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New NSF and BBSRC Awards Will Encourage Efficient Sunlight Harvesting Methods

New NSF and BBSRC Awards Will Encourage Efficient Sunlight Harvesting Methods

Posted by on March 29, 2011 · 0 Comment

To help come up with more efficient ways to harvest sunlight through biological photosynthesis, in the United States and the United Kingdom scientists have been awarded funding totaling more than $10.3 million. The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.K. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) collaborated in issuing these jointly funded awards. Photosynthesis allows [...]
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Cancer Drug Discovered at University of Michigan heads to Clinical trials

Cancer Drug Discovered at University of Michigan heads to Clinical trials

Posted by on March 29, 2011 · 0 Comment

At-406 is a drug developed by scientists at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. This drug has the potential to treat multiple types of cancer. The drug is now in its early testing. A study, published this week in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, showed that AT-406 effectively targets proteins that block normal cell death from occurring. Blocking these proteins caused tumor cells [...]
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Marijuana Use May Hurt Intellectual Skills in multiple sclerosis Patients

Marijuana Use May Hurt Intellectual Skills in multiple sclerosis Patients

Posted by on March 29, 2011 · 1 Comment

Marijuana offers physical relief for the patients who use it. But a new study suggests that in patients of MS (multiple sclerosis) this physical relief is outweighed by the drug’s apparent negative effect on thinking skills The research was published in the March 29, 2011, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Some clinical trials have reported a mild [...]
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Scientists May Help Predict Earthquakes in Future

Scientists May Help Predict Earthquakes in Future

Posted by on March 18, 2011 · 0 Comment

An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. At a time when earthquakes are on everyone’s mind, a new study indicates that there may be help in predicting earthquakes. Underground quartz deposits worldwide may be behind earthquakes, mountain building and other continental tectonics, a discovery that may aid in predicting tremblers, [...]
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New Drug Developed To Slow Down Metabolism of Nicotine

New Drug Developed To Slow Down Metabolism of Nicotine

Posted by on March 18, 2011 · 0 Comment

Smoking as we know it is one of the worse habbits a person can have. Those who smoke don’t even want to pretend leaving it because its an additction that goes beyoud one’s mind and becomes uncontrolable. Researchers working in a research project within the Academy of Finland’s Research Programme on Substance Use and Addictions have been developing a targeted drug that could aid in [...]
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NLX-P101 Gene Therapy Reduces Movement Impairment in Parkinson’s Patients

NLX-P101 Gene Therapy Reduces Movement Impairment in Parkinson’s Patients

Posted by on March 17, 2011 · 0 Comment

A new gene therapy that is called NLX-P101 is found to dramatically reduce movement impairment in Parkinson’s patients. The approach introduces a gene into the brain to normalize chemical signaling. These findings were made by a Phase 2 study published in the journal Lancet Neurology. The study is the first successful randomized, double-blind clinical trial of a gene therapy for Parkinson’s [...]
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Stem Cells Created From Schizophrenia Patients

Stem Cells Created From Schizophrenia Patients

Posted by on March 17, 2011 · 0 Comment

Johns Hopkins researchers have created induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) using a new and improved “clean” technique. They used skin cells from adult siblings with schizophrenia and a genetic mutation linked to major mental illnesses. Reporting online February 22 in Molecular Psychiatry, the team confirms the establishment of two new lines of iPS cells with mutations in the gene [...]
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Study Suggests Marathon Runners Can Suffer Allergic Reactions

Study Suggests Marathon Runners Can Suffer Allergic Reactions

Posted by on March 17, 2011 · 4 Comments

A new study shows that one in three all runners who take part in this year’s London Marathon will suffer from allergies after the event. Post-marathon sniffles are a common complaint among runners, but they are often put down to infections taking advantage of a depleted immune system caused by the effort involved. Now, however, researchers at Northumbria University have shown how far symptoms such [...]
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