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Common herbicides and fibrates block nutrient-sensing receptor found in gut and pancreas

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

According to new research from the Monell Center and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, certain common herbicides and lipid-lowering fibrate drugs act in humans to block T1R3, a nutrient-sensing taste receptor also present ...


New tracer for better melanoma image

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Australian research published this week in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Medicinal Chemistry describes a new radiopharmaceutical tracer that promises to give clearer pictures of melanoma and could lead t ...


Fine-tuning an anti-cancer drug

Fine-tuning an anti-cancer drug

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cancer remains a deadly threat despite the best efforts of science. New hopes were raised a few years ago with the discovery that the uncontrolled growth of cancer cells could be thwarted by blocking the action ...


Once-a-month pill for both fleas and ticks in Fido and Fluffy

Once-a-month pill for both fleas and ticks in Fido and Fluffy

Chemistry / Other

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Scientists in New Jersey are describing discovery and successful tests of the first once-a-month pill for controlling both fleas and ticks in domestic dogs and cats. Their study is in the current issue of ...


Researchers develop new platinum-based anti-tumor compound

Chemistry /

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers in the Department of Chemistry at Wake Forest University in collaboration with colleagues at the Wake Forest University Health Sciences Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a new class of platinum-based ...