A new study indicates that aside from its therapeutic potential against diabetes, diabetic leg ulcers and ADHD, Pycnogenol®, an antioxidant plant extract from the bark of the French maritime pine...
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Scientists are conducting pre-clinical experiments to explore the use of the Herpes virus, engineered to selectively replicate in cancer cells, to trigger an immune response against (breast) cancer...
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Georgia biotechnology company Inhibitex has licensed a series of HIV integrase inhibitors discovered by Vasu Nair, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent scholar in Drug Discovery at the University of...
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Scientists at the University of Utah have developed new peptides that appear to be significantly more effective at blocking HIV's entry into cells than other drugs in their class. "Our...
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Researchers have demonstrated in an animal study that ginger extract blocked the toxin responsible for diarrhea caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. If further studies confirm its efficacy and...
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Researchers are exploring the use of genetic profiling in lung tumors to to predict the tumors' likely response to therapy and determine the best treatment strategy for lung cancers. Researchers...
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The recently concluded second Future of Male Contraception conference highlighted the progress in the developments of male contraceptives. Among those that have promising potential: DepoProvera. It...
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According to Phase II clinical trial data with 130 patients, an experimental drug called pertuzumab prolonged the survival time for women with stage 3 recurrent ovarian cancer. Pertuzumab is a...
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Texas A&M University researchers are developing a nose spray flu vaccine that uses aloe vera as its carrier. "We take Aloe vera leaves and put them through a series of complex extraction...
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A new topical lotion developed by NanoBio Corporation, a spin-off company from the University of Michigan, has been shown to penetrate deep enough to treat onychomycosis, or toenail fungus, without...
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Researchers have developed a long-acting growth hormone for use in treating children and adults with growth hormone disorders. Most hormones and cytokines currently used in therapy have a short life...
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untreated brain Photo: Plaques comprised of amyloid-beta are the hallmark pathology of Alzheimer's disease. In this study, the scientists used an amyloid-degrading enzyme to clear these amyloid...
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Photo: Healthy spinal cord tissue (left) shows a similar number of neurons (magnified in red) as the MS-infected spinal cord tissue of mice treated with a specific form of estrogen (right). Fewer...
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In a mouse model, scientists have demonstrated that treatment with a drug known as FTY720 prevents many leukemias caused by the cancer protein BCR-ABL- nearly all cases of blast crisis chronic...
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In a report published in the September issue of Nature Biotechnology, scientists have successfully created human heart muscle cells from embryonic stem cells which have been successfully implanted...
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Two Phase III clinical trials involving more than 2000 patients have shown that Novo Nordisk's new anti-diabetes drug candidate liraglutide have a positive effect on blood glucose control, body...
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Results of a clinical trial funded by Bayhill Therapeutics, Inc. shows that BHT-3009, a newly developed DNA vaccine against multiple sclerosis appears safe and may produce beneficial changes in the...
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Researchers have discovered that metformin, a commonly prescribed diabetes drug, slows down the growth of cancer cells lacking p53, a key regulatory gene that regulates Cell division and several...
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A study published in the August issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, suggest that Polyphenon E, a green tea concentrate composed of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) equivalent to...
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One of this year's ESF EURYI award winning projects explores a new line in anti-cancer therapy by blocking the molecular motors involved in copying genetic information during Cell division, which...
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A new study published in the August 10 issue of Cell indicates that the skeleton is not just for structural support, but also helps control sugar metabolism and weight and is thus a major determinant...
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