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Designing probiotics that ambush gut pathogens

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers in Australia are developing diversionary tactics to fool disease-causing bacteria in the gut. Many bacteria, including those responsible for major gut infections, such as cholera, produce toxins that damage human ...


Trial shows promise for arthritis drug

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A clinical trial of masitinib, a drug in development for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, has shown it to be well tolerated and effective. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Arthritis Research an ...


Dietary fats trigger long-term memory formation

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Having strong memories of that rich, delicious dessert you ate last night? If so, you shouldn't feel like a glutton. It's only natural.


Glaxo seeks OK to expand breast cancer drug use

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- GlaxoSmithKline PLC on Wednesday applied for approval in the U.S. and Europe to sell an existing breast-cancer drug as a first-line treatment.


Life under the laser

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 22, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Researchers at The University of Nottingham have developed a unique technology that will allow scientists to look at microscopic activity within the body's chemical messenger system for the very first time, live as it happens.