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Structure of TB Enzyme Points the Way to New Drugs: Study

... with these drugs, specifically their inability to destroy the bacteria in its dormant form, which is one of the reasons that resistance has emerged. The study appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....

Harnessing Immune System Power Heralds Next Era of Cancer Treatment

...ey will trigger other immune cells to seek out and destroy cancer. "Tumours avoid immune attack by convincing the immune system that they are normal, like a wolf in sheep's clothing," said Bramson. "Our strategies are designed to teach the immune system how to spot the tell-tale signs of the wolf. In thi...

First Genetically Engineered Maize Resistant to Maize Streak Virus Produced in S. Africa

...e streak viruses (MSV) are Gemini-viruses that can destroy most of a maize crop. They are endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and adjacent Indian Ocean islands where they are transmitted by leafhoppers in the genus Cicadulina. Maize can supply 50 percent of the caloric intake in sub-Saharan Africa but, in cer...

Scientists Find New Way to Kill Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria

...archers are still unsure as to how biophosphonates destroy bateria, they believe that the drugs have the potential to wipe out any E. coli carrying relaxase. "That it killed bacteria was a surprise," Dr. Redinbo, adding that by targeting these bacteria, the drugs act like birth control and prevent antibio...

New Nano-power Could Make Biopsies Sensitive and Efficient

...ily fluids. Nanoparticles have been used before to destroy diseased cells but this is the first time they have actually retrieved cells. The technique could prove advantageous for people with leukaemia, who must go through regular bone marrow biopsies to check for signs of the slow disease. "Quite ofte...

Key Mechanism to Emergence of Strep Bacteria

...y to survive neutrophil killing, but to spread and destroy tissues, as is seen in necrotizing fasciitis and other severe forms of strep infection, said Walker. The research team used genetically engineered mice expressing human plasminogen and infected them with M1T1 strep clone, discovering that the bacte...

Mother Has the Right to the Placenta, US Court Rules

...us waste. The judge ordered the hospital not to destroy the placenta, which was frozen, and ordered that it be turned over to Swanson within two weeks. When Anne Swanson gave birth to her first child in 2002, she had experienced postpartum depression, that feeling of extreme sadness that researchers bel...

Toxic Algae Pose New Health Scare in China

...kes are under renewed attack from toxic algae that destroy plant and fish life and threaten humans in the country's latest pollution scare, state media reported on Sunday . New satellite pictures of eastern China show the blue-green foul-smelling algae spreading in Taihu and Chaohu lakes, the Workers Daily n...

Scientists Trace New Pathway That may Stem Antibiotic Resistance

...ently enter cells, bind to the RNA polymerase, and destroy bacteria without inhibiting the growth of human cells. Irina Artsimovitch of Ohio State University and Robert Laudick of the University of Wisconsin collaborated with Vassylyev for carrying out the study, funded by the National Institute of General ...

Bush Again Vetoes Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bill

...ll lines are "prodcued in ways that do not create, destroy or harm human embryos." Those that follow such orders "will be eligible for federal funding," Bush said. Researchers have announced their recent success in reprogramming mouse skin cells to mimic the properties of embryonic stem cells, in an advanc...

Novel Treatment Beneficial for Colon and Liver Cancer

...he diseased body can cause it to repair itself and destroy the tumor. In addition, the researcher of the University of Navarra noted that colon cancer alone causes more than 500,000 deaths per year in the West, and currently the only effective treatment is surgery. Despite this treatment, noted the researc...

Researchers Link Bacteria Destroying Proteins to Alzheimer's Treatment

...ve provided new details about how proteins used to destroy bacteria and viruses may help treat Alzheimer's di...ts. One of the main goals of such treatments is to destroy clumps of a protein called beta amyloid, which are found in the brains of people with the disease, e...

Eating Fish Oil can Save Eyesight: Study

...y of the retina -- have proven effective, but also destroy some side vision and may have other unknown long-term effects....

Too Much of Acidic Foods can Cause Permanent Damage to Teeth

... 20 minutes before brushing the teeth so as not to destroy the weakened enamel. He also suggests eating acidic foods within five minutes, instead of snacking on them throughout the day, and eating these foods just during meal times in order to minimize the amount of time the acid is on the teeth. Also, fre...

New Engineered Drug Shows Promise in Treating Lymphocytic Leukaemia

...ly attach to the protein on the leukemia cells and destroy them. It works both by activating the cells' self-destruction and by causing a particular class of immune cells to attack them. In an animal model, the agent worked uniformly over and above the drug rituximab, now routinely used to treat chronic l...

Shisha Owners Mobilise Against July 1 Smoking Ban in England

...he shisha is part of our culture, its banning will destroy a whole community," said Ibrahim el-Nour, who heads the Edgeware Road association and coordinates the campaign to save his favourite pastime. "Mental houses and prisons will have some exemptions, why not shisha bars? Even in New York where the regu...

Recent Research Holds Wealth of Promise to Bone Marrow Patients

...aft versus host disease (GVHD) - where donor cells destroy the patients cells. GVHD negatively impacts the life of nearly 85 per cent of bone marrow transplant patients and kills almost 15 per cent. Sufferers may face acute skin infections, severe abdominal pain, and liver failure. This antibody develope...

Republican Presidential Candidates Discuss Abortion, Stem Cells as Part of First Debate

...h research if it is "not creating life in order to destroy it, as long as we're not having human cloning, and we limit it to that". Brownback voiced his opposition to the research, saying, "It's not necessary to kill a human life for us to heal people"....

Bioparasite Envisioned To Control Terror Of Fire Ants

...ir stinging bites. The massive fire ant colonies destroy crops, damage farm and electrical equipment and hasten soil erosion. Fire ants have been detected in 13 states and covering an area of 320 million acres. With no natural predators to keep them in check, fire ants have spread across the U.S., where th...

Diabetes Drug Dramatically Boosts Potency of Platinum Chemotherapy

...latin -- all commonly used chemotherapy drugs that destroy cancer cells by damaging their DNA. When non small-cell lung cancer cell lines were treated with rosizitaglone alone, there was no effect on growth. Carboplatin alone reduced growth of the cancer cells by about 60 percent. But when both drugs were ...

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