News articles tagged with 'drug' (Page 193)
Researchers uncover key trigger for potent cancer-fighting marine product
— 5 Jan 2008 15:01 | HealthAn unexpected discovery in marine biomedical laboratories at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has led to new, key information about the fundamental biological processes…
Study finds most TV prescription drug ads minimise risk information
— 4 Jan 2008 13:52 | HealthPrescription drug ads on television first hit the airwaves just over a decade ago, but a new University of Georgia study finds that most of them still do not present a fair balance…
Preventing adverse drug events in older adults
— 2 Jan 2008 18:10 | HealthAdverse drug events are more common in older adults because they are prescribed more drugs and are effected differently by these drugs than their younger counterparts…
Purified wastewater from hospitals
— 4 Dec 2007 18:05 | EnvironmentHospital wastewater is contaminated with drugs that can pollute the environment. A newly developed system deals with the problem at source, directly treating and purifying wastewater…
Researchers outline structure of largest non-virus particle ever crystallised
— 27 Nov 2007 07:19 | BiologyResearchers at UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have modelled the structure of the largest…
Scientists zero in on the cellular machinery that enables neurones to fire
— 14 Nov 2007 19:16 | BiologyIf you ever had a set of Micronauts - toy robots with removable body parts - you probably had fun swapping their heads, imagining how it would affect their behaviour. Scientists supported…
Drug dramatically increases lifespan in nematodes
— 31 Oct 2007 09:30 | BiologyNematode worms treated with lithium show a 46 percent increase in lifespan, raising the tantalising question of whether humans taking the mood affecting drug are also taking an anti-ageing…
Nanoballs deliver drugs
— 24 Oct 2007 21:08 | PhysicsDutch researcher Cristianne Rijcken has developed a new type of biodegradable nanoparticle. The spherical structures can encapsulate various fat-soluble medicines, which makes it easier…
First high-res 3-D structures of mammalian HSP90 protein solved
— 13 Oct 2007 11:48 | ChemistryDr Dan Gewirth, Hauptman-Woodward senior research scientist, has just solved the structure of the first mammalian GRP94 protein implicated in immune diseases such as sepsis, AIDS and…