Health
Groundbreaking research could provide key to kicking smoking habit for good
Quitting smoking tops many New Year's resolution lists, but a nicotine addiction is hard to curb.
Jan 12, 2021
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Nature Chemical Biology
Nature Chemical Biology is a monthly, peer-reviewed, scientific journal, which is published by Nature Publishing Group. It was first published in June 2005 (volume 1, issue 1). Terry L. Sheppard is a full-time professional editor with the title, "Chief Editor", and employed by Nature Chemical Biology. The impact factor for Nature Chemical Biology in 2010 is 15.808, according to the Journal Citation Reports. The publishing focus of Nature Chemical Biology is a forum for original research and commentary in Chemical-biology. Published topics encompass concepts and research methods in chemistry, biology, and related disciplines with the end result of controlling biological systems at the molecular level. Authors (contributors) are chemical biologists, also chemists involved in interdisciplinary research between chemistry and biology, along with biologists who produce research results in understanding and controlling biological processes at the molecular level. Interdisciplinary research in chemistry and biology is emphasized. The journal s main focus in this area is fundamental research which illuminates available chemical and biological tools, as well as mechanisms underpinning
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country
- United States
- History
- 2005 –present
- Website
- http://www.nature.com/nchembio/index.html
- Impact factor
- 15.808 (2010)
Oncology & Cancer
New insights into how the drug pomalidomide fights cancer
Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the white blood cells, and patients diagnosed with this disease commonly die within five years. Clinicians often treat multiple myeloma with the drug thalidomide and structurally similar drugs ...
Sep 21, 2020
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Medical research
Molecular pair offers potential for Parkinson's treatment, study finds
A promising molecular pair has offered hope that could lead to the development of a new treatment to slow down Parkinson's disease, a study by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Harvard University ...
May 27, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Body's own marijuana helps us forget traumatic memories
The endogenous compound anandamide—often referred to as the body's own marijuana—plays a role in erasing memories of a traumatic event. This was discovered by an international team led by Leiden chemist Mario van der ...
May 12, 2020
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Medications
Experimental drug may prevent chemotherapy drug from damaging the heart
The commonly used chemotherapy drug doxorubicin can damage heart muscle, in some cases leading to severe or lethal heart failure. A new study led by Albert Einstein College of Medicine researchers and involving zebrafish ...
Mar 04, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Leukemia drugs hold promise for treatment-resistant lung cancer
Two recently approved leukemia drugs could be enlisted against treatment-resistant lung cancer, with a clinical trial expected to launch in Toronto and Zagreb, Croatia, later this year to evaluate one of them.
Feb 24, 2020
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Medical research
Life's constant struggle against ferroptosis
In the natural course of events, multicellular organisms frequently need to eliminate cells. In humans, for example, superfluous tails, finger webbing, immune cells raised with wrongthink or neurons making inappropriate friends ...
Oncology & Cancer
Potential therapy discovered for deadly breast cancer that has few treatment options
Mount Sinai researchers have designed an innovative experimental therapy that may be able to stop the growth of triple-negative breast cancer, the deadliest type of breast cancer, which has few effective treatment options, ...
Dec 09, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Drug-resistant cancer cells create own Achilles heel
The cells of most patients' cancers are resistant to a class of drugs, called proteasome inhibitors, that should kill them. When studied in the lab, these drugs are highly effective, yet hundreds of clinical trials testing ...
May 28, 2019
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Immunology
Stopping inflammation in its tracks: A leap forward for new anti-inflammatory drugs
Treatments for chronic inflammatory diseases are one step closer as University of Queensland researchers discover a way to stop inflammation in its tracks.
May 13, 2019
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