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The mode of action of certain toxins that accumulate in seafood

The mode of action of certain toxins that accumulate in seafood

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created 18 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Toxins released by certain microalgae can contaminate fish and shellfish which then become toxic to humans. French researchers from CNRS and CEA have, for the first time, identified the mechanisms of action ...


Explained: Radiative forcing

Explained: Radiative forcing

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 22 hours ago | popularity 3.4 / 5 (11) | comments 21

When people talk about global warming or the greenhouse effect, the main underlying scientific concept that describes the process is radiative forcing. And despite all the recent controversy over leaked emails ...


Researchers find cancer-fighting properties in papaya tea

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

(PhysOrg.com) -- The humble papaya is gaining credibility in Western medicine for anticancer powers that folk cultures have recognized for generations.


Grandfathered drug for high potassium has no proven benefit

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For more than half a century, products containing ion exchange resins have been used in patients with dangerously high levels of potassium. However, there is no convincing evidence that these products are actually effective, ...


Spotlight on rare tumors in hunt for new cancer treatments

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 08, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New breakthrough treatments for the most common cancers could soon come from cutting-edge research into some of the world's rarest tumors.


New ways to disarm deadly South American hemorrhagic fever viruses

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New World hemorrhagic fevers are emerging infectious diseases found in South America that can cause terrible, Ebola-like symptoms. Current treatments are expensive and only partially effective.


Scientists narrow down origins of malaria

Scientists narrow down origins of malaria

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 05, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

(PhysOrg.com) -- From King Tut to Alexander the Great to Mother Theresa, the mosquito-borne illness malaria has long been a menace to human civilization. Now, an international team of scientists, including ...


The Key that Fits: New Technique To Trace Disease-Related Agents

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the development of new drugs, photoaffinity labels (PALs) are a versatile tool to investigate the interaction between a receptor and a drug or a ligand. Researchers working with Stephanie Grond at the ...


Study identifies key cause of chronic leukemia progression

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 04, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers have discovered a key reason why a form of leukemia progresses from its more-treatable chronic phase to a life-threatening phase called blast crisis.


Researchers discover gene that affects susceptibility to TB and clues to how it works

Researchers discover gene that affects susceptibility to TB and clues to how it works

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

University of Washington (UW) researchers have identified a gene involved in susceptibility and resistance to tuberculosis. This same gene, they have found, has a role in the severity of leprosy, which is ...



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