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Key Pathway to Stop Dangerous, out-of-Control Inflammation Discovered
April 9, 2013 A potential new strategy to developing new drugs to control inflammation without serious side effects has been found by Georgia State University researchers and international ... > full story -
Two-Drug Combo More Effective in Treating Sarcomas
April 9, 2013 Researchers have found that when given together, a two-drug combination acts synergistically in test animals modeled with sarcoma tumors. They report that the drug combination of MK-1775 and ... > full story -
RNA Interference Drug Demonstrated Activity and Safety in Phase I Trial
April 9, 2013 Early results from a phase I, first in-human study indicate that a potential new class of drugs, RNA interference (RNAi) drugs, can be safely administered in humans, according to new ... > full story -
Surf's Up: Turbulence Tells Sea Urchins to Settle Down
April 9, 2013 Tumbling in the waves as they hit a rocky shore tells purple sea urchin larvae it's time to settle down and look for a spot to grow into an adult, researchers at have ... > full story -
Excess Estrogen in Pregnancy Can Silence BRCA1 in Daughters, Increasing Breast Cancer Risk
April 9, 2013 Excess estrogen levels during pregnancy can disable, in their daughters, a powerful breast cancer tumor suppressor gene, say researchers. They found the DNA repair gene BRCA1 to be silenced in one ... > full story -
Measuring Microbes Makes Wetland Health Monitoring More Affordable, Says Researcher
April 9, 2013 Tiny, unseen wetland creatures provided crucial indicators of the ecosystems' health in a new study. Using analysis of the microbiological health of wetlands is cheaper and faster than traditional ... > full story -
Blockade of Pathogen's Metabolism
April 9, 2013 In the search for new antibiotics, researchers are taking an unusual approach: They are developing peptides, short chains of protein building blocks that effectively inhibit a key enzyme of bacterial ... > full story -
Scientists Seek Sea Urchin's Secret to Surviving Ocean Acidification
April 9, 2013 Ocean research reveals rapid evolutionary adaptations to a changing climate. Genetic variation is the key to this ability to deal with higher ... > full story -
First Genetic Factor in Prostate Cancer Prognosis Identified
April 9, 2013 Patients with prostate cancer and hereditary mutations in the BRCA2 gene have a worse prognosis and lower survival rates than do the rest of the patients with the ... > full story -
Der Steppenworm? Two New Species Differ from the Elusive 'Mongolian Death Worm'
April 9, 2013 Scientists have discovered the first proper earthworms from the Outer Mongolian steppes. Although the two new species don't have the deadly biology of the legendary olgoi-khorkhoi, 'Mongolian Death ... > full story
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