News articles tagged with 'toxicity'
New long-acting local anaesthetic derived from algae effectively blocks pain in surgical patients
— 24 Feb 2011 19:47 | HealthA U.S.-Chile collaboration is bringing surgical patients closer to having a long-acting local anaesthetic. In a randomised, double-blind trial, patients given neosaxitoxin, a new local…
Pivotal discoveries in age-related macular degeneration
— 7 Feb 2011 15:19 | HealthA team of researchers, led by University of Kentucky ophthalmologist Dr Jayakrishna Ambati, has discovered a molecular mechanism implicated in geographic atrophy, the major cause of…
NIST technique controls sizes of nanoparticle clusters for EHS studies
— 3 Feb 2011 17:24 | HealthThe same properties that make engineered nanoparticles attractive for numerous applications - small as a virus, biologically and environmentally stabile, and water-soluble - also cause…
First study of dispersants in Gulf spill suggests a prolonged deepwater fate
— 26 Jan 2011 18:22 | EnvironmentTo combat last year's Deepwater Horizon oil spill, nearly 800,000 gallons of chemical dispersant were injected directly into the oil and gas flow coming out of the wellhead nearly one…
WHO pesticide regulations should be based on toxicity in humans, not rats
— 27 Oct 2010 11:11 | HealthCurrent WHO pesticide classifications are based on toxicity in rats but basing regulation on human toxicity will make pesticide poisoning less hazardous and prevent hundreds of thousands…
Adding topotecan to standard treatment for ovarian cancer does not improve progression-free survival
— 12 Oct 2010 09:07 | HealthAdding topotecan to carboplatin plus paclitaxel, the standard treatment for ovarian cancer, does not improve progression-free survival in patients and leads to greater toxicity, according…
Fertiliser chemicals linked to animal developmental woes
— 28 Aug 2010 10:10 | EnvironmentFertiliser chemicals may pose a bigger hazard to the environment - specifically to creatures that live in water - than originally foreseen, according to new research from North Carolina…
University of Pennsylvania-led study identifies new genetic risk factor for Lou Gehrig's disease
— 26 Aug 2010 09:34 | HealthAn international study led by biologists and neuroscientists from the University of Pennsylvania has identified a new genetic risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly…
Huntington's disease discovery provides new hope for treatment
— 29 Jul 2010 10:25 | HealthAustralian scientists have identified the behaviour of the mutant protein 'huntingtin' which leads to the fatal Huntington's disease providing potential targets to treat the disease,…
Lymphoma patients with cardiovascular disease have increased risk of cardiac hospitalisation
— 3 Jul 2010 08:51 | HealthOlder patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and a history of heart disease face a high risk of hospitalisation for cardiac complications after completing treatment, according to research…