Plaster which sticks inside the mouth could improve treatment of oral conditions
A plaster which sticks to the inside of your mouth is revolutionising the treatment of painful recurring ulcers.
A plaster which sticks to the inside of your mouth is revolutionising the treatment of painful recurring ulcers.
Materials Science
Jun 25, 2018
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Watch out, acne. Doctors soon may have a new weapon against zits: a harmless virus living on our skin that naturally seeks out and kills the bacteria that cause pimples.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 25, 2012
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(Phys.org) —Environmental conditions have a much stronger influence on the mix of microbes living in various parts of your body than does competition between species. Instead of excluding each other, microbes that fiercely ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 16, 2013
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Two new University of Illinois studies report that lunasin, a soy peptide often discarded in the waste streams of soy-processing plants, may have important health benefits that include fighting leukemia and blocking the inflammation ...
Biochemistry
Dec 2, 2009
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Going barefoot in parts of Africa, Asia and South America contributes to hookworm infections, which afflict an estimated 700 million of the world's poor. The parasitic worm lives in the soil and enters the body through the ...
Biotechnology
Jan 19, 2014
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A team of 22 scientists from 11 research institutes led by Professor Bazbek Davletov, now at the University of Sheffield, created and characterised a new molecule that was able to alleviate hypersensitivity to inflammatory ...
Biochemistry
Oct 31, 2013
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Using a protein nanoparticle they designed, scientists at the University of Illinois Chicago have identified two distinct subtypes of neutrophils and found that one of the subtypes can be used as a drug target for inflammatory ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 5, 2022
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A new family of contrast agents that sneak into bacteria disguised as glucose food can detect bacterial infections in animals with high sensitivity and specificity. These agents -- called maltodextrin-based imaging probes ...
Materials Science
Jul 18, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A derivative of a common culinary spice found in Indian curries could offer a new treatment hope for sufferers of the painful condition tendinitis, an international team of researchers has shown.
Biochemistry
Aug 9, 2011
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Chronic inflammatory conditions are extremely common diseases in humans and in the entire animal kingdom. Both in autoimmune diseases and pathogen-caused diseases, the inflamed areas are rapidly colonized by antibody producing ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 5, 2012
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