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Structure mediating spread of antibiotic resistance identified

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists have identified the structure of a key component of the bacteria behind such diseases as whooping cough, peptic stomach ulcers and Legionnaires' disease. The research, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Biotechnology ...





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Bioinformatics sheds light on evolutionary origin of Rickettsia virulence genes

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech, the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and the University of Louisville have revealed that genes for a specific type of molecular secretion ...


Scientists get up close to bacteria's toxic pumps

Scientists get up close to bacteria's toxic pumps

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists are building a clearer image of the machinery employed by bacteria to spread antibiotic resistance or cause diseases such as whooping cough, peptic stomach ulcers and legionnaires' disease.


Researchers discover mechanism of insulin production that can lead to better treatment for diabetes

Researchers discover mechanism of insulin production that can lead to better treatment for diabetes

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How a specific gene within the pancreas affects secretion of insulin has been discovered by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in collaboration with Japanese and American universities. Their ...


Gold Nanoparticles Delivery Platinum Warheads to Tumors

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cisplatin is one of the most powerful and effective drugs for treating a wide variety of cancers, but serious side effects ultimately limit the drug's use and effectiveness. Now, however, researchers have ...


New strategy improves stem cell recruitment, heart function and survival after heart injury

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created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study in mice shows that a dual therapy can lead to generation of new blood vessels and improved cardiac function following a heart attack. The research, published by Cell Press in the April 3rd issue of the journal ...


Special protein helps maintain an efficient brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The instruction manual for maintaining an efficient brain may soon include a section on synaptotagmin-IV (Syt-IV), a protein known to influence learning and memory, thanks to a study by UW-Madison researchers.


Bone-cell control of energy generation is regulated by the protein Atf4

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created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bone cells known as osteoblasts were recently shown to have a role in controlling the biochemical reactions that generate energy via secretion of the molecule osteocalcin. Gerard Karsenty and colleagues, at Columbia University ...


MRI may help physicians diagnose, stage and treat diabetes

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Noninvasive imaging (MRI) may aid physicians in the early diagnosis, staging and treatment of diabetes, according to a study performed at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. This is the ...


Researchers Find no Adjustment Method Fully Resolves Confounding by Indication

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston University School of Public Health have found that no adjustment method fully resolves confounding by indication in observational studies, ...


Ketamine reduces suicidality in depressed patients

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Drug treatment options for depression can take weeks for the beneficial effects to emerge, which is clearly inadequate for those at immediate risk of suicide. However, intravenous (IV) ketamine, a drug previously used as ...



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