Dental enamels have now been grown from culture cells. Thanks to a research team from the Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo (Japan) which reported a new technique for culturing...
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A mixture of green tea or jasmine tea extract and wildflower dark honey can be used to reduce pathogenic bacteria in meats. Such were the findings of a research by the Food Safety Consortium at the...
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Italian scientists discovered that diluted seawater can be used to grow tomatoes well, resulting to fruits with significantly higher levels of natural antioxidants. "The controlled use of...
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According to a study released by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire, angel investing picked up in 2006, and is likely to continue to do so in 2007. And biotech is one...
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GlaxoSmithKline PLC had invested S$20 million (US$13 million; €9.8 million) in a new laboratory in Singapore's biotechnology hub, Biopolis, as part of its Center for Research in Cognitive and...
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Made of multi-walled carbon nanotubes coated with platinum nanoparticles between 1 and 5 nanometers in diameter, researchers at the University of Arkansas have been able to fabricate a novel biosensor...
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Previously connected to reproductive problems, a common chemical called phthalates is now being linked to abdominal obesity and insulin resistance in adult males, according to a new research finding...
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is an incurable disease characterized by progressive scarring in the lungs - often leading to a lung transplant. Reporting in the March issue of the journal Chest,...
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The first targeted, once-daily oral treatment option for the following patient population: patients with advanced or metastatic breast cancer whose tumors overexpress HER2 and who have received prior...
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Tuberculosis or TB remains one of the world's deadly infectious diseases killing an estimated 2 million people worldwide each year. Because of the rise of multi drug-resistant TB strains (MDR-TB),...
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Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is one of the healthier fatty acids and is abundantly present in dairy products and meat but only in low amounts in the human body. Cutting down on dietary saturated...
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Zymes LLC has been able to successfully solubilize fish oil and omega-3 fatty acids (DHA/EPA/ALA) through its solubilization technology: Ubisol-Aqua™. This solubilization technology provides a...
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In laboratory animals, common inhaled anesthetics increase the number of amyloid plaques in the brains - suggesting acceleration of the onset of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's...
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A Stanford University School of Medicine study have for the first time been able to identify evidence that a fruit fly's immune response can adapt to (or retain memory of) an earlier infection....
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Based on study results from the University of Iowa, blood tests for panic disorder and other mental health conditions are now being developed at UI and will become commercially available in the near...
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A novel pulsed microjet system engineered to deliver protein drugs into the skin without the pain or bruising that deeper penetration injection systems cause has been developed by a team of University...
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Cell phone use is banned in air flights, banks, hospitals and other facilities where electronic interference would pose a problem. However, dispelling old notion, cellular phones are safe to use in...
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Blood-borne fungal infections that can be lethal for HIV/AIDS, cancer, and organ transplant patients can now be treated with a new drug delivery method. Developed by researchers at the University of...
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The US FDA has approved Novartis' new hypertension drug, Tekturna (aliskiren), a direct renin inhibitor. A once-daily oral tablet therapy, Tekturna acts by blocking renin, an enzyme responsible...
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