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Food Additive TBHQ May Protect from Avian Influenza Virus H7N9

This image shows H7N9 virions. Image credit: Cynthia S. Goldsmith / Thomas Rowe.
Oct 25, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Tert-butyl hydroquinone (TBHQ) – a common food additive – may protect people from the avian influenza A strain H7N9, according to a new study published in the journal PLoS ONE. This image shows H7N9 virions. Image credit: Cynthia S. Goldsmith / Thomas Rowe. “The recent H7N9 outbreak in China this past March had a mortality rate of more than 20 percent. That strain, which is new, is already showing resistance to the majority of existing drugs...

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Consuming the equivalent caffeine intake of four cups of coffee or tea a day may be beneficial in preventing and protecting against the progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in humans. Image credit: University of Maryland.

Coffee Drinking Reduces Liver Cancer Risk by 40 Percent

Oct 23, 2013 by News Staff

According to researchers from Italy, consumption of coffee reduces risk of hepatocellular carcinoma – the most common type of liver cancer –...

This image shows dermal papilla cells. Image credit: Claire Higgins / Columbia University Medical Center.

New Method Generates Human Hair Growth from Dermal Papilla Cells

Oct 21, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences say they have for the first time successfully grown human hairs using dermal...

This image shows the recently discovered species of sulfur-oxidizing Thioploca bacteria. Image credit: Nathan Magarvey.

Macplocimine A: Scientists Discover New Macrolide Antibiotic

Oct 15, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Scientists have found that a marine sulfur-loving microbe discovered recently near Chilean coastal fault line can produce a new 18-membered macrolide antibiotic,...

This image shows a tsetse fly. Image credit: Oregon State University.

Engineered Bacteria Could Help Combat Deadly Disease of Sleeping Sickness

Oct 11, 2013 by News Staff

A new study, reported in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, has shown that two bacteria – one of them genetically modified...

This fluorescence image shows endothelial cells. Image credit: Kandasamy, Biomedical Microscopy Core, Paul D. Coverdell Center.

Endothelial Cells Can Repair and Regenerate Organs, Researchers Find

Oct 10, 2013 by News Staff

According to two studies published in the journal Stem Cells and the journal Developmental Cell (full paper), damaged or diseased human organs may someday...

This colorized scanning electron micrograph shows Mycobacterium tuberculosis, gram-positive bacteria that cause tuberculosis. Image credit: Ray Butler / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Scientists Create New Vaccine against Tuberculosis

Oct 3, 2013 by News Staff

A large group of researchers from Canada has developed a new tuberculosis vaccine based on a genetically modified cold virus. This colorized scanning electron...

Chinese red-headed centipedes, Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans. Image credit: Department of Biology, the University of New Mexico.

Molecule from Venom of Chinese Centipede Could Lead to Painkiller as Effective as Morphine

Oct 2, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences have discovered a peptide in the venom of the Chinese red-headed centipede,...

The benefits of optimal testosterone. Image credit: artofmanliness.com.

Low Testosterone Levels Linked to Heart Problems in Men

Sep 30, 2013 by News Staff

Men who have low levels of testosterone, a key male sex hormone that helps maintain sex drive, sperm production and bone health, may have a slightly elevated...

The new study provides a potential approach for the selective treatment of unwanted memories associated with psychiatric disorders that is both selective and does not rely on retrieval of the memory. Image credit: Katsushi Arisaka / University of California, Los Angeles.

Researchers Selectively Erase Unwanted Memories in Mice, Rats

Sep 23, 2013 by News Staff

A team of scientists reporting in the journal Biological Psychiatry has been able to erase dangerous drug-associated memories in mice and rats without...

This scanning electron micrograph shows Neisseria gonorrhoeae diplococci. Image credit: Charles Brinton / National Institutes of Health.

New ‘Live Vaccine’ Combats Gonorrhea, Prevents Reinfection

Sep 20, 2013 by News Staff

According to a study reported in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, a new gonorrhea treatment has successfully eliminated gonococcal infection from female...

Particles of simian immunodeficiency virus. Image credit: Tom Goddard / University of California, San Francisco.

New Vaccine Clears AIDS-Causing Virus in Monkeys

Sep 12, 2013 by News Staff

A newly developed vaccine has the ability to completely kill simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) in non-human primates, according to scientists at Oregon...

This electron micrograph shows norovirus virions. Image credit: CDC.

Copper Inactivates Highly Infectious Norovirus, Find Scientists

Sep 12, 2013 by News Staff

British researchers have discovered that copper and copper alloys can rapidly destroy norovirus – the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide. This...

Consuming the equivalent caffeine intake of four cups of coffee or tea a day may be beneficial in preventing and protecting against the progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in humans. Image credit: University of Maryland.

Caffeine May Contribute to Healthy Liver, Researchers Suggest

Aug 21, 2013 by News Staff

Increased caffeine intake may reduce fatty liver in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, according to a group of researchers led by Dr Paul...

This scanning electron micrograph shows HIV particles attacking a cell (Thomas Deerinck / National Center for Microscopy Imaging Research).

Genistein: Soybean-Derived Compound Inhibits HIV

Aug 21, 2013 by News Staff

According to a new study reported in the journal Retrovirology, a plant-derived compound named genistein may become an effective HIV treatment without...

This electron micrograph shows particles of the Phoenix provirus resurrected from human DNA in 2006. Scale bar - 200 nm (Marie Dewannieux et al).

Remnants of Ancient Viruses in Human Genome May Play Role in Cancer

Aug 14, 2013 by News Staff

According to an international team of scientists from the United States, Europe and Russia, non-coding parts of the human genome known as vlincRNAs triggered...

This electron micrograph shows particles of the vesicular stomatitis virus. Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Researchers Use Non-Replicating Virus Particles to Kill Leukemia Cells

Aug 13, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists at the University of Ottawa, Canada, have developed rhabdovirus-derived particles that can kill blood cancer (leukemia) cells and eradicate...

Scanning electron micrograph of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, yellow. Credit: NIAID.

Cattle May Be Source of Human MRSA Strain, Scientists Suggest

Aug 13, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

According to a team of scientists led by Dr Ross Fitzgerald from the Roslin Institute and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, cows may be a source...

This image shows the structure of human Epiregulin. Image credit: Jmol Development Team.

Chicken and Egg? Researchers Tackle Riddle of Role of Loss of Polarization in Cancer

Aug 9, 2013 by Sukant Khurana

More than 90 per cent of human tumors are carcinomas, arising from epithelial cells that are present as continuous sheet of cells lining the cavities and...

Left, center: structure of CPTP. Right: surface electrostatics of CPTP showing positive-, blue, and negative-, red, charged residues (Simanshu DK et al).

Novel Protein CPTP Offers Hope for Treatment of Cancer and Other Diseases

Aug 6, 2013 by News Staff

According to a team of researchers from the United States, Russia and Spain, the discovery of a new protein, named ceramide-1 phosphate transport protein,...

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