News tagged with digestive system

Divide and conquer: Genes decide who wins in the body's battle against cancer

Researchers funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) have discovered for the first time that two proteins called Mahjong and Lgl could be star players in helping to identify how the body's own cells fight back against ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research into safer drugs puts pills through the printer

A collaboration between the University of Leeds, Durham University and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is looking at 'printing' pills to order, to create safer and faster-acting medicines.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Nanoparticles could pose threat to humans: scientists

They can make fabric resistant to stains, improve the taste of food and help drug research, but nanoparticles could also pose a danger to human health, experts warned Wednesday.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (11) | comments 16

Common antibacterial treatment linked to sensorineural hearing loss in cystic fibrosis patients

An otherwise effective treatment for cystic fibrosis places patients at a high risk of sensorineural hearing loss, according to new research published in the July edition of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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

Insect gene expression responds to diet

Cabbage looper caterpillars (Trichoplusia ni) are able to alter the expression of genes associated with metabolism, homeostasis and immunity in response to feeding on plants carrying bacteria. Research published in BioMed ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study in pregnant women suggests probiotics may help ward off obesity

One year after giving birth, women were less likely to have the most dangerous kind of obesity if they had been given probiotics from the first trimester of pregnancy, found new research that suggests manipulating the balance ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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