Bacteria shed light on toxic medicine
A new method developed in Wageningen should facilitate the early testing of drugs, reducing costs and the need for animal testing.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 15, 2011
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Nanoparticles deliver one-two therapeutic punch to kill tumor cells
The standard approach to cancer therapy today is to mix and match chemotherapy drugs in order to attack tumors in multiple ways. Now, two separate teams of investigators have demonstrated that using nanoparticles to deliver ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 17, 2010
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Using nanotechnology to improve cancer treatment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research directed by Basar Bilgicer, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and a member of the Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics initiative at the University of Notre Dame, could ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 3, 2010
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Scientists solve long-standing mystery of protein 'quality control' mechanism
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have solved a long-standing mystery of how cells conduct "quality control" to eliminate the toxic effects of a certain kind of error in protein production. The findings may lead ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 12, 2010
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Fertilizer chemicals linked to animal developmental woes
Fertilizer chemicals may pose a bigger hazard to the environment - specifically to creatures that live in water - than originally foreseen, according to new research from North Carolina State University toxicologists.
Environment
Aug 27, 2010
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Imaging studies reveal order in programmed cell death
(PhysOrg.com) -- Every day, about 10 billion cells in a human body commit suicide. Cells infected by virus, that are transformed or otherwise dysfunctional altruistically sacrifice themselves for the greater good. Now, new ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 26, 2010
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Scientists show that female fruit flies can be 'too attractive' to males
Females can be too attractive to the opposite sex -- too attractive for their own good -- say biologists at UC Santa Barbara. They found that, among fruit flies, too much male attention directed toward attractive females ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 8, 2009
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Additive copper-zinc interaction affects toxic response in soybean
Agricultural soils accumulate trace metals, particularly copper and zinc, as a result of their presence in wastes (sewage biosolids and manures) and fungicides that are applied over long periods of time. Regulations and guidelines ...
Environment
Nov 10, 2009
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Discovery of enzyme structure points way to creating less toxic anti-HIV drugs
By discovering the atomic structure of a key human enzyme, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have pointed the way toward designing anti-HIV drugs with far less toxic side effects.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 15, 2009
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Growing evidence of marijuana smoke's potential dangers
In a finding that challenges the increasingly popular belief that smoking marijuana is less harmful to health than smoking tobacco, researchers in Canada are reporting that smoking marijuana, like smoking tobacco, has toxic ...
Biochemistry
Aug 5, 2009
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