow physicians flexibility in prescribing dosages of HRT. That's the biggest advantage to women. You can start a newly menopausal woman on the low dose, and if you can't control all her symptoms, you can go up to the standard dose." Archer sa...AAPS announces short course on computer simulation
...se studies in clinical trial simulation, exhibitor product demonstrations, scientific presentations in a poster format.......stitute for the role healthy kidneys play in waste product and toxin removal. Until now, many kidney specialists prescribing peritoneal dialysis have believed that increasing small solute clearances would result in better survival. Increasing small solute clearances can be achieved either by filling highe......e in utilization, as compared with the increase in product prices. "As our nation continues the debate over federal prescription drug benefits, price controls and the impact of drug costs on insurance premiums, we hope these data will help the general understanding of what's fueling drug cost increases," say...Examining The Science Behind Nutraceuticals: Proceedings of the AAPS Dietary Supplements Forum
...lishing appropriate standards for the manufacture, product quality and performance of dietary supplements. The proceedings from the AAPS Dietary Supplements Forum feature presentations, panel discussions and question-and-answer sessions in a practical, reader-friendly format....Spaghetti gets protein boost from corn gluten meal
...testers and a panel of nine consumers who gave the product a forks-up, Wu said. Normal spaghetti is made using durum wheat, although other types of wheat or cereals can also be used. The added processing steps would add slightly to the cost of spaghetti, but would also increase A and B vitamin content, Wu sa...Generic vs. name brand medications
...s. ANN ARBOR---Debate over substituting one drug product for another isn't new---by some accounts, it goes ...n early August, movement to the use of the generic product occurred even faster than the typical generic penetration rate of about 75 percent in six months. Th...First report on sublethal effects of smoke available from NIST
...scientific information on this topic can only help product manufacturers, public policy makers and the American population as a whole. The report, International Study of the Sublethal Effects of Fire Smoke on Survival and Health: Phase I Final Report (NIST Technical Note 1439), includes the first estimates o...Team studies use of Sandia technology to ensure 'farm-to-fork' safety of the nation's food supply
...he things that we will be looking at with the foam product is its effect when used in the presence of organic materials, says Randy Phebus, the lead Kansas State researcher in the project. For example, if there is organic material left on a [conveyor] belt or floor, does that inactivate the Sandia formulatio...Stanford researchers challenge value of widely used prostate cancer diagnostic methods
...ancer, Stamey said. Levels of PSA, a normal product of the prostate gland, have been thought to increase in men with early prostate cancer. Men aged 50 or older whose PSA levels exceed a certain cutoff are monitored and may undergo prostate biopsy as standard procedure. But biopsies cannot distinguis...Using cocaine during pregnancy may damage developing fetuses, causing lifelong learning disabilities
...activation not seen in other cortical regions. The product of a gene, FOS, was used to measure this activation. Fos, a protein, is made in an excited neuron and then it is used to turn on other genes. These secondary genes can change the way a neuron responds to a stimulus the next time it occurs. "This is t...