News articles tagged with 'compound'
Common herbal medicine may prevent acetaminophen-related liver damage
— 18 Nov 2009 11:05 | HealthA well-known Eastern medicine supplement may help avoid the most common cause of liver transplantation, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.... — full story
UCI researchers create compound that boosts anti-inflammatory fat levels
— 17 Nov 2009 15:29 | HealthUC Irvine pharmacology researchers have discovered a way to boost levels of a natural body fat that helps decrease inflammation, pointing to possible new treatments for allergies, illnesses... — full story
Accidental discovery produces durable new blue pigment for multiple applications
— 17 Nov 2009 14:24 | ChemistryAn accidental discovery in a laboratory at Oregon State University has apparently solved a quest that over thousands of years has absorbed the energies of ancient Egyptians, the Han... — full story
CSHL team solves structure of NMDA receptor unit that could be drug target for neurological diseases
— 13 Nov 2009 14:34 | HealthA team of scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) reports on Thursday their success in solving the molecular structure of a key portion of a cellular receptor implicated... — full story
Telling an old book by its smell: Aroma hints at ways of preserving treasured documents
— 11 Nov 2009 12:53 | ChemistryScientists may not be able to tell a good book by its cover, but they now can tell the condition of an old book by its odour. In a report published in the American Chemical Society's... — full story
New transparent insulating film could enable energy-efficient displays
— 10 Nov 2009 16:10 | TechnologyJohns Hopkins materials scientists have found a new use for a chemical compound that has traditionally been viewed as an electrical conductor, a substance that allows electricity to... — full story
Possible help in fight against muscle-wasting disease
— 8 Nov 2009 11:38 | HealthA compound already used to treat pneumonia could become a new therapy for an inherited muscular wasting disease, according to researchers at the University of Oregon and the University... — full story
ISU researchers' findings bring hope for possible Parkinson's disease cure
— 4 Nov 2009 13:54 | HealthResearchers at Iowa State University have found an essential key to possibly cure Parkinson's disease and are looking for others... — full story
UCLA researchers reconstitute enzyme that synthesises cholesterol drug lovastatin
— 4 Nov 2009 13:21 | HealthResearchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have for the first time successfully reconstituted in the laboratory the enzyme responsible for producing... — full story
Pitt, US Army team designs new strategy to find drugs to treat neglected infection
— 3 Nov 2009 09:49 | HealthUsing an unconventional approach that they designed, University of Pittsburgh drug discoverers and their collaborators at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research have identified compounds... — full story