News tagged with peptide receptor


Cancer treatment could target inflammation in CVD

Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) with radiolabeled somatostatin analogs, an established treatment for cancer patients, could offer a novel therapeutic approach to decrease levels of inflammation in the atherosclerotic ...

Cardiology created May 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vaginal microbicide gel may offer a promising strategy for prevention and protection against HIV transmission

A new study shows that a microbicide gel is highly effective in block infection by the AIDS virus in a non-human primate model. In the paper published December 6 in the Open Access journal PLOS Pathogens, Dereuddre-Bosquet and co ...

HIV & AIDS created Dec 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new promising approach in the therapy of pain

The treatment of inflammatory pain can be improved by endogenous opioid peptides acting directly in injured tissue. Scientists at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Université Paris Descartes showed that ...

Medical research created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Doubling down against diabetes: Turbo-charged gut hormones

A collaboration between scientists in Munich, Germany and Bloomington, USA may have overcome one of the major challenges drug makers have struggled with for years: Delivering powerful nuclear hormones to specific tissues, ...

Medical research created Nov 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research shows binge drinking inhibits brain development

(Medical Xpress)—Teenagers who binge drink risk inhibiting part of their brain's development and many are laying the groundwork for alcoholism down the track a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) ...

Neuroscience created Nov 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists provide detailed view of brain protein structure: Results may help improve drugs for neurological disorders

Researchers have published the first highly detailed description of how neurotensin, a neuropeptide hormone which modulates nerve cell activity in the brain, interacts with its receptor. Their results suggest that neuropeptide ...

Medical research created Oct 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find link between peptide that switches during stress and depression

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers working out of the University of Washington have found that a certain peptide normally involved in helping the brain experience pleasure is caused to switch when subjected to ...

Neuroscience created Sep 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

How a protein meal tells your brain you are full

Feeling full involves more than just the uncomfortable sensation that your waistband is getting tight. Investigators reporting online on July 5th in the Cell Press journal Cell have now mapped out the signal ...

Medical research created Jul 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Absolute incretin effect reduced in type 2 diabetes

(HealthDay) -- For patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) the absolute incretin effect is reduced compared with healthy individuals, but its relative importance is increased, particularly in first-phase ...

Diabetes created Jun 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Naturally occurring protein has a role in chronic pain

Researchers in France and Sweden have discovered how one of the body's own proteins is involved in generating chronic pain in rats. The results, which also suggest therapeutic interventions to alleviate long-lasting pain, ...

Medical research created Jun 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists tailor cell surface targeting system to hit organelle ZIP codes

Scientists who developed a technology for identifying and targeting unique protein receptor ZIP Codes on the cellular surface have found a way to penetrate the outer membrane and deliver engineered particles - called iPhage ...

Medical research created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Benefits of radionuclide therapy for neuroendocrine tumors

According to new Dutch research featured in the September issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, a peptide receptor radiolabeled therapy (PRRT), [177Lu-DOTA0,Tyr3]Octreotate (177Lu-octreotate) , is effective not only i ...

Cancer created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Targeting a cure: Research looks at developing a bull's-eye therapy to combat lung cancer

A Kansas State University professor is trying to create a patient-friendly treatment to help the more than 220,000 people who are diagnosed with lung cancer each year.

Cancer created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New therapy for childhood neuroblastoma proves feasible and safe

A new treatment option may soon be available for children with neuroblastoma according to research published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The study tested the principle that combined positron emissi ...

Cancer created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1