News tagged with synergistic effect
Addition of dasatinib to standard chemo cocktail may enhance effect in certain ovarian cancers
Apr 19, 2009 |
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The addition of a chemotherapeutic drug for leukemia to a standard regimen of two other chemotherapy drugs appears to enhance the response of certain ovarian cancers to treatment, according to a pre-clinical study led by ...
A safe, well-tolerated, and effective treatment for metastatic esophageal cancer
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Metastatic esophageal squamous cell cancer has very poor prognosis. Conventional surgery is considered the most effective treatment, but many cases are inoperable at the time of diagnosis.
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Silencing of molecular 'conversation' may help curb severe allergies
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Scientists in Sydney have identified a process, a synergistic encounter between two molecules, that may account for the extreme allergic reactions some people experience. By silencing at least one of these molecules, it may ...
Exposure to both traffic, indoor pollutants puts some kids at higher risk for asthma later
Nov 24, 2009 |
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New research presents strong evidence that the "synergistic" effect of early-life exposure to both outdoor traffic-related pollution and indoor endotoxin causes more harm to developing lungs than one or the other exposure ...
Procedure developed at Yale creates new bone
Feb 14, 2008 |
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A new technique that combines bone marrow removal and injection of a hormone helps promote rapid formation of new bone at targeted locations in the body, it was reported by Yale School of Medicine this month in Tissue En ...
Revealing new applications for carbon nanomaterials in hydrogen storage
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 12, 2009 |
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An international research team, involving Professor Rajeev Ahuja at Uppsala University and researchers in the USA, set out to understand the mechanism behind the catalytic effects of carbon nanomaterials. Experimental and ...
Iron overload: An important co-factor in the development of liver disease in alcoholics
Feb 17, 2009 |
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Alcohol and iron are believed to have a synergistic effect in the development of liver injury. Furthermore, alcohol enhances iron absorption. Primary hemochromatosis is a genetic disorder, mostly resulting from mutations ...
New treatment therapy helps inhibit hepatitis C
Jul 31, 2008 |
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Two new studies examine the use of the nucleoside polymerase inhibitor, R1626, to the standard therapy for hepatitis C. The reports appear in the August issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons on beh ...
Marijuana smoking increases risk of COPD for tobacco smokers
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Smoking both tobacco and marijuana increases the risk of respiratory symptoms and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), found a study in CMAJ http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg814.pdf. Smoking only marijuana, however, was not associa ...
Gold nanoparticles for controlled drug delivery
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using tiny gold particles and infrared light, MIT researchers have developed a drug-delivery system that allows multiple drugs to be released in a controlled fashion.
HIV infection and chronic drinking have a synergistic, damaging effect on the brain
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 23, 2009 |
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More than half of clinic patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) report they also drink heavily. While highly active antiretroviral therapy has helped to reduce HIV-related cognitive and motor deficits, ...
Exposure to lead, tobacco smoke raises risk of ADHD
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Children exposed prenatally to tobacco smoke and during childhood to lead face a particularly high risk for ADHD, according to research done at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
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