We know that Botulinum toxin is a medication and a neurotoxic protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum , and is held to b...

In laboratory testing, the triple combination of oseltamivir (Tamiflu), amantadine (Symmetrel) and ribavirin showed a significant capacity t...

The newfound gene, dubbed KIAA1212, serves as a bridge linking two schizophrenia genes: DISC1 and AKT. Suspecting KIAA1212 as one of many po...

Minocycline hydrochloride , also known as minocycline (right structure), is a broad spectrum tetracycline antibiotic , and has a broader spe...

The mosquitoes can also be our allies in the fight against this common foe malaria. This article is interesting because of its basis i.e., m...

I studied about the pheromones when I was doing my post graduation and the professor, who taught us has worked with Dr. H.C. Brown (Nobel ...

Naked mole rats may help cure cancer - health - 22 September 2009 - New Scientist Shared via AddThis

FDA, has approved Valturna (valsartan & aliskiren respective structures above ) tablets, the first and only medicine to target two key p...

A common plant called American mayapple (see the picture) may soon offer an alternative to an Asian cousin that's been harvested...

We know that ozone, the main component of air pollution or smog, is a highly reactive, colorless gas formed when oxygen reacts with other ch...

As for as my knowledge goes "Interferons" - (glycoproteins - natural cell-signaling proteins produced by the cells of the immune s...

                As for my knowledge goes,  'Tigecycline'  is being used  as  drug for the antibiotic resistant strain ' Staphylo...

                As for my knowledge goes,  ' Tigecycline '  is being used  as  drug for the antibiotic resistant strain ' Staphy...

Entomologists at the University of California, Riverside ( Anandasankar Ray, an assistant professor in the Department of Entomology, and Ste...

Polyphenol content in fruits usually refers to extractable polyphenols, but a Spanish scientist working at the Institute of Food Research in...

I have seen people who had kidney failure and how its difficult to get dailysis & to mentain the sterile conditions to avoid infections....

Mini-magnet test makes things sticky for TB - tech - 07 August 2009 - New Scientist Shared via AddThis

When I read this article, went back to my research days (1993-1998). We did prepare some triazoles, oxadiazoles, thiadiazoles and th...

Melatonin, N-(2-(5-methoxy-1H- indol-3-yl)ethyl)acetamide ) is a hormone found in all living creatures. It is naturally syn...

We know that BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guérin) is a live but weakened form of a bacterium, M. bovis, which causes tuberculosis in cattle. It is ...