News tagged with synergistic effect

Delaying fat digestion to curb appetite

Institute of Food Research scientists have discovered an unexpected synergy that helps break down fat. The discovery provides a focus to find ways to slow down fat digestion, and ultimately to create food structures that ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Addition of dasatinib to standard chemo cocktail may enhance effect in certain ovarian cancers

The addition of a chemotherapeutic drug for leukemia to a standard regimen of two other chemotherapy drugs appears to enhance the response of certain ovarian cancers to treatment, according to a pre-clinical study led by ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A safe, well-tolerated, and effective treatment for metastatic esophageal cancer

Metastatic esophageal squamous cell cancer has very poor prognosis. Conventional surgery is considered the most effective treatment, but many cases are inoperable at the time of diagnosis.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Lunar boom: Why we'll soon be mining the moon

As history has repeatedly shown, where there are valuable minerals to be unearthed, adventurous humans will arrive in droves – even if it means battling extreme conditions and risking life and limb.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 4

Normalizing tumor blood vessels improves delivery of only the smallest nanomedicines

Combining two strategies designed to improve the results of cancer treatment – antiangiogenesis drugs and nanomedicines – may only be successful if the smallest nanomedicines are used. A new study ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Future naval force may sail with the strength of titanium

Steel may have met its match: An Office of Naval Research (ONR)-funded project will produce a full-size ship hull section made entirely with marine-grade titanium using a welding innovation that could help bring titanium ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Preventing home invasions means fighting side-by-side for coral-dwelling crabs and shrimp

As any comic book lover knows, when superheroes band together the bad guys fall harder. The strength that comes in numbers is greater than the sum of its parts.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Some flame retardants make fires more deadly

Some of the flame retardants added to carpets, furniture upholstery, plastics, crib mattresses, car and airline seats and other products to suppress the visible flames in fires are actually increasing the danger of invisible ...

Chemistry / Other

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pesticides not sole cause of declining bee numbers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite a growing worldwide clamor to ban pesticides linked to honey bee deaths, multiple factors contribute to the declining honey bee population, not just one class of insecticides, says Extension Apiculturist ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pesticide additives cause drifting droplets, but can be controlled

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemical additives that help agricultural pesticides adhere to their targets during spraying can lead to formation of smaller "satellite" droplets that cause those pesticides to drift into ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Advancing scientific discovery

Every other Wednesday, University of Delaware graduate student Michael Salciccioli meets with faculty, students and postdoctoral researchers from UD along with colleagues from the University of Pennsylvania ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Apple brings iPad features to the Mac

Apple released a preview version of its new Macintosh operating system on Thursday, bringing some features of the iPad to the personal computer.

Technology / Software

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Hitachi ships the industry's first 25-nanometer SLC NAND flash enterprise-class SSDs

Demonstrating its commitment to delivering leading-edge technologies and solutions for enterprise-class servers and storage systems, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) today announced that its ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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