Avastin dramatically improves response, survival in deadly recurrrent...
The targeted therapy Avastin, alone and in combination with the chemotherapy drug CPT-11, significantly increased response rates, progression-free survival times and survival rates in patients with a...
View ArticleUC Davis researchers identify dominant chemical that attracts mosquitoes to...
Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have identified the dominant odor naturally produced in humans and birds that attracts the blood-feeding Culex mosquitoes, which transmit West Nile...
View ArticleBen-Gurion U researchers isolate microalgal strain that could reduce cholesterol
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have isolated a microalgal strain which produces large amounts of a polyunsaturated fatty acid that could reduce blood pressure, chronic...
View ArticleA new effective strategy for treating tobacco addiction was developed by...
The tobacco addiction epidemic is a major public health problem worldwide. Professor Zhao Baolu and his group from the State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics,...
View ArticleNew 'Tree of Life' established for one of the largest groups of bacteria
A new "tree of life" has been constructed by researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech for the gamma-proteobacteria, a large group of medically and scientifically...
View ArticleWelsh scientists 'clone' human virus
A team of Welsh scientists have successfully cloned a human virus offering new hope for the treatment of potentially life-threatening diseases. (2010-09-14)
View ArticleImmunization is key to achieving child survival goals
Immunizing children against preventable diseases is critical to achieving United Nations-led goals to reduce child deaths, global health and development chiefs said in New York today. (2010-09-22)
View ArticleScience Translational Medicine: 'Creating Hope Act' incentivizes pediatric...
Recent legislative and regulatory actions make great strides toward establishing much needed incentives for pharmaceutical companies and others to develop and test more medications for pediatric rare...
View ArticleNew model reveals pesticide-free method that takes a bite out of...
Scientists have modeled a system that may be used to control mosquitoes and the diseases they transmit, without the use of pesticides. (2011-02-11)
View ArticleNationwide study finds US meat and poultry is widely contaminated
Drug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus, a bacteria linked to a wide range of human diseases, are present in meat and poultry from U.S. grocery stores at unexpectedly high rates. (2011-04-18)
View ArticleImproving DNA sequencing: Sponge-like biosensor crams enormous power into...
Vanderbilt University engineers have created a "spongy" silicon biosensor that shows promise not only for medical diagnostics, but also for the detection of dangerous toxins and other tiny molecules in...
View ArticleCardiotrophin 1 shows promising results for treatment of obesity and...
Scientists from the Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA) of the University of Navarra (Spain) have discovered that cardiotrophin 1, a protein synthesized by muscle cells and adipose tissue, has a...
View ArticleNew strategy likely to speed drug development for rare cancers
Researchers have identified promising new therapies for ependymoma, a rare tumor with few treatment options. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators led the effort, which used a new, faster...
View ArticleKey regulatory genes often amplified in aggressive childhood tumor of the...
The largest study ever of a rare childhood brain tumor found more than half the tumors carried extra copies of specific genes linked to cancer growth, according to research led by St. Jude Children's...
View ArticleNewly identified DNA repair defect linked to increased risk of leukemia relapse
A newly identified defect in a DNA repair system might leave some young leukemia patients less likely to benefit from a key chemotherapy drug, possibly putting them at greater risk of relapse. The...
View ArticleMolecule serves as a key in some protein interactions
Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists has identified an unexpected mechanism facilitating some protein interactions that are the workhorses of cells and, in the process,...
View ArticleGene therapy is a 'disruptive science' ready for commercial development
The time for commercial development of gene therapy has come. Patients with diseases treatable and curable with gene therapy deserve access to the technology, which has demonstrated both its...
View ArticleGenetics study reveals how bacteria behind serious childhood disease evolve...
Genetics has provided surprising insights into why vaccines used in both the UK and US to combat serious childhood infections can eventually fail. (2012-01-30)
View ArticleNew regulatory mechanism discovered in cell system for eliminating unneeded...
A faulty gene linked to a rare blood vessel disorder has led investigators to discover a mechanism involved in determining the fate of possibly thousands of proteins working inside cells. (2012-08-13)
View ArticleUGA discovery promises to improve drugs used to fight cancer, other diseases
Even when at rest, the human body is a flurry of activity. (2013-01-14)
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