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Licorice may block effectiveness of drug widely used by transplant patients

Chemists in Taiwan are reporting that an ingredient in licorice — widely used in various foods and herbal medicines — appears to block the absorption of cyclosporine, a drug used by transplant patients to prevent organ rejection. ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A trip to the candy store might help ward off rare, but deadly infections

As it turns out, children were not the only ones with visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads over this past holiday season. In a new research report published in the January 2010 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Bi ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0