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First compound for receptors in schizophrenia and Alzheimer's holds promise
Apr 20, 2009 |
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For almost 20 years, pharmacological companies have known that certain compounds that activate two specific CNS receptors, causing them to release the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, are effective in treating the cognitive ...
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Teaching an old drug new tricks
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Jan 30, 2009 |
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A century-old drug that failed in its original intent to treat tuberculosis but has worked well as an antileprosy medicine now holds new promise as a potential therapy for multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases.
P[acman]-generated fruit fly gene 'library': A new research tool
May 24, 2009 |
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(May 24, 2009) -- Using a specially adapted tool called P[acman], a collaboration of researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine has established a library of clones that cover most of the genome of Drosophila melanogaster (fruit ...
Tomato stands firm in face of fungus
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May 09, 2008 |
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Scientists at the University of Amsterdam have discovered how to keep one’s tomatoes from wilting – the answer lies at the molecular level. The story of how the plant beat the pathogen, and what it means for combating other ...
Tracing resistance to the antimalarial drug sulfadoxine across Africa
Apr 14, 2009 |
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In research published in PLoS Medicine, Cally Roper of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and colleagues use genetic analyses to trace the emergence and dispersal of drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Af ...
1930s drug slows tumor growth
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Nov 06, 2009 |
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Drugs sometimes have beneficial side effects. A glaucoma treatment causes luscious eyelashes. A blood pressure drug also aids those with a rare genetic disease. The newest surprise discovered by researchers at the Johns ...
Assembling the jigsaw puzzle of drug addiction
Jan 05, 2008 |
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Using an integrative meta-analysis approach, researchers from the Center for Bioinformatics at Peking University in Beijing have assembled the most comprehensive gene atlas underlying drug addiction and identified five molecular ...
Understanding a target of quinoline drugs
Apr 28, 2009 |
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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 ...
Probing and Controlling 'Molecular Rattling' May Mean Better Preservatives
Feb 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For centuries, people have preserved fruit by mixing it with sugar, making thick jams that last for months without spoiling. Now scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...
Two distinct molecular pathways can make regulatory immune cells
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Finding a way to bypass the molecular events involved in autoimmunity - where the body's immune system mounts a self-directed attack - could lead to new treatments for autoimmune disorders and chronic infections. A study ...
Computer simulations point to key molecular basis of cystic fibrosis
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Mar 01, 2008 |
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Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have identified a key molecular mechanism that may account for the development of cystic fibrosis, which about 1 in 3000 children are born with in the US every ...
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