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Fluorescent compounds make tumors glow

A series of novel imaging agents could light up tumors as they begin to form - before they turn deadly - and signal their transition to aggressive cancers.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Aspirin, tylenol may decrease effectiveness of vaccines

With flu season in full swing and the threat of H1N1 looming, demand for vaccines is at an all-time high. Although those vaccines are expected to be effective, University of Missouri researchers have found further evidence ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Common Pain Relievers May Dilute Power of Flu Shots

(PhysOrg.com) -- With flu vaccination season in full swing, research from the University of Rochester Medical Center cautions that use of many common pain killers - Advil, Tylenol, aspirin - at the time of injection may blunt ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1




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Friendly Fungi: Elucidating the fungal biosynthesis of stipitatic acid

(Phys.org) -- In a tale worthy of Sherlock Holmes, scientists in the School of Chemistry at the University of Bristol, UK have solved a biochemical mystery that had previously proven elusive for 70 years: ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

How tropolones synthesized in fungi: 70-year-old chemical mystery solved

Chemists and biologists from the University of Bristol have finally cracked one of the longest standing chemical mysteries. In a paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team demons ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study sheds light on evolutionary origin of oxygen-based cellular respiration

Researchers at the RIKEN SPring-8 Center in Harima, Japan, have clarified the crystal structure of quinol dependent nitric oxide reductase (qNOR), a bacterial enzyme that offers clues on the origins of our ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Imaging inflammation in the living brain

Inflammation occurs in the human brain during illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson’s disease, stroke and traumatic brain injury. Now, a research team in Japan has developed a probe that can ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Greenhouse gas-producing enzyme may yield insights into earliest oxygen-breathing ancestor evolution

Every year, nitrogen-metabolizing bacteria in the soil and seas churn out more than ten billion kilograms of nitrous oxide (N2O) gas as they respire in these oxygen-deficient environments.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Alcohol consumption after age 75 associated with lower risk of developing dementia

3202 German individuals (75+) attending general practitioners , who were free of dementia were studied at baseline, were followed up 1.5 years and 3 years later by means of structured clinical interviews including detailed ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Turmeric might be 'the right spice' to fight colon cancer

Turmeric, a bright yellow spice from south Asia belonging to the ginger family, is the main ingredient in curries — and ancient wisdom suggests that it's also good for your health. Taking this wisdom ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 02, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Omega 3's -- more evidence for their benefit

Omega-3 fatty acids –fats commonly found in fish oil – were shown several years ago to prevent retinopathy, a major form of blindness, in a mouse model of the disease. A follow-up study, from the same research team ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 09, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

NSAID receptor responsible for olive oil's 'cough' and more

Scientists from the Monell Center and collaborators report that a receptor known as TRPA1 is activated by two structurally unrelated anti-inflammatory compounds. The first, oleocanthal, is a natural polyphenolic anti-inflammatory ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Exemestane may be another first-line, adjuvant therapy for hormone-receptor positive, early-stage breast cancer

Exemestane, an aromatase inhibitor that blocks production of estrogen, may provide another post-surgery option for postmenopausal women with hormone-receptor positive, early-stage breast cancer.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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