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New research reveals how cranberry products prevent urinary tract infections
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Chemicals present in cranberries—and not the acidity of cranberry juice, as previously thought—prevent infection-causing bacteria from attaching to the cells that line the urinary tract, as documented in a report published ...
Cranberry juice creates energy barrier that keeps bacteria away from cells, study shows
Jul 21, 2008 |
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For generations, people have consumed cranberry juice, convinced of its power to ward off urinary tract infections, though the exact mechanism of its action has not been well understood. A new study by researchers at Worcester ...
Previously unknown immune cell may help those with Crohn's and colitis
Nov 03, 2008 |
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The tonsils and lymphoid tissues in the intestinal tract that help protect the body from external pathogens are the home base of a rare immune cell newly identified by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine ...
A sticky solution for identifying effective probiotics
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Scientists have crystallised a protein that may help gut bacteria bind to the gastrointestinal tract. The protein could be used by probiotic producers to identify strains that are likely to be of real benefit to people.
Stem Cell Research Made Safer with Latest Discovery
May 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new development in stem cell research has resulted from a completed study by a collaboration of scientists using the drug Rapamycin to inhibit mTOR, an intracellular protein necessary in cell proliferation. ...
Vaccine against chlamydia not far away
Nov 16, 2009 |
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When a woman becomes infected with Chlamydia, the first white blood cells that arrive at the scene to fight the infection are not the most effective. This is shown by a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy. This discovery ...
Pandemic flu can infect cells deep in the lungs, says new research
Sep 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Pandemic swine flu can infect cells deeper in the lungs than seasonal flu can, according to a new study published today in Nature Biotechnology. The researchers, from Imperial College London ...
Nano bubble gum for enhancing drug delivery in gut
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Of the many characteristic traits a drug can have, one of the most desirable is the ability for a drug to be swallowed and absorbed into the bloodstream through the gut. Some drugs, like over-the-counter aspirin, lend themselves ...
Fecal DNA methylation detects gastric and colorectal cancers
Aug 21, 2009 |
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A preliminary evaluation of methylation of two gene promoters in fecal DNA showed promise as a noninvasive method to detect colorectal and gastric cancers, according to a new study published online August 21 in the Journal of ...
Researchers discover new way men can transmit HIV to women
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 16, 2008 |
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Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered a critical new way a man can transmit the HIV virus to a woman.
The symptoms of T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Multiple lymphomatous polyposis (MLP) is an unusual form mantle cell lymphoma characterized by polyps throughout the gastrointestinal tract. Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a malignancy associated with retrovirus, ...
Scientists find why red beans and rice can be nauseating
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Aug 01, 2007 |
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People cry foul when fowl is undercooked, but what about red beans and rice? Scientists have discovered how lectins, a family of proteins believed to be a natural insecticide that is abundant in undercooked legumes and grains, ...
Unlocking the Secret of the Bladder's Bouncers
Aug 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Duke University Medical Center may have a new way to stop and even prevent the urinary tract infections (UTIs) that plague more than a third of all adults, some of them repeatedly.
U of M sets course for cure of fatal childhood skin disease
Jun 03, 2008 |
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Physicians at the University of Minnesota and University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview have set the path to a cure for a young boy's fatal genetic skin disease, recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), ...
Early HIV treatment fails to restore memory T cells
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 05, 2006 |
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Most of the body’s memory T cells vanish within weeks after a person is infected with the HIV virus. In a study from the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center and the Bernard-Nocht Institute appearing in the international open-access ...
