Research with significant implications in the treatment and intervention of cancer and obesity has been published recently in two prestigious journals by University of Houston (UH) biochemist Dr. Jan-Ake Gustafsson.
Biochemistry
Jan 10, 2011
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New research by an international team of scholars shows early human colonization of Eastern Polynesia took place much faster and more recently than previously established.
Archaeology
Jan 4, 2011
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An old pinworm medicine is a new lead in the search for compounds that block a signaling pathway implicated in colon cancer. The findings, reported by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers in the November issue ...
Biochemistry
Nov 19, 2010
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Nanoparticles could help smuggle drugs into the gut, according to a study published this month in the International Journal of Nanotechnology.
Bio & Medicine
Nov 4, 2010
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By combining an iron oxide nanoparticle, a tumor-targeting peptide, and a therapeutic nucleic acid into one construct, a team of investigators from the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School have created ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 28, 2010
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Three scientists shared the 2010 Nobel Prize for Chemistry on Wednesday for forging a toolkit to manipulate carbon atoms, paving the way for new drugs to fight cancer and for revolutionary plastics.
Other
Oct 6, 2010
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Headed by the Kiel zoologist Professor Thomas Bosch, a team of scientists from Germany and Russia succeeded in deciphering the mechanisms, for the first time, with which embryos of the freshwater polyp Hydra protect themselves ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 4, 2010
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A chemical compound made from a type of bacteria discovered in the Florida Keys by a University of Florida pharmacy researcher has shown effectiveness in fighting colon cancer in preclinical experiments.
Biochemistry
Sep 29, 2010
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We are not alone -- even in our own bodies. The human gut is home to 100 trillion bacteria, which, for millions of years, have co-evolved along with our digestive and immune systems. Most people view bacteria as harmful pathogens ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 26, 2010
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Scientists are reporting an advance toward development of a urine test for detecting colon cancer, the third most common cancer in the United States. Such a test could eventually compliment or even reduce the need for colonoscopy, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 21, 2010
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