News tagged with licorice
Licorice may block effectiveness of drug widely used by transplant patients
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Chemists in Taiwan are reporting that an ingredient in licorice — widely used in various foods and herbal medicines — appears to block the absorption of cyclosporine, a drug used by transplant patients to prevent organ rejection. ...
Injections of licorice ingredient show promise as treatment for cocaine addiction
Feb 20, 2009 |
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An ingredient in licorice shows promise as an antidote for the toxic effects of cocaine abuse, including deadly overdoses of the highly addictive drug, researchers in Korea and Pennsylvania are reporting. Their study is in ...
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Licorice compound offers new cancer prevention strategy
Mar 23, 2009 |
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A chemical component of licorice may offer a new approach to preventing colorectal cancer without the adverse side effects of other preventive therapies, Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers report.
Enjoy candy without the cavities thanks to a UCLA professor of dentistry
Jan 29, 2008 |
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What Willy Wonka did for chocolate, UCLA microbiologist Wenyuan Shi is doing for lollipops.
A faster test for the food protein that triggers celiac disease
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Nov 17, 2008 |
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Researchers in Spain and the United Kingdom are reporting development of a faster test for identifying the food protein that triggers celiac disease, a difficult-to-diagnose digestive disease involving the inability to digest ...
Motorola Announces MOTO W7 Active Edition With Gesture Controls
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 11, 2009 |
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Shake things up with MOTO W7 Active Edition, a motion-enabled 3G mobile device announced today by Motorola. Designed for those who want a "moving" phone experience, MOTO W7 is equipped with an accelerometer ...
Brane trust: tunneling and stringy physics
Oct 30, 2007 |
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“As is often the case in science, everybody contributes their piece, forming a complete picture only after years hard work,” Amanda Weltman tells PhysOrg.com. Weltman, a scientist at the University of Cape Town and at Cam ...
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