News tagged with biochemical changes


Effectiveness of a spray that greatly improves dry mouth sensation caused by anti-depressants

Researchers from the universities of Granada and Murcia have confirmed the effectiveness of a spray containing 1% malic acid, which greatly improves xerostomy, or dry mouth, caused by anti-depressant drugs. ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cisplatin-resistant cancer cells sensitive to experimental anticancer drugs, PARP inhibitors

Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors may be a novel treatment strategy for patients with cancer that has become resistant to the commonly used chemotherapy drug cisplatin, according to data from a preclinical study published ...

Cancer created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers link cancer to failures in chromosome protection for the first time

A study published today in the journal Nature Genetics explores a new mechanism that may contribute to the development of several tumours, including Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia, a type of cancer that affects more than a ...

Genetics created Mar 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lipid researcher, 98, reports on the dietary causes of heart disease

A 98-year-old researcher argues that, contrary to decades of clinical assumptions and advice to patients, dietary cholesterol is good for your heart – unless that cholesterol is unnaturally oxidized (by ...

Cardiology created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Ability to chart the molecular progress of diabetes brings personalized medicine closer to realization

Researchers in Singapore have succeeded in tracking, for the first time, the molecular changes caused by type 2 diabetes that affect how the body handles glucose production in the liver. In a series of experiments ...

Diabetes created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cancer study overturns current thinking about gene activation

(Medical Xpress)—A new Australian study led by Professor Susan Clark from Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research shows that large regions of the genome – amounting to roughly 2% – are epigenetically activated ...

Cancer created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fasting may benefit patients with epilepsy, study suggests

Children with persistent and drug-resistant seizures treated with the high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet may get an added therapeutic benefit from periodic fasting, according to a small Johns Hopkins Children's Center ...

Medical research created Dec 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists find regulator linking exercise to bigger, stronger muscles

Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have isolated a previously unknown protein in muscles that spurs their growth and increased power following resistance exercise. They suggest that artificially raising the protein's ...

Medical research created Dec 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research opens new pathway for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

Scientists from VIB and KU Leuven have discovered a new target molecule for the development of a treatment against Alzheimer's disease. There is currently no cure for this disease. Many candidate drugs fail because they also ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid can identify patients with Alzheimer's disease

Analysis of specific biomarkers in a cerebrospinal fluid sample can differentiate patients with Alzheimer's disease from those with other types of dementia. The method, which is being studied by researchers at Sahlgrenska ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New tools for Alzheimer's may aid early diagnosis and treatment

Curtailing the imminent rise in Alzheimer's disease (AD) will require early, accurate diagnostic tests and treatments, and researchers are closer to achieving these two goals. New findings in medical imaging, molecular analysis ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Therapeutic impact of cell transplantation aided by magnetic factor

Two studies in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (21:6), now freely available on-line, demonstrate how the use of magnetic particles are a factor that can positively impact on the targeted delivery of transplante ...

Medical research created Sep 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Multi-functional anti-inflammatory/anti-allergic developed

A synthetic, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic family of drugs to combat a variety of illnesses while avoiding detrimental side effects has been developed by a Hebrew University of Jerusalem researcher.

Inflammatory disorders created Sep 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A hands-on approach to treating patients with pulmonary disease

Researchers at Michigan State University are working to show how a noninvasive, drug-free form of hands-on medical care can help patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease improve their breathing.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identify promising biomarkers and new therapeutic targets for kidney cancer

Using blood, urine and tissue analysis of a unique mouse model, a team led by UC Davis researchers has identified several proteins as diagnostic biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets for kidney cancer. Subject to follow-up ...

Cancer created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0