New faster technique to gauge health risk from chemicals
December 27th, 2011 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 27 (IANS) Nearly 80,000 industrial chemicals are in use and about 700 new chemicals are introduced annually in the US, according to the US Government Accountability Office. A ... Read more...
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Sugary way to stave off heart disease
December 6th, 2011 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Dec 6 (IANS) Mary Poppins was right when she said that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down -- scientists have now stumbled upon a sugary way ... Read more...
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Computer system promises cancer breakthroughs
November 20th, 2011 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 20 (IANS) A computer system that can read scientific treatises just like humans promises potential breakthroughs in cancer research.
Called CRAB, it can trawl through millions of scientific ... Read more...
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A stem cell cure for bald pates
December 20th, 2010 - 1:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 20 (IANS) Scientists may be close to creating a cure for baldness, following a stem cell breakthrough.Researchers at the Berlin Technical University in Germany have grown the world's first artificial ... Read more...
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Daffodils may harbour brain cancer cure
November 2nd, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 02 (ANI): Scientists have discovered narciclasine, a natural compound found in daffodil bulbs, may be a powerful therapeutic against biologically aggressive forms of human brain cancers."We are planning to move ... Read more...
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Drought-tolerant crops move closer to becoming reality
August 26th, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 26 (ANI): Scientists have made a significant advance on the discovery last year by the University of California, Riverside's Sean Cutler of pyrabactin, a synthetic chemical that mimics a naturally ... Read more...
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Scottish scientists successfully make superbugs explode and die
August 29th, 2008 - 3:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 29 (ANI): In a breakthrough study, Scottish scientists have identified a chink in the protective shield of deadly superbugs that can make the bacteria explode and die.The scientists from ... Read more...
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Mini drug-producing biofactories built in yeast
August 17th, 2008 - 3:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 17 (ANI): California Institute of Technology scientists in the U.S. say that mini biofactories in yeast may be useful for churning out large quantities of drugs, including antiplaque toothpaste ... Read more...
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Researchers convert yeast into vital drug producing factories
August 16th, 2008 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 16 (IANS) Researchers have successfully converted yeast into a mini factory for churning out vital drugs, including anti-plaque toothpaste additives, antibiotics, nicotine, and even morphine. Christina D. Smolke, assistant professor ... Read more...
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