Friday, February 25, 2011

Chemical compounds in trees can fight deadly staph infections in humans

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Chemical compounds in trees can fight deadly staph infections in humans
Thursday, February 24, 2011

2-Aminothiazoles as Therapeutic Leads for Prion Diseases............

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Adam Renslo, Stanley B. Prusiner (Nobel Laureate) and colleagues,  explain that prion diseases include conditions like mad cow diseas...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Allegra Approved for Over-the-Counter Sale

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Sanofi-Aventis' prescription non-drowsy antihistamine, Allegra (f exofenadine) , has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Admin...
Monday, February 14, 2011

Small Molecule c-jun-N-Terminal Kinase Inhibitors Blocks Brain Cell Destruction in Parkinson's Disease - a new hope !

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Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have produced the first known compound to show significant eff...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

Teaming broccoli with sprouts may make vegetable's anti-cancer effect twice as powerful

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Teaming broccoli with sprouts may make vegetable's anti-cancer effect twice as powerful
Monday, February 7, 2011

Tautomycetin Antibiotic Offers Potential for Anti-Cancer Activity.....

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Tautomycetin- antibiotic((1 R *,2 S *)-16-Ethyl-3,7-dihydroxy-1, 2,6,10,12-pentamethyl-5,14-dioxo- 15,17-octadecadienyl 2,5-dihydro- β -h...
Thursday, February 3, 2011

Maillard reaction is the principle contributor to the antioxidant capacity of coffee brews ......

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Food scientists at the University of British Columbia have been able to pinpoint more of the complex chemistry behind coffee's much t...
Monday, January 31, 2011

Taxol reduces cell regeneration obstacles after spinal cord injury...

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Scientists of the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Martinsried and their colleagues from the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Uni...
Sunday, January 30, 2011

Protective properties of green tea uncovered

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In continuation of my up date on the benefits of green tea ... Protective properties of green tea uncovered Ref : doi:10.1016/j.phymed.201...

Iniparib Phase III study in metastatic triple-negative breast cancer does not meet primary goal

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A randomized Phase III trial evaluating iniparib (BSI-201) in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC) did not ...
Friday, January 28, 2011

Discovery of a Biochemical Basis for Broccoli's Cancer-Fighting Ability

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In continuation of my update on broccoli and its anticancer activity ..... Fung-Lung Chung and colleagues showed in previous exper...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Small Molecules (Isoxazole derivatives) May Prevent Ebola Infection

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A new study by University of Illinois at Chicago scientists has uncovered a family of small molecules (isoxazole derivatives), whic...
Tuesday, January 25, 2011

FDA Panel Backs Amyvid (Florbetapir) Approval

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FDA approve a new chemical, Florbetapir , E )-4-(2-(6-(2-(2-(2-([ 18 F]-fluoroethoxy)ethoxy)ethoxy)- pyridin-3-yl)vinyl)- N -methyl be...
Friday, January 21, 2011

First drug to treat Fragile X?

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First drug to treat Fragile X?
Monday, January 17, 2011

Bioactive Compounds (anthocyanins) in Berries Can Reduce High Blood Pressure

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We have already seen the benefits of anthocyanins , and also how useful the blue berries are. Now the researchers from University ...