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CNIO researchers associate 2 oncogenes with the aggressiveness and incidence of leukemia in mice
20.10.2014 | Newly on Gate2Biotech
Proteins regulating cell division determine tumour growth. Ongoing clinical trials are currently studying inhibitors for two of these proteins, Cdk4 and Cdk6, targeting several types of cancer, such as breast cancer, lung cancer and leukaemia.
Mineralization of sand particles boosts microbial water filtration
17.10.2014 | Newly on Gate2Biotech
Mineral coatings on sand particles actually encourage microbial activity in the rapid sand filters that are used to treat groundwater for drinking, according to a paper published ahead of print in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. These findings resoundingly refute, for the first time, the conventional wisdom that the mineral deposits...
The dwindling stock of antibiotics, and what to do about it
16.10.2014 | Newly on Gate2Biotech
Pharmaceutical industry has withdrawn from the ‘antibiotic space.’ Is it time for research universities to step in?
No single explanation for biodiversity in Madagascar
15.10.2014 | Newly on Gate2Biotech
Climate, geography have varying effects on Madagascar's lizards, snakes, frogs
Ebola research shows rapid control interventions key factor in preventing spread
14.10.2014 | Newly on Gate2Biotech
Quick and forceful implementation of control interventions are necessary
Sobi\'s collaboration partner Biogen Idec files marketing authorisation application for Elocta(TM) (rFVIIIFc) in Europe
13.10.2014 | Newly on Gate2Biotech
Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (publ) (Sobi) announced today that Biogen Idec has submitted a Marketing Authorisation Application (MAA) for Elocta (rFVIIIFc) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Sobi has an exclusive opt-in right to assume final development and commercialisation of Elocta in Europe, Russia, the Middle East and Northern...
Sugar substitutes not so super sweet after all
8.10.2014 | Newly on Gate2Biotech
The taste of common sugar substitutes is often described as being much more intense than sugar, but participants in a recent study indicated that these non-nutritive sugar substitutes are no sweeter than the real thing, according to Penn State food scientists.
Visualizing plastic changes to the brain
7.10.2014 | Newly on Gate2Biotech
Tinnitus, migraine, epilepsy, depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's: all these are examples of diseases with neurological causes, the treatment and study of which is more and more frequently being carried out by means of magnetic stimulation of the brain. However, the method's precise mechanisms of action have not, as yet, been fully...
Dietary recommendations may be tied to increased greenhouse gas emissions
6.10.2014 | Newly on Gate2Biotech
If Americans altered their menus to conform to federal dietary recommendations, emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases tied to agricultural production could increase significantly, according to a new study by University of Michigan researchers.
Liver injury caused by herbals, dietary supplements rises in study population
3.10.2014 | Newly on Gate2Biotech
Supplements more likely than medications to lead to death or liver transplantation
