News articles tagged with 'peroxide'
Scientists develop a hydrogen peroxide probe based on firefly luciferin
— 12 Feb 2011 19:43 | BiologyA unique new probe based on luciferase, the enzyme that gives fireflies their glow, enables researchers to monitor hydrogen peroxide levels in mice and thereby track the progression…
Zebrafish provide new hope for cancer treatment
— 15 Dec 2010 18:20 | HealthThe imaging of tumour growth in zebrafish has revealed for the first time how newly formed cancer cells have the capacity to co-opt the immune system into spreading the disease, leading…
Scientists identify 1 cause of damage in Alzheimer's disease and find a way to stop it
— 10 Nov 2010 14:19 | HealthResearchers suspect that a protein superstructure called amyloid beta is responsible for much of the neural damage of Alzheimer's disease…
Stroke gene discovered
— 22 Sep 2010 10:46 | HealthA Dutch-German medical research team led by Harald Schmidt from Maastricht University, Netherlands, and Christoph Kleinschnitz, University of Wuerzburg, Germany, has discovered that…
Tray bleaching may improve oral health of elderly, special-needs patients
— 29 Jun 2010 10:26 | HealthA tooth-bleaching agent may improve the oral health of elderly and special-needs patients, say dentists at the Medical College of Georgia and Western University of Health Sciences…
New sensor array detects single molecules for the first time
— 16 Mar 2010 02:35 | TechnologyMIT chemical engineers have built a sensor array that, for the first time, can detect single molecules of hydrogen peroxide emanating from a single living cell…
Antioxidants aren't always good for you and can impair muscle function
— 27 Jan 2010 10:46 | HealthAntioxidants increasingly have been praised for their benefits against disease and ageing, but recent studies at Kansas State University show that they also can cause harm…
Old antidepressant offers promise in treating heart failure
— 11 Jan 2010 13:52 | HealthA team of Johns Hopkins and other researchers have found in animal experiments that an antidepressant developed over 40 years ago can blunt and even reverse the muscle enlargement and…
Not just bleach: Hydrogen peroxide may tell time for living cells
— 4 Nov 2009 13:05 | BiologyIf a circadian rhythm is like an orchestra - the united expression of the rhythms of millions of cells - a common chemical may serve as the conductor, or at least as the baton…
Hydrogen peroxide marshals immune system
— 4 Jun 2009 06:05 | HealthWhen you were a kid your mom poured it on your scraped finger to stave off infection. When you got older you might have even used it to bleach your hair. Now there's another possible…