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Medical researchers discover new ways to target, develop and design drugs to prevent and treat viral infection

Researchers at the University of Alberta have discovered a new drug target, developed a new drug and identified a new way to design drugs—all of which could be a winning combination in the battle against viruses.

Medical research created 16 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New nanoparticles that shut off cancer genes shrink tumors in mice

By sequencing cancer-cell genomes, scientists have discovered vast numbers of genes that are mutated, deleted or copied in cancer cells. This treasure trove is a boon for researchers seeking new drug targets, but it is nearly ...

Cancer created Aug 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Breaking through the blood-brain barrier

To mark the European Month of the Brain, we look at one EU-funded project that has focussed efforts on drug delivery across the so-called blood-brain barrier. The blood-brain barrier (BBB), while preforming ...

Medical research created May 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists identify potential target for treating anhedonia - major symptom of depression

Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have laid bare a novel molecular mechanism responsible for the most important symptom of major depression: anhedonia, the loss of the ability to experience pleasure. While ...

Medical research created Jul 11, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Hundreds of alterations and potential drug targets to starve cancer tumors identified

A massive study analyzing gene expression data from 22 tumor types has identified multiple metabolic expression changes associated with cancer. The analysis, conducted by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center, ...

Cancer created Apr 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Green tea and red wine extracts interrupt Alzheimer's disease pathway in cells

Natural chemicals found in green tea and red wine may disrupt a key step of the Alzheimer's disease pathway, according to new research from the University of Leeds.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lift weights to lower blood sugar? White muscle helps keep blood glucose levels under control

Researchers in the Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan have challenged a long-held belief that whitening of skeletal muscle in diabetes is harmful.

Medical research created Apr 07, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Parkinson's disease: Study of live human neurons reveals the disease's genetic origins

Parkinson's disease researchers at the University at Buffalo have discovered how mutations in the parkin gene cause the disease, which afflicts at least 500,000 Americans and for which there is no cure.

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study: Most-used diabetes drug works in different way than previously thought

A team, led by senior author Morris J. Birnbaum, MD, PhD, the Willard and Rhoda Ware Professor of Medicine, with the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine, University ...

Diabetes created Jan 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Compound stimulates tumor-fighting protein in cancer therapy

A compound that stimulates the production of a tumor-fighting protein may improve the usefulness of the protein in cancer therapy, according to a team of researchers.

Cancer created Feb 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study maps human metabolism in health and disease

Scientists have produced an instruction manual for the human genome that provides a framework to better understand the relationship between an individual's genetic make-up and their lifestyle.

Genetics created Mar 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Medicinal toothbrush tree yields antibiotic to treat TB in new way

A compound from the South African toothbrush tree inactivates a drug target for tuberculosis in a previously unseen way.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Blocking telomerase kills cancer cells but provokes resistance, progression

Inhibiting telomerase, an enzyme that rescues malignant cells from destruction by extending the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes, kills tumor cells but also triggers resistance pathways that allow cancer to survive ...

Cancer created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify new strategy for interfering with potent cancer-causing gene

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive blood cancer that is currently incurable in 70% of patients. In a bold effort, CSHL scientists are among those identifying and characterizing the molecular mechanisms responsible ...

Cancer created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover molecule that does double duty in stopping asthma attacks

Scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital are on the brink of the next treatment advancement that may spell relief for the nearly nineteen million adults and seven million children in the United States ...

Inflammatory disorders created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast