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Morphine may excite cancerous tumors

...tein kinase (MAPK). MAPK promotes endothelial cell multiplication and angiogenesis, or formation of new blood vessels. Angiogenesis can cause tumor growth by providing nutrients to growing tumors and by transporting cancer cells from a tumor to other parts of the body. Lead researcher Kalpna Gupta, Ph.D., from the...

An Anti-cancer Smart Bomb delivered using a Nanocell

...ancer or chemotherapy drugs to stop or destroy the multiplication of cancer cells. Alimta (pemetrexed) is a new drug recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use with Cisplatin in the treatment of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. Alimta blocks the enzymes necessary for DNA copyin...

AIDS Generic Drugs Approved by FDA for Sale in US

...ion of the virus inside the humans by stopping the multiplication of the virus. The drug is also used in combination with other anti-retroviral drugs to combat HIV infection. Generic drugs of Zidovudine was not available in US market due to strict patent laws, so the people can use only branded Zidovudine drugs, as...

AIDS Virus getting mutated for good

... virus has become less pathogenic// due to reduced multiplication rate and is now more sensitive to anti-retroviral ...ime period and found that there is a difference in multiplication as well as in the sensitivity to the drugs. The researchers though accept that their work is a preli...

Perfusion bioreactor could enhance stem cell research and application in the future

... and technical difficulties involved in growth and multiplication of the stem cells posed a significant challenge to the researchers. However, the research team successfully overcame these shortcomings to achieve the desired results.The present study may eventually pave way for significant breakthroughs in the fiel...

Self-defense Mechanism of food borne bugs found

... the bacteria is consumed with the food leading to multiplication and pathogenicity inside the stomach. Pathogenic bacteria causing food borne illness are Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella, Clostridium perfringens, Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio parahemolyticus, Listeria monocytogens and Bacillus cereus....

Novel Technique Can Enhance Stem Cell Multiplication By 30 Fold

A novel method which can aid in the multiplication of adult stem cells, yielding a 30 fold enhanced h...o develop an effective mechanism to accelerate the multiplication process following isolation from tissue. Hematopoietic stem cells (derived from fetal tissue of mice...

John Mendelsohn M.D, chosen for an International Award

...eeped in research on how growth factors impact the multiplication of cancer cells. Mendelssohn’s strengths are clinical and laboratory research and has also steered M. D. Anderson in its administration, over the last ten years. M. D. Anderson has to its credit, the acclaim of being named the top cancer hospital i...

Mouse Models To Determine The Cause Of Aggressive Leukemia

... or inactivation of both Arf genes resulted in the multiplication of leukemic cells. These cells later did not respo...ine Kinase. This causes the abnormal, uncontrolled multiplication of leukemic cells. It was also shown that by inhibiting the Bcr-Abl kinase with imatinib durable rem...

Striking a Gold Mine: H5N1 Vaccine may Serve as an Antidote for Mutants and Variants

... experienced a more significant reduction of virus multiplication than otherwise would have occurred, the researchers reported. Moreover, the infections failed to spread out of the upper respiratory tract to the lungs or brain. “These findings are especially significant because ferrets are known to be an excellen...

Susceptibility Of TB In Humans Might Be Due To Three Human Gene Variants

...e 1) that plays a significant role in limiting the multiplication of intracellular pathogens M. tuberculosis and Listeria monocytogenes inside host cells. (http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/press/ releases/press04062005.html) The Hill team then examined the closest homolog of the mouse gene Ipr1 that can be found in h...

Too Much Of Animal Protein May Lead To Cancer

...revent toxins from entering cells, lowers the cell multiplication rate and protects against the formation of toxin-DNA adducts. He also mentions that the adequate percentage of protein for body growth is 10 %. Dr. Campbell's team also found that hepatitis B virus, which is known to be a carcinogen that causes liver...

Study Finds That Brain Areas Of People With Autism Do Not Work In Coordination

...or low imagery content ("Addition, subtraction and multiplication are all math skills.") The findings confirmed that the regions of the brain associated with visualization were activated when participants with autism read both kinds of sentences, while those regions of the brain were only activated when the contr...

Treatment of SARS Still a Mystery

...ir and lopinavir showed they could slow down virus multiplication rate. However results were inconclusive in most of the studies where patients received the drugs. The study says, "The SARS virus set alarm bells ringing across the world when it first appeared. But now a major review of the effectiveness of the t...

Chikungunya Outbreak Feared in Jaipur

...l the waterlogged areas and waste heaps to prevent multiplication of mosquitoes. The health department, too, has taken strong measures to stimulate the anti-larva campaign. Across the state, 331 mobile teams have been constituted to tour 21 districts. Source-IANS...

Role of Hsp 104 in the Spread of Prion Diseases

... protein Hsp 104 is responsible for the spread and multiplication of Prion diseases. This protein breaks up groups of such infectious proteins leading to the fatal disorders of the brain. According to Serio, the protein fragmentation helped them understand the spreading of Prion diseases and their role in diseas...

Simple Blood Test may Replace Invasive Prenatal Tests

...ng the samples with formaldehyde, which led to the multiplication of DNA. This DNA was then examined for tiny variations in the sequence of the genetic material of the fetal DNA, by studying its single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs. The test was performed on 60 pregnant women. The test proved accurate in...

Fetal Heart-Cell Enzyme and Onset of Heart Failure

...involved in a pathway that controls the growth and multiplication of cells. Inpp5f is also related to tumor-suppressor genes involved in cancer. “HDAC and Inpp5f give us new targets for regulating cardiac hypertrophy,” says Epstein. “Inhibitors of HDAC may warrant testing for cardiac disease to stop the hypertro...

Figures of Dengue In Singapore On The Rise

...ease in mosquito activity ... and a higher rate of multiplication of the dengue virus in infected mosquitoes," the ministry was reported. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said the sharp rise could be caused by a different strain of the virus spreading in Singapore. So far, one man is believed to have died this ye...

Body's Defence Mechanism Against Viral Disease Discovered

...s race," said Sigal, because process of lymphocyte multiplication and migration may take several days while viruses multiply and spread quicker. The researchers say that their experiments have shown the ability of memory T cells to rapidly multiply and kill target cells inside the lymph node. "In fact we found t...

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