Medicine News

May 6, 2014 by News Staff

According to scientists led by Dr Richard Kramer from the University of California, a chemical ‘photoswitch’ named DENAQ may be a potential drug for treating patients suffering from blinding diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration. Section view of the human eye. The retina has three layers of nerve cells, but only the outer layer contains the rod and cone cells that respond to light, enabling us to see the world....

May 5, 2014 by News Staff

Deficiencies in hyaluronan, a substance that occurs naturally inside the body and attracts water molecules, can lead to spontaneous epileptic seizures,...

Feb 17, 2014 by News Staff

Using an innovative screening method, a team of scientists from Australia and the United States has discovered a peptide in the venom of the Peruvian green...

Jan 3, 2014 by News Staff

According to a new study published in the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, human lungs have odor receptors. A diagram of the...

Dec 26, 2013 by News Staff

A team of scientists at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute has found a new molecular pathway that rebalances the immune system by turning down...

Dec 12, 2013 by News Staff

Dr Yang Wang and colleagues from Vanderbilt University have shown a novel mechanism of cancer development through EGFR negative regulator, LRIG1. LRIG1...

Dec 5, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists led by Dr David Fairlie from the University of Queensland, Australia, have found abnormal amounts of an inflammatory protein called PAR2 in...

Nov 15, 2013 by News Staff

According to new research published this week in the journal Nature, an acyldepsipeptide antibiotic called ADEP in combination with the bactericidal antibiotic...

Nov 4, 2013 by News Staff

German researchers have developed an innovative approach for measuring blood glucose levels in diabetic patients. A new painless technique uses infrared...

Nov 1, 2013 by News Staff

By using neurotoxins produced by bacteria of the genus Clostridium (C. botulinum and C. tetani), commonly known as Botox and Tetanus toxin respectively,...

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...

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 –...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...