News tagged with therapeutic approach

First description of a triple DNA helix in a vacuum

A team of researchers at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) have managed for the first time to extract trustworthy structural information ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

New Stanford software takes Folding@home's biological research to supercomputers

Vijay Pande's chemistry and structural biology group at Stanford has become known for Folding@home, a distributed computing project that borrows computing time from home computers to simulate how proteins take ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Shuttle service in cells: Scientists find new components for protein transport

Research scientists at the Ruhr University Bochum discovered a new enzyme, which gives decisive insights into protein import into specific cellular organelles (peroxisomes). In the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the te ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain researcher recognized for contributions to understanding, treatment of drug dependence

Warren K. Bickel, director of the Center for Substance Abuse at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, has been selected as the 2011 recipient of the America Psychological Association Don Hake Translational Research ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Triple-negative breast cancers may have unique therapeutic target

Patients with triple-negative breast cancer, one of the hardest subtypes to treat, may have a unique biomarker that would enable them to receive more targeted therapy, according to data presented at the Fourth AACR International ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chiropractic Treatment Offers Some Relief for Early Low Back Pain

Low-back pain sufferers can seek relief from any number of health professionals, orthopedists, physical therapists and osteopaths among them.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Marker of Ewing sarcoma: Potential new drug target?

Ewing sarcoma (EWS) is a bone tumor of unknown cellular origin that affects children and young adults.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Major NIMH research project to test approaches to altering the course of schizophrenia

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is launching a large-scale research project to explore whether using early and aggressive treatment, individually targeted and integrating a variety of different therapeutic ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0