During the 38th annual Digestive Disease Week, the biotechnology firm Alimentary Health presented results indicating that a natural probiotic bacterial strain of human origin, Bifantis(R)...
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Google has invested $39 million in 23andme, a privately held, early-stage personal genetics company co-founded by Anne Wojcicki, who is married to Google, Inc. co-founder Sergey Brin. From the 23andme...
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Scientists have discovered that fungi which harbors melanin may be able to thrive ionic radiation and thus convert radioactivity into biomass. Aside from the potential in environmental clean-up,...
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Researchers have engineered a protein which may be counter enterotoxin B, a toxin produced by Staphylococcus aureus, which can cause potentially fatal food poisoning. The purified form of the toxin...
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Accordinng to a study presented at the 38th annual Digestive Disease Week conference in Washington, D.C., pegylated interferon alfa-2a -- alone or in combination with ribavirin-- may cure hepatitis...
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Researchers from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences report of a new approach in identifying unculturable microorganisms from marine environments. "We present a novel approach to studying...
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Although apples have been shown to have anti-cancer properties, the specific components responsible for this effect have not been identified until now. Using bioactivity-guided fractionation of apple...
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Using gene therapy, scientists have been able to reverse blindness in mice with achromatopsia, a rare hereditary color blindness affecting about 1 in 30, 000 Americans. Within two months of the gene...
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Scottish company Lumicure has developed a new portable light-activated device to treat skin cancer. If approved by the FDA, it's a convenient, painless and inexpensive alternative to chemotherapy...
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A cell culture test for assessing a drug candidate's genetic toxicity has been developed. It may be cheaper than existing animal tests and would allow genetic toxicity tests to be examined far...
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Scientists have made progress in using bacteria as a therapeutic tool in treating cancer. Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig were able to demonstrate that a...
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A glucosamine-like dietary supplement, N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), has been found to suppress the damaging autoimmune response observed in multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes mellitus. In studies...
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A new study indicates that statins, a class of drugs used to lower cholesterol levels and treating atherosclerosis, may also help prevent lung cancer. Researchers found that statin use of 6 or more...
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The first draft of the genome sequence of Aedes aegypti, more commonly known as the yellow fever or dengue mosquito has been completed. The research is published online in Science. We present a draft...
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A pilot study showed that treatment with Androgel testosterone gel is safe, well tolerated and may reduce symptoms, slow brain degeneration and increase muscle mass in men with relapsing-remitting...
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A new study indicates adding a bovine protein called lactoferrin to the existing approaches used to treat Helicobacter pylori infection may yield more effective results. H. pylori is a bacteria in the...
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According to a recent study, a quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is effective in preventing high-grade vulval and vaginal lesions that can lead to cancers in those areas. Vaccine...
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According to the results of an ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial, Isis Pharmaceutical's cholesterol drug candidate, ISIS 301012, was able to cut cholesterol levels in half among patients with...
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A new electro-chemical biosensor has been developed which can detect minute amounts of antibiotics and the herbicide atrazine in food. Atrazine, and other similar herbicides is regulated because it...
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