News tagged with tiny molecule

Cocaine vaccine passes key testing hurdle

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have successfully tested their novel anti-cocaine vaccine in primates, bringing them closer to launching human clinical trials. Their study, published online by the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, used a ...

Psychology & Psychiatry May 10, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Estrogen fuels autoimmune liver damage

A life-threatening condition that often requires transplantation and accounts for half of all acute liver failures, autoimmune hepatitis is often precipitated by certain anesthetics and antibiotics. Researchers say these ...

Medical research Apr 30, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Immune finding aids quest for vaccines to beat tropical infections

Scientists are a step closer to developing vaccines for a range of diseases that affect 200 million people, mainly in tropical south-east Asia, Africa and Central America.

Immunology Mar 14, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Study shows antidepressant could do double duty as diabetes drug

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered that the commonly used antidepressant drug paroxetine could also become a therapy for the vascular complications of diabetes.

Diabetes Dec 14, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0 |

New targeted therapy for advanced prostate cancer shows anti-tumor activity in clinical trials

Few available treatment options exist once prostate cancer has spread to other parts of the body and has failed to respond to therapies that involve blocking the male hormone androgen. Patients with advanced, hormone-refractory ...

Cancer Nov 07, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Researchers spearhead groundbreaking research into treatment of brain swelling

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have reported the results of groundbreaking research into the prevention of cerebral oedema or swelling of the brain, a major cause of death in people who have sustained a traumatic injury ...

Medical research May 22, 2012 | not rated yet | 0 |

Mini molecules could help fight battle of aortic bulge

When aortic walls buckle, the body's main blood pipe forms an ever-growing bulge. To thwart a deadly rupture, a team of Stanford University School of Medicine researchers has found two tiny molecules that may be able to orchestrate ...

Cardiology Feb 22, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Stealthy leprosy pathogen evades critical vitamin D-dependent immune response

A team of UCLA scientists has found that the pathogen that causes leprosy has a remarkable ability to avoid the human immune system by inhibiting the antimicrobial responses important to our defenses.

Immunology Jan 29, 2012 | 5 / 5 (6) | 1 |