Vegetable compound could become ingredient to treating Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
"shown to reduce the number of acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells in the lab setting" - HOUSTON – (Dec. 12, 2012) – It looks like your mother was on to something…
Researchers identify tannic acid could help treat cystic fibrosis
"They found that tannic acid -- a readily available and inexpensive natural product that has been used to treat disease as far back as 1850" By screening over 2,000…
Nutritional supplement offers promise in treatment of unique form of autism
07 SEP 2012 In mice, added amino acid reduced associated epilepsy, eased neurobehavioral symptom An international team of researchers, led by scientists at the University of California, San Diego and…
Maltodextrin may contribute to an increased susceptibility to Crohn’s disease
Environmental Risk Factors for Crohn’s Disease: Maltodextrin (MDX), a Ubiquitous Dietary Additive in Western Diets, Enhances Biofilm Formation and Adhesivness of E. coli (Abstract #Tu1844) Western diets that include…
Most all ADHD drugs lack adequate studes for short and long term saftey
" The team identified 32 clinical trials on the 20 drugs. Only five trials were focused specifically on drug safety. The team calculated that each drug was tested in a median…
Experimental cancer drug reverses schizophrenia in adolescent mice
Public Release: 31-Mar-2014 Johns Hopkins researchers say that an experimental anticancer compound appears to have reversed behaviors associated with schizophrenia and restored some lost brain cell function in adolescent…
Inflammatory skin damage in mice blocked by bleach solution, Stanford study finds
Contact: Krista Conger kristac@stanford.edu 650-725-5371 Stanford University Medical Center STANFORD, Calif. — Processes that age and damage skin are impeded by dilute bleach solution, according to a new study by…
Inflammatory skin damage in mice blocked by bleach solution, Stanford study finds
Contact: Krista Conger kristac@stanford.edu 650-725-5371 Stanford University Medical Center STANFORD, Calif. — Processes that age and damage skin are impeded by dilute bleach solution, according to a new study by…
Study links intestinal bacteria to rheumatoid arthritis
Contact: Craig Andrews craig.andrews@nyumc.org 212-404-3511 NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine Findings suggest bacterial disturbances in the gut may play a role in autoimmune attacks…
Study links intestinal bacteria to rheumatoid arthritis
Contact: Craig Andrews craig.andrews@nyumc.org 212-404-3511 NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine Findings suggest bacterial disturbances in the gut may play a role in autoimmune attacks…
There’s life after radiation for brain cells
Contact: Stephanie Desmon sdesmon1@jhmi.edu 410-955-8665 Johns Hopkins Medicine Johns Hopkins researchers suggest neural stem cells may regenerate after anti-cancer treatment Scientists have long believed that healthy brain cells, once damaged…
Study finds vitamin C can kill drug-resistant TB
Contact: Kim Newman sciencenews@einstein.yu.edu 718-430-3101 Albert Einstein College of Medicine May 21, 2013 — (Bronx, NY) — In a striking, unexpected discovery, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of…
Study finds vitamin C can kill drug-resistant TB
Contact: Kim Newman sciencenews@einstein.yu.edu 718-430-3101 Albert Einstein College of Medicine May 21, 2013 — (Bronx, NY) — In a striking, unexpected discovery, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of…
Penn Study Finds that Antioxidant Found in Vegetables has Implications for Treating Cystic Fibrosis : Thiocyanate
2009 study posted for filing Thiocyanate Reduces Damage by Inflammatory Molecules in Lung, Nerve, Pancreas, and Vessel-Lining Cells PHILADELPHIA – Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of…
UCLA/Pitt scientists uncover virus with potential to stop pimples in their tracks
Contact: Elaine Schmidt eschmidt@mednet.ucla.edu 310-794-2272 University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences Going viral to kill zits Watch out, acne. Doctors soon may have a new weapon against zits: …
Understanding the brain by controlling behavior
Contact: Peter Reuell preuell@fas.harvard.edu 617-496-8070 Harvard University Using precisely-targeted lasers, researchers manipulate neurons in worms' brains and take control of their behavior In the quest to understand how the brain…
Nutritional supplement offers promise in treatment of unique form of autism
Contact: Scott LaFee slafee@ucsd.edu 619-543-6163 University of California - San Diego In mice, added amino acid reduced associated epilepsy, eased neurobehavioral symptom An international team of researchers, led by scientists…
Scientists create germ cell-supporting embryonic Sertoli-like cells from skin cells
Contact: Nicole Rura rura@wi.mit.edu 617-258-6851 Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (September 6, 2012) – Using a stepwise trans-differentiation process, Whitehead Institute researchers have turned skin cells into embryonic…
Scientists successfully awaken sleeping stem cells: ” might be possible to turn on the eye’s own resources to regenerate damaged retinas, without the need for transplanting outside retinal tissue or stem cells,”
Contact: Patti Jacobs pjacobs12@comcast.net 617-868-0077 Schepens Eye Research Institute New hope for regenerating the human retina damaged by disease or injury Boston, MA—Scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute have discovered…
Scientists create a virus that reproduces
By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY It is the stuff of science fiction and bioethical debates: The creation of artificial life. Up until now, it's largely been just that. But an…
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