News tagged with chemical compound

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Target set on cancer gene MCL1

A research team pursuing one of the most commonly altered genes in cancer has laid a critical foundation for understanding this gene that could point the way toward developing drugs against it. A recent study of cancer genetics ...

Cancer created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

One compound detects and treats malignant tumors, certain cancer stem cells

(Medical Xpress) -- More than a decade of laboratory research at the University of Wisconsin has proven that a single chemical compound may both detect and treat malignant tumors and certain cancer stem cells.

Cancer created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study shows promise for developing new treatments for breast cancer

A new study by University of Kentucky researchers provides insight into developing new treatment strategies for basal-like breast cancer, commonly known as triple-negative breast cancer. This cancer is associated with early ...

Cancer created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How open source could help malaria treatment

In open source drug discovery all data and ideas are freely and immediately shared, and anyone may participate at any level.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New approach to stroke therapy

LMU researchers developed a new strategy for the treatment of stroke, which could help to improve blood flow to ischemic brain. Strokes are due to a localized reduction in the blood supply to the brain, mainly due to the ...

Cardiology created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Your brain on 'shrooms: fMRI elucidates neural correlates of psilocybin psychedelic state

(Medical Xpress) -- Psychedelic substances have long been used for healing, ceremonial, or mind-altering subjective experiences due to compounds that, when ingested or inhaled, generate hallucinations, perceptual ...

Neuroscience created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (43) | comments 45 | with audio podcast feature

Researchers hopeful about male partner for 'The Pill'

Women may say, "It's about time." Guys may have the same reaction. After many overly optimistic predictions, a male version of The Pill may truly be in sight. And a team at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, a nationally ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An 'off' switch for pain: Chemists build light-controlled neural inhibitor

Pain? Just turn it off! It may sound like science fiction, but researchers based in Munich, Berkeley and Bordeaux have now succeeded in inhibiting pain-sensitive neurons on demand, in the laboratory. The crucial element in ...

Medical research created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Promising new compound for treating stroke

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have designed, produced and patented a new chemical compound for the possible treatment of brain damage caused by stroke. The compound binds 1,000 times more effectively to the ...

Medical research created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tuberculosis researchers find answer to 30-year-old puzzle

(Medical Xpress) -- After three decades of searching, the random screening of a group of compounds against the bacterium that causes tuberculosis has led scientists to a eureka discovery that breaks through the fortress that ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New class of potential drugs inhibits inflammation in brain

Scientists at Emory University School of Medicine have identified a new group of compounds that may protect brain cells from inflammation linked to seizures and neurodegenerative diseases.

Neuroscience created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

PFCs, chemicals in environment, linked to lowered immune response to childhood vaccinations

A new study finds that perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), widely used in manufactured products such as non-stick cookware, waterproof clothing, and fast-food packaging, were associated with lowered immune response to vaccinations ...

Immunology created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cocoa could prevent intestinal pathologies such as colon cancer

A new study on living animals has shown for the first time that eating cocoa (the raw material in chocolate) can help to prevent intestinal complaints linked to oxidative stress, including colon carcinogenesis ...

Cancer created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers study how chemicals in drugs and around us impact stem cells

Chemicals in pharmaceutical drugs can obviously save lives. But as more and stronger chemicals have been introduced, our basic knowledge of the broader health impact of all these chemicals has not kept up with the rapid pace ...

Medical research created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study provides potential explanation for mechanisms of associative memory

Researchers from the University of Bristol have discovered that a chemical compound in the brain can weaken the synaptic connections between neurons in a region of the brain important for the formation of long-term memories. ...

Neuroscience created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast