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Drug Reverses Alzheimer's Disease Deficits in Mice
An anti-cancer drug reverses
memory deficits in an
Alzheimer's disease mouse
model, new research shows.
The article reviewed
previously published
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Chemists Find New Compounds to Curb Staph Infection
In an age when microbial
pathogens are growing
increasingly resistant to
the conventional antibiotics
used to tamp down infection,
scientists have synthesized
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Promising New Approach to Treatment of Lung Cancer
Researchers have developed a
new drug delivery system
that allows inhalation of
chemotherapeutic drugs to
help treat lung cancer, and
in laboratory and animal
... > full story
Slowing the Aging Process -- Only With Antibiotics
Scientists reveal the
mechanism responsible for
aging hidden deep within
mitochondria -- and
dramatically slow it down in
worms by administering
... > full story
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Research Identifies a Way to Make Cancer Cells More Responsive to Chemotherapy
May 23, 2013 — Breast cancer characterized as "triple negative" carries a poor prognosis, with limited treatment options. In some cases, chemotherapy doesn't kill the cancer cells the way it's supposed to. New ... > full story -
Scientists Discover How Rapamycin Slows Cell Growth
May 23, 2013 — University of Montreal researchers have discovered a novel molecular mechanism that can potentially slow the progression of some cancers and other diseases of abnormal growth. In the May 23 edition ... > full story -
New Screening Approach Uncovers Potential Alternative Drug Therapies for Neuroblastoma
May 23, 2013 — Nearly two-thirds of patients with high-risk neuroblastoma -- a common tumor that forms in the nerve cells of children -- cannot be cured using tumor-killing cancer drugs. A new study reveals a new ... > full story -
Multiple Research Teams Unable to Confirm High-Profile Alzheimer's Study
May 23, 2013 — Teams of highly respected Alzheimer’s researchers failed to replicate what appeared to be breakthrough results for the treatment of this brain disease when they were published last year in the ... > full story -
Boosting Body's Natural Flu Killers as Way to Offset Virus Mutation Problem
May 23, 2013 — The known difficulty in fighting influenza (flu) is the ability of the flu viruses to mutate and thus evade various medications that were previously found to be effective. Researchers at the Hebrew ... > full story -
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Breakthrough on Huntington's Disease
May 23, 2013 — Researchers have succeeded in preventing very early symptoms of Huntington’s disease, depression and anxiety, by deactivating the mutated huntingtin protein in the brains of ... > full story -
Overcoming Resistance to Anti-Cancer Drugs by Targeting Cell 'Powerhouses'
May 22, 2013 — Re-routing anti-cancer drugs to the "power plants" that make energy to keep cells alive is a promising but long-neglected approach to preventing emergence of the drug-resistant forms of cancer -- ... > full story -
Enzyme-Activating Antibodies Revealed as Marker for Most Severe Form of Rheumatoid Arthritis
May 22, 2013 — In a series of lab experiments designed to unravel the workings of a key enzyme widely considered a possible trigger of rheumatoid arthritis, researchers have found that in the most severe cases of ... > full story -
Fast New, One-Step Genetic Engineering Technology
May 22, 2013 — A new, streamlined approach to genetic engineering drastically reduces the time and effort needed to insert new genes into bacteria, the workhorses of biotechnology, scientists are reporting. The ... > full story -
Study Details Genes That Control Whether Tumors Adapt or Die When Faced With P53 Activating Drugs
May 22, 2013 — When turned on, the gene p53 turns off cancer. However, when existing drugs boost p53, only a few tumors die -- the rest resist the challenge. A new study shows how: tumors that live even in the face ... > full story
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