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by Gloria Gamat on March 16, 2010
The naturally-occurring chemicals in plants -called lectins- are of sudden interest to scientists as they have the property to halt a chain reaction that leads to various infections.
Now, the lecti...
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by ruth on March 11, 2010
In the latest issue of the journal Disease Models & Mechanisms, scientists report of ampicillin's potential in the treatment of early-onset torsion dystonia.
Torsion dystonia (also called i...
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by Gloria Gamat on February 22, 2010
Tel Aviv researcher Prof. Michael Gurevitz is looking on ways to use scorpion venom as an alternative to the pain killer morphine.
The novel pain killer out of peptide toxins found in scorpion veno...
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by ruth on February 15, 2010
Scientists report that Celastrol, anti-inflammatory plant derivative used in Chinese medicine, that may have potentials in cancer treatment. Apparently, Celastrol inactivates heat shock protein 90, a ...
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by ruth on January 31, 2010
Scientists have successfully produced antibodies against the West Nile virus in tobacco plants. The plant-derived antibodies have been shown to be as effective as those derived from mammalian cell lin...
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by ruth on December 23, 2009
Researchers have obtained more insights into the mode of action of cordycepin, an anti-cancer compound originally extracted from a rare kind of wild mushroom called Cordyceps but is now prepared from ...
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by ruth on November 29, 2009
In this week's issue of the journal Science Translational Medicine, bioengineers describes the use of plastic disks impregnated with tumor-specific antigens and implanted under the skin to reprogram t...
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by ruth on October 21, 2009
Researchers have developed a new method for the delivery of measles vaccine that allows the patient to inhale a finely-powdered form of the vaccine. Attenuated measles virus was mixed with high-pressu...
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by ruth on September 1, 2009
Scientists have developed what could be the first tablet-based treatment for children and adults with Type 1 diabetes. Early animal trials indicate that the anti-Ras FTS compound is effective in resto...
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by ruth on August 20, 2009
Scientists have developed a synthetic version of an adhesive formed by a marine worm, Phragmatopoma californica. This worm secrets a glue to build a tubelike shell out of bits of sand, broken shells a...
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by ruth on August 17, 2009
Scientists have developed the first dry powder inhalable vaccine for measles. This less invasive method of delivery are best suited particularly in developing countries where there are areas that ofte...
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by ruth on July 19, 2009
Scientists are on a race in the development of a vaccine against swine flu. Researchers at the University of Antwerp will be testing 4 potential vaccines for H1N1v in a trial involving 300 to 400 volu...
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by ruth on July 4, 2009
Scientists have developed a pain-free vaccination strategy that works against otitis media, or ear infection, reported to be the most frequently diagnosed illness in children less than 15 years of age...
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by ruth on May 29, 2009
Scientists have developed a new anti-HIV drug as well as a possible means of producing the drug in large quantities using transgenic plants.
In the research paper, Ma and colleagues describe how they...
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by ruth on March 24, 2009
A compound found in licorice has been demonstrated to help prevent colon cancer in mice trials. The compound works by inhibiting the enzyme 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (11βHSD2), which is ...
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by ruth on January 28, 2009
The FDA has approved the world's first clinical trial on the use of stem cell therapy for patients with acute spinal cord injury. Geron Corporation will conduct a Phase I multi-center trial design...
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by ruth on January 20, 2009
A new antimicrobial compound has been isolated from the freshwater animal Hydra. The compound, called hydramacin-1, shares virtually no similarity with any other known antibacterial proteins except fo...
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by ruth on January 16, 2009
The FDA has approved a new drug for the management of fibromyalgia. Savella™ (milnacipran HCl), developed by FOREST LABORATORIES, Inc.and Cypress Bioscience, Inc., is a selective serotonin and norepin...
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by ruth on November 29, 2008
A topical preparation containing Indigo naturalis powder has been shown in a randomized trial to be effective in treating plaque-type psoriasis, also called Psoriasis Vulgaris, the most common type of...
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by ruth on November 25, 2008
Previous studies have shown that an injection of vanadium and allaxin, a compound found in garlic, could treat both type 1 and 2 diabetes in mice. A new study indicates that oral administration of the...
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by ruth on November 23, 2008
A recent study indicates that melatonin, a naturally occurring hormone commonly used to aid sleep, may be effective in treating uveitis, an inflammation of the middle layer of the eye which may result...
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by ruth on November 20, 2008
Leukemia Drug Imatinib (Trade name: Gleevec) has been shown in animal trials to have potentials to prevent and even reverse type 1 diabetes.
[snip] they found that treating mice with Imatinib or a si...
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by ruth on November 16, 2008
Researchers have identified a compound called TAT2 derived from Astragalus, an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine, can prevent or slow progressive telomere shortening in immune cells, which cou...
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by ruth on October 26, 2008
German researchers have identified a group of new natural antibiotics against tuberculosis. The compounds have been isolated from Myxobacteria, and works by inhibiting the pathogen's RNA polymeras...
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by ruth on October 20, 2008
Scientists have identified a receptor molecule present in the intestinal wall called Gpr4, that, when activated by wastes of gut bacteria, controls the movement of food through the intestine, thus reg...
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by ruth on October 12, 2008
Researchers have found in a pilot study that Chlorella crude extract (CCE) may help in the treatment of short bowel syndrome, a condition characterized by diarrhea, dehydration, electrolyte imbalance,...
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by ruth on September 16, 2008
Scientists from the University of Michigan will begin a phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of cancer-related painusing gene therapy: a novel gene transfer vector injected into the skin to delive...
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by ruth on September 12, 2008
After 80 years, a new live vaccine against tuberculosis enters clinical trials this week. The new vaccine, VPM1002, is based on a vaccine that has been in use since 1921, and has been genetically engi...
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by Gloria Gamat on August 26, 2008
Research findings lead by Prof. Eliezer Flescher of The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University reported that a compound derived from the jasmine flower could be the key to a new effective th...
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by ruth on August 25, 2008
In animal trials, researchers have demonstrated that vaccinations based on amyloid-like protein found in potato virus produced strong levels of antibodies that could attach to amyloid beta protein bot...
