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Insect warning colors aid cancer and tropical disease drug discovery

Insect warning colors aid cancer and tropical disease drug discovery

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created Jul 08, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Brightly colored beetles or butterfly larvae nibbling on a plant may signal the presence of chemical compounds active against cancer cell lines and tropical parasitic diseases, according to researchers at ...





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Understanding a target of quinoline drugs

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The full details about the molecules and mechanisms that underlie the development of autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus erythematosus, remain to be discovered. One compound that may have a ...


Two new compounds show promise for eliminating breast cancer tumors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 19, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Two new compounds created by a University of Central Florida professor show early promise for destroying breast cancer tumors.


Researchers aim to simplify a compound that acts on alpha-tubulin to slow down the process of cell division associated with canc

Researchers aim to simplify a compound that acts on alpha-tubulin to slow down the process of cell division associated w

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research is being carried out to design and synthesise a new generation of compounds that act on the tubulin molecule, involved in cell multiplication, through a mechanism that has not yet been used in chemotherapy. ...


Researchers disrupt biochemical system involved in cancer, degenerative disease

Researchers disrupt biochemical system involved in cancer, degenerative disease

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created Jan 30, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Screening a chemical library of 200,000 compounds, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified two new classes that can be used to study and possibly manipulate a cellular pathway involved ...


Duke team finds compounds that prevent nerve damage

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 23, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Duke University Medical Center scientists have made a significant finding that could lead to better drugs for several degenerative diseases including Huntington's disease and Alzheimer's disease. Compounds that block the ...


Indoor plants found to release volatile organic compounds

Indoor plants found to release volatile organic compounds

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Potted plants add a certain aesthetic value to homes and offices, bringing a touch of nature to indoor spaces. It has also been shown that many common house plants have the ability to remove volatile organic ...


Organometallic compounds as new drugs? Cobalt-containing aspirin complex with potential anti-tumor properties

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created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Despite considerable progress in modern chemotherapy, there remains a large demand for innovative anti-tumor agents. A new approach involves modeling the pharmacological properties of established drugs with organometallic ...


Researchers reconstitute enzyme that synthesizes cholesterol drug lovastatin

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have for the first time successfully reconstituted in the laboratory the enzyme responsible for producing the blockbuster cholesterol-lowering ...


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Widespread occurrence of intersex bass found in US Rivers

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Intersex in smallmouth and largemouth basses is widespread in numerous river basins throughout the United States is the major finding of the most comprehensive and large-scale evaluation of the condition, ...


Ayurvedic nightshade deadly for dengue mosquito

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created Apr 03, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Mosquitoes responsible for spreading disease are increasingly becoming resistant to synthetic insecticides. Now research published in the online open access journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine suggests that t ...



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