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Antibiotic may be new stroke treatment

The antibiotic minocycline may revolutionize the treatment of strokes. A new study, published in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience, describes the safety and therapeutic efficacy of the drug in animal models.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Physicists demonstrate quantum plasmons in atomic-scale nanoparticles

Addressing a half-century-old question, engineers at Stanford have conclusively determined how collective electron oscillations, called plasmons, behave in individual metal particles as small as just a few nanometers in diameter. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How can the salamander help fight degenerative disease?

Ever asked yourself why some animals can regenerate lost body parts, yet we can't grow back a limb? A new Australian research collaboration is offering a chance to solve this puzzle in the fight to cure degenerative ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers design compound to protect against deadly toxin

(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian researchers have discovered a new way to block the action of botulinum toxin, which may pave the way for more effective treatments of the life-threatening disease botulism.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nature's elegant solution to repairing DNA in cancer, other conditions

A major discovery about an enzyme's structure has opened a window on understanding DNA repair. Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have determined the structure of a nuclease that will help scientists to understand ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Discovery of relationship between proteins may impact development of cancer therapies

By identifying a surprising association of two intracellular proteins, University of Iowa researchers have laid the groundwork for the development of new therapies to treat B cell lymphomas and autoimmune disease.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the absence of vitamin A, the body loses immune cells that put the brakes on the earliest stages of infection

Scientists have recognized the immune-boosting capabilities of vitamin A for the better part of a century, even without fully understanding how it helps the body fight off bacteria and viruses. "Soon after ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Enzyme enhances, erases long-term memories in rats

 (PhysOrg.com) -- Even long after it is formed, a memory in rats can be enhanced or erased by increasing or decreasing the activity of a brain enzyme, say researchers supported, in part, by the National ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study: Drug could help preserve brain function after cardiac arrest

(PhysOrg.com) -- An experimental drug that targets a brain system that controls inflammation might help preserve neurological function in people who survive sudden cardiac arrest, new research suggests.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mutations found in human induced pluripotent stem cells

Ordinary human cells reprogrammed as induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) may ultimately revolutionize personalized medicine by creating new and diverse therapies unique to individual patients. But important ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Simple spit and blood tests might detect burnout before it happens

(PhysOrg.com) -- Your blood and the level of a hormone in your spit could reveal if you're on the point of burnout, according to research undertaken by Dr. Sonia Lupien and Robert-Paul Juster of the Centre ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast


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