My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Public release date: 16-Aug-2007 BETHESDA, Md. – Scientists have shown that recently developed mouse breeds that mimic the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease (AD) may not be as…
Public release date: 16-Aug-2007 Are too many people now diagnosed as having depression? Two experts give their views in this week’s BMJ. Professor Gordon Parker, a psychiatrist from Australia says…
Public Release: 19-Aug-2007 Evidence from laboratory experiments on rats and on human colon cancer cells also suggests that anthocyanins, the compounds that give color to most red, purple…
Athens, Ga. – A new University of Georgia study finds that pectin, a type of fiber found in fruits and vegetables and used in making jams and other foods, kills…
Public release date: 20-Aug-2007 Johns Hopkins scientists have found yet another reason why you should listen to your mother when she tells you to eat your vegetables. Sulforaphane, a…
Researchers in the Department of Neuroscience at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified taste receptors in the human intestines. The taste receptor T1R3 and the taste G protein…
Public release date: 30-Jul-2007 A potential dynamic duo that may help avert sun-induced skin cancer New Brunswick, N.J. -- Regular exercise and little or no caffeine has become a popular…
Public release date: 30-Jul-2007 A single cannabis joint has the same effect on the lungs as smoking up to five cigarettes in one go, indicates research published ahead of print…
In their most recent experiments, Duke University Medical Center investigators demonstrated that exposure within the womb to bisphenol A (BPA), an ubiquitous chemical used in the production of plastics, caused…
Public release date: 30-Jul-2007 By studying mice with fractures the researchers were able to show that â-catenin-mediated gene transcription was activated in both bone and cartilage formation during fracture repair.…
Public release date: 1-Aug-2007 PHILADELPHIA – The major active component of marijuana could enhance the ability of the virus that causes Kaposi’s sarcoma to infect cells and multiply, according to…
Public Release: 1-Aug-2007 Oxford, UK, 01 August 2007 – A special issue of the journal Homeopathy, journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy and published by Elsevier, on the “Memory of…
FINDINGS: A new UCLA study shows that at least 100 of the 599 documented cigarette additives have “pharmacological” actions, many of which enhance or maintain the delivery of nicotine…
After lung and stomach cancer, liver cancer is the third largest cause of cancer deaths in the world. A new study on the relationship between coffee drinking and the risk…
Indianapolis, Ind. – August 02, 2007 - Long-term use of histamine2 receptor antagonists (H2A), one class of drugs that blocks stomach acid, may be associated with cognitive impairment in…
ST. PAUL, MN- Caffeine may help older women protect their thinking skills, according to a study published in the August 7, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the…
Researchers at Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, have discovered that deficiency of thiamine – Vitamin B1 - may be key to a range of vascular problems for people with…
Green tea could hold promise as a new treatment for skin disorders such as psoriasis and dandruff, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. Researchers studied an animal model for…
Public release date: 11-Jul-2007 ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Organic farming can yield up to three times as much food as conventional farming on the same amount of land---according to new findings which…
Public release date: 11-Jul-2007 Forty per cent of community pharmacists have dispensed an off-label drug to a child in the last month, according to research published in the July issue…
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