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Investigational Diabetes Drug May Have Fewer Side Effects
7.6.2012 | Press monitoring
Drugs for type 2 diabetes can contribute to weight gain, bone fractures and cardiovascular problems, but in mice, an investigational drug appears to improve insulin sensitivity without those troublesome side effects, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown. The experimental medicine works through a...
Light-Induced Delivery of Nitric Oxide Eradicates Drug-Resistant Bacteria
6.6.2012 | Press monitoring
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed a novel approach for eradicating drug-resistant bacteria from wounds and skin infections, using light to trigger the controlled release of nitric oxide. The UCSC team developed a photoactive compound that releases nitric oxide when exposed to light, and loaded it into a porous, biocompatible material...
Producing Artificial Bones from Fish Scales
5.6.2012 | Press monitoring
Tokyo Tech's Toshiyuki Ikoma and Junzo Tanaka have developed technology for producing artificial bones from fish scales and apatite. Toshiyuki Ikoma and Junzo Tanaka have developed technology for producing artificial bones from fish scales and apatite. "Our technology enables the formation of new bone tissues within three months," says Ikoma....
Genes Predict If Medication Can Help You Quit Smoking
4.6.2012 | Press monitoring
The same gene variations that make it difficult to stop smoking also increase the likelihood that heavy smokers will respond to nicotine-replacement therapy and drugs that thwart cravings, a new study shows. The study suggests it may one day be possible to predict which patients are most likely to benefit from drug treatments for nicotine...
Allergies? Some Pollens Are Much More Aggressive Than Others
31.5.2012 | Press monitoring
There are pollens -- and there are pollens, as scientists from across Europe discovered while investigating the allergic potential of pollens from the three main triggers of hay fever in Europe: birch, grass and olive. Different people can have very different allergic reactions to a particular type of pollen, however, and as the Hialine study...
Powerful New Approach to Attack Flu Virus
30.5.2012 | Press monitoring
An international research team has manufactured a new protein that can combat deadly flu epidemics. The paper, featured on the cover of the current issue of Nature Biotechnology, demonstrates ways to use manufactured genes as antivirals, which disable key functions of the flu virus, said Tim Whitehead, assistant professor of chemical engineering...
Research Pinpoints How Plants Know When to Flower
29.5.2012 | Press monitoring
Determining the proper time to flower, important if a plant is to reproduce successfully, involves a sequence of molecular events, a plant's circadian clock and sunlight. Understanding how flowering works in the simple plant used in this study -- Arabidopsis -- should lead to a better understanding of how the same genes work in more complex...
New Type of Male Contraceptive? Key Gene Essential for Sperm Development Discovered
28.5.2012 | Press monitoring
A new type of male contraceptive could be created thanks to the discovery of a key gene essential for sperm development. The finding could lead to alternatives to the conventional male contraceptives that rely on disrupting the production of hormones, such as testosterone. These treatments can cause side-effects such as irritability, mood swings...
Olympic authorities warned of potential doping loophole
25.5.2012 | Press monitoring
Research carried out at London's Kingston University has revealed that athletes could mask illegal doping with testosterone by drinking green and white tea. A team headed by Professor Declan Naughton, from the University's School of Life Sciences, found drinking the beverages had the potential to reduce the amount of the performance-enhancing...
How plants chill out
23.5.2012 | Press monitoring
Plants elongate their stems when grown at high temperature to facilitate the cooling of their leaves, according to new research from the University of Bristol published today in Current Biology. Understanding why plants alter their architecture in response to heat is important as increasing global temperatures pose a threat to future food...
