A drug that appears to target specific intestinal bacteria in the guts of mice may create a chain reaction that could eventually lead to new treatments for obesity and diabetes in humans, according to a team of researchers.
Sep 24, 2013
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(Medical Xpress) -- A protein essential for metabolism and recently associated with neurodegenerative diseases also occurs in several brain-specific forms. This discovery emerged in the course of a research project funded ...
Jul 23, 2012
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Female mouse fetuses exposed to very high doses of a common industrial chemical that makes plastics more pliable develop significant reproductive alterations and precancerous lesions as they grow up, according to a new toxicology ...
Mar 16, 2012
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A compound produced from fish oil that appears to target leukemia stem cells could lead to a cure for the disease, according to Penn State researchers. The compound -- delta-12-protaglandin J3, or D12-PGJ3 -- targeted and ...
Dec 22, 2011
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The research—the first of its kind to quantify the levels of microplastics which may lead to harmful effects in human cells—has been led by researchers at the Hull York Medical School and the University of Hull.
Dec 9, 2021
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Oregon State University scientists have developed a method that could potentially predict the cancer-causing potential of chemicals released into the air during wildfires and fossil fuel combustion.
Oct 13, 2020
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A pilot study conducted by INRS researchers highlights the effect of chemotherapy on male fertility before and after puberty.
Jan 22, 2020
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The rescheduling of all codeine-containing products as prescription-only medications from 1 February 2018 has been associated with a 53 percent drop in codeine-related presentations at a major Brisbane hospital's toxicology ...
Nov 25, 2019
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A study of 23 flowers used in cooking shows a lack of chemical and toxicological data, which makes it impossible to set a limit for safe consumption, according to the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark.
Nov 12, 2018
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Stories of horrific crimes resulting from drug use have been propagated by the media for over a century. Such stories began with cocaine in 1914 and were followed by "reefer madness" stories in the 1930s and reports of "LSD ...
Nov 29, 2016
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