News tagged with inhibition effect
International team tracks clues to HIV
May 19, 2009 |
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Rice University's Andrew Barron and his group, working with labs in Italy, Germany and Greece, have identified specific molecules that could block the means by which the deadly virus spreads by taking away its ability to ...
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Study reveals we seek new targets during visual search, not during other visual behaviors
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 14, 2009 |
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When we look at a scene in front of us, we need to focus on the important items and be able to ignore distracting elements. Studies have suggested that inhibition of return (in which our attention is less likely to return ...
Popular arthritis drug may disrupt heart rhythm, UB research finds
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 24, 2008 |
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Celebrex, a popular arthritis drug that blocks pain by inhibiting an enzyme known as COX-2, has been shown in laboratory studies to induce arrhythmia, or irregular beating of the heart, via a novel pathway unrelated to its ...
Experimental insulin-like growth factor receptor inhibitor reduced pancreatic cancer growth
Apr 14, 2009 |
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Researchers at Amgen are testing a fully human monoclonal antibody that inhibits the activity of insulin-like growth factors (IGF-1 and IGF-2) and appears to reduce pancreatic cancer cells in early testing, according to a ...
Half of patients undergoing cerebrovascular stent placement respond poorly to clopidogrel
Feb 05, 2008 |
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A study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center, published in the February issue of the American Journal of Neuroradiology, finds that half of patients undergoing cerebrovascular stent placement did not respond well ...
Study shows how cocaine impairs fetal brain development
Jun 10, 2008 |
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Exposure of the developing brain to cocaine can cause neurological and behavioral abnormalities in babies born to mothers who use the drug during pregnancy. In a study research published in this week's PLoS Medicine, Chun-T ...
Study suggests new target for treatment of depression
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 28, 2009 |
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A brain protein involved in fear behavior and anxiety may represent a new target for depression therapies, according to a study by researchers at the University of Iowa and the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The ...
Inhibition of NF-kappa B, a key inflammatory protein, reduced radiation toxicity in zebrafish
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Directly inhibiting the activity of a key protein mediator of inflammation reduced radiation toxicity in zebrafish embryos, and may ultimately be of help to patients receiving radiation therapy, according to researchers from ...
Imaging the hypnotized brain: Neural mechanisms of suggested paralysis
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Although there is no doubt that hypnosis can impact the mind and behavior, the underlying brain mechanisms are not well understood. Now, new research provides fascinating insight into the specific neural effect of the power ...
Organometallic compounds as new drugs? Cobalt-containing aspirin complex with potential anti-tumor properties
Jan 13, 2009 |
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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 ...
Theory shows mechanism behind delayed development of antibiotic resistance
May 05, 2009 |
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Inhibiting the "drug efflux pumps" in bacteria, which function as their defence mechanisms against antibiotics, can mask the effect of mutations that have led to resistance in the form of low-affinity drug binding to target ...
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