A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go to work
...uch of the drug is administered and we believe our discovery will provide that control." Professor Carding has modified one of the trillions of bacteria in the human gut so that it will produce human growth factors which help repair the layer of cells lining the colon, so reducing inflammation caused by IBD....NOVA to air two-hour documentary on pioneering African American chemist
...ral cortisone was extremely expensive but Julian's discovery of a soy-based substitute helped millions of arthritis sufferers find relief at a reasonable price. In 1953, he established Julian Laboratories which he sold eight years later for $2 million. In 1973, he was elected to the National Academy of Scien...Emory University announces new Global Health Institute
...veloping skills in young African scientists in the discovery of new therapeutic drugs. The program will be led...d commonly used anti-HIV/AIDS drugs. A vaccine discovery partnership with the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) in New D...Rosenzweig to head Leducq Foundation cardiovascular research grant
...ternational cooperation and accelerate the pace of discovery in areas relevant to cardiovascular disease. The program pairs investigators from both sides of the Atlantic to reinforce scientific and technological excellence; in this program Rosenzweig and European coordinator Timothy Aitman, MD, PhD, a researc...Researchers identify gene associated with severe kidney failure in diabetes
... forms of the gene that were not protective. This discovery may lead to novel treatment strategies in susceptible diabetic patients to protect them from kidney failure and may provide a marker to determine which diabetic patients are at increased risk for future kidney disease, Freedman said. The carnosinas...BC physicists transmit visible light through miniature cable
...the same way radio antennae capture radio waves a discovery they announced in 2004. This time, the BC physicists designed and fabricated a tiny version of the coaxial cable the Information Age workhorse that carries telephone and Internet service along with hundreds of television and radio channels into mill...European scientists receive funding from EU to develop novel therapy for cancer
...uropean Commission Sixth Framework program for the discovery and validation of new therapeutic strategies for cancer. The research program, code-named Apotherapy, will develop methods to activate a protein at the surface of ovarian, lung and bladder tumor cells which will stop their growth. This protein, call......res. In 2005, researchers in the USA announced the discovery of the predicted structure (form II). But was this...cal conditions seems to be roughly constant. This discovery upends fundamental principles and requires new concepts: chemists previously understood "polymorphis...Study offers window into human behavior, brain disease
...999, a team of U.S. scientists made the surprising discovery that, among primates, von Economo neurons were see...ound it, and that is the most exciting part of the discovery for those of us who treat patients." At the same time, he says, the finding "gives us a sense that ...Stem cell activity deciphered in the aging brain
...ells, seen with aging, the scientists said. "This discovery provides a new avenue to pursue in trying to combat the cognitive decline associated with conditions such as Alzheimer"s disease and with aging in general," Hattiangady said. The team now is searching for ways to stimulate the brain to replace its o...Study explains how NSAIDs halt cancer growth
...mong various diverse classes of NSAIDs, makes this discovery particularly exciting. The level of MDA-7/IL-24 gene expression in cancer patients may emerge as a new biomarker for monitoring patients responses to certain therapies, and may help determine whether drugs such as NSAIDs are hitting their intended ta...Researchers identify genes that allow brain cancer-causing stem cells to resist treatment
...14, 2006) -- While great interest has followed the discovery of neural stem cells and their potential for someday treating diseases and injuries of the brain and spinal cord, recent research identified "cancer stem cells," a small population of cells that appear to be the source of cells comprising a malignant...Research offers hope for alcoholics
...hat activate the Orexin system. "To explore this discovery further we are now investigating how different experimental paradigms and environmental situations impact on the Orexin system, which will hopefully pinpoint therapeutic drug targets," Dr Lawrence said. "Before a therapeutic Orexin-blocking drug ca...Researchers make progress against lung disease attacking women in childbearing years
...d draining physically." There is hope Krymskayas discovery in 2002 revealed that abnormal smooth muscle-like LAM cells invading the lungs are due to the loss of growth control by tuberous sclerosis (a genetic disorder which causes tumors to form in organs) complex proteins - and furthermore, Krymskaya then d...Infectious disease researchers develop basis for experimental melanoma treatment
...ated deaths. Dr. Casadevall credits his promising discovery to luck and a hunch that paid off. "Scientific breakthroughs often occur completely through serendipity, and this is just one of those instances," says Dr. Casadevall. "We're still working on cryptococcosis and developing a general strategy for using...Aggressive stem cells might improve transplant outcome
...med to attack. The key to the new finding is the discovery by the St. Jude team that the antibody currently used to seek out and "capture" CD34+ stem cells from the donated bone marrow actually identifies only a certain group of them, according to Raymond Barfield, M.D., Ph.D., assistant member of the Bone M...'GreeneChip' -- New diagnostic tool that rapidly and accurately identifies multiple pathogens
... unprecedented opportunities for unbiased pathogen discovery and reduction of illness and death caused by infectious disease....Cancer drug side effect caused by cell 'pump' problem
...aking these drugs, the researchers said. The discovery also has implications for people taking other drugs, since this pump controls the blood levels of many of the prescription drugs on the market. This study is the first to show that a specific gene mutation disables the pumpa protein called ABCG2pr...Measuring brain activity for emotional markers that may indicate risk for developing alcoholism
...ionality, an important aspect of personality. The discovery of an imbalance of activity in the right and left frontal areas may indicate a dysregulation in brain systems that govern emotion and motivation. Results are published in the December issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research . "It i...Policy makers, networking agencies told to get their act together for nanoscience
...ng to Frost & Sullivan, a consulting company, drug discovery in the nanotechnology market in Europe has generat...ity is that nanotechnology-based solutions in drug discovery are still a long way from realisation. The challenge will be to ensure optimum safety and limited ex...