Prebiotic helps lower colon cancer risk: study
May 4th, 2012 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 4 (IANS) A prebiotic has shown promise in helping the body's own natural killer cells fight bacterial infection and lower colon cancer risk, a study says.
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Synthetic compound may lead to drugs to fight pancreatic, lung cancer
March 10th, 2011 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 10 (ANI): Scientists have uncovered a chemical compound that may eventually lead to a drug that fights cancers that are dependent on a particular anti-viral enzyme for growth.Researchers at UT ... Read more...
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New synthetic compound shows promise in fighting HIV
January 19th, 2011 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 19 (ANI): Researchers at Scripps Research Institute have created a new synthetic compound using natural Japanese-plant compounds as starting point, which has shown great promise in inhibiting replication of HIV ... Read more...
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How progesterone and estrogen increase breast cancer risk
January 19th, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 19 (ANI): Scientists have discovered how the hormones progesterone and estrogen interact to increase cell growth in normal mammary cells and mammary cancers.The novel finding may explain why postmenopausal women ... Read more...
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Soon, drug to stop memory loss
October 13th, 2010 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 13 (ANI): Scottish researchers have come up with a new treatment, which could be used to improve memory and mental performance in older people.Scientists at the University of Edinburgh say ... Read more...
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Novel treatment for pain in sickle cell disease identified
July 23rd, 2010 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 23 (ANI): A research team, led by an Indian-origin boffin, has found that cannibinoids offer a novel approach to ease the chronic and acute pain caused by sickle cell disease ... Read more...
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Anti-leprosy drug promising as therapy for auto-immune diseases
January 31st, 2009 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) A century-old drug that failed to treat tuberculosis but has worked well as anti-leprosy medicine holds promise as potential therapy for multiple sclerosis and other auto-immune diseases, says ... Read more...
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How cheating ants get caught red-handed
January 9th, 2009 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 9 (ANI): While workers in ant society are known to physically restrain their peers from cheating the queen by having their own offspring, scientists have for the first time ... Read more...
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DEETs stink secret behind mosquito repellent success
August 19th, 2008 - 5:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 19 (ANI): DEET, the widely used mosquito repellent, does not block the insects'' sense of smell but simply stinks to them, according to researchers at the University of California, ... Read more...
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Re-purposed Malaysian folk medication reduces resistance to chemotherapy
June 28th, 2008 - 3:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington , June 28 (ANI): A re-purposed Malaysian folk medication has the potential to reduce resistance to chemotherapy agents used to treat cancer, said researchers from McGill University s Faculty of ... Read more...
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Scientists discover compound that prevents cancer in lab
May 14th, 2008 - 1:08 pm ICT by admin
Washington , May 14 (ANI): While researching new ways to stop the progression of cancer, scientists at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have identified a compound that has the ... Read more...
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Synthetic compound kills lung-cancer cells, tumours
November 14th, 2007 - 10:37 am ICT by admin
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