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New approach could reverse liver failure


August 6th, 2012 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Aug 6 (IANS) A new approach being tried by researchers could reverse liver failure, characterised by sudden and massive death of the organ's cells, which could potentially end in ... Read more...

Posted in Health |

Small molecule may deactivate enemy of cancer-fighting p53


December 8th, 2010 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 8 (ANI): Scientists are conducting a pioneering clinical trial to test the effectiveness in leukemia of a small molecule that shuts down MDM2, a protein that can disable the well-known ... Read more...

Posted in Health Science |

How protein forces ovarian cancer cells to kill themselves


November 16th, 2008 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 16 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have found that a protein, known to inhibit the growth of ovarian cancer, works in part ... Read more...

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Foetal heart can repair itself to be fully functional by birth


October 16th, 2008 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 16 (ANI): A team of German and Aussie researchers has found that the heart can regenerate itself to such an extent that it is fully functional by birth, even ... Read more...

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