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Heart test may detect death risk

...ioplasty, a new study shows.// Blood levels of the enzyme creatine kinase-MB rise after a heart attack. The rise indicates injury to the heart muscle. Measuring CK-MB is a standard diagnostic test for heart attacks. Foundation in Ohio found people with CK-MB levels more than five times higher than normal ...

Multiple organ disease cured by genes

...Sachs disease and Gaucher disease. MPS involves an enzyme defect, leading to blindness, heart disease, and loss of mobility. Most humans with MPS die in childhood. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have carried out the first ever gene therapy for MPS in dogs born with the disease. This introd...

A new discovery about Acetaminophen

According to a new enzyme which is discovered, may interpret the reasons for acetaminophen acting differently from other painkillers. //Acetaminophen (paracetamol in the UK) is known to relieve pain and fever, but not inflammation. Whereas aspirin and ibuprofen tackle inflamm...

A new discovery about Acetaminophen

According to a new enzyme which is discovered, may interpret the reasons for acetaminophen acting differently from other painkillers. //Acetaminophen (paracetamol in the UK) is known to relieve pain and fever, but not inflammation. Whereas aspirin and ibuprofen tackle inflamm...

Inflammation may help battle infection in gums

...dvanced gum disease had sharply lower levels of an enzyme called platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH), which breaks down PAF and limits gum inflammation. This PAF or platelet-activating factor is a bio-fat which accumulates in the gums of people with chronic gum disease. The significance of ...

New Cholesterol gene linked to Alzheimer's

...he gene, which is involved in the production of an enzyme that helps break down excess cholesterol in the brain, may result in the buildup of cholesterol and a gummy protein// called beta amyloid, in the brain. Earlier studies have shown that elevated cholesterol levels may raise the risk of Alzheimer's. T...

Green tea beneficial in preventing osteoarthritis

...e) can help prevent osteoarthritis by blocking the enzyme that destroys cartilage. Dr David Buttle, of the University of Sheffield, who was involved in the study, said that green tea should be// drunk as a prophylactic to prevent disease. Though it may not cure already damaged joints, drinking green tea ove...

Second hope for men with erectile dysfunction

... not work. All three drugs work by inhibiting the enzyme phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE-5), as a result of which the smooth muscles of the penis are able to relax and widen, after sexual stimulation. This allows more blood to enter and an erection to occur. However, those men for whom Viagra did work, but did no...

Eating Greens fights cancer

...hew broccoli, its cells rupture hence releasing an enzyme that produces chemicals called sulphoraphanes. To simulate chewing the researchers crushed raw broccoli in the laboratory and tested the results. Researchers said that broccoli obtained from common supermarket contains 20 per cent anti-carcinogenic k...

Enzyme help destroy cancer cell

..., getting activated when struck by radiation. This enzyme destroys tumor nourishing blood vessels to die. Tumors cannot survive without oxygen and nutrient supply. While it was thought that damage to the DNA in the nuclei of tumor cells// was the only way that radiation killed tumor cells, this research sho...

Lithium May help in Alzheimer's Disease

...l role in treating Alzheimer's. Lithium targets an enzyme called GSK-3 that facilitates the modification of both the proteins found in Alzheimer's patients. Identification of GSK-3 as a target could help in developing other drugs that disrupt the production of both proteins. Another advantage to lithium is...

New target for antidiabetic agents identified

...g conditions. By binding to Akt, TRB3 prevents the enzyme from being activated by insulin, leading to increased glucose output from the liver. Elevated hepatic levels of TRB3 RNA and protein were identified in diabetic mice compared with wild-type mice, the authors report. Hepatic overexpression of TRB3 wa...

Key enzyme protects against Alzheimer's

An enzyme that helps brain cells function normally also prot... treatments for the illness. Brain cells need the enzyme called Pin1 to stay healthy but researchers in the United States, who identified it in 1995, have di...

Tea Prevents Skin Cancer

...he chemicals are thought to decrease levels of the enzyme JNK-2, which naturally increases after skin is exposed to sunlight. Because JNK-2 levels are decreased, researchers believe the polyphenols help inhibit tumor growth. Studies in mice show green tea polyphenols block the skin’s response to UV light. ...

It's Never Too Late to Stop Smoking,Study Finds

...similar to that achieved by angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, beta-blockers, and other drugs commonly used to treat heart failure. In a related editorial, Drs. James Lightwood, Kirsten E. Fleischmann, and Stanton A. Glantz, of the University of California at San Francisco, applauded the stud...

Extended Therapy for Blood Clots

...igh levels of alanine aminotransferase which is an enzyme present in the liver and heart cells. The levels of this enzyme in patients on the drug were more than three-times the normal level and cause a concern for more res...

Enzyme Associated with Memory

...mories are formed with a process that involves the enzyme known as protein kinase C.// Researchers from Wak...f Neuroscience in New Orleans. Researchers say the enzyme that helps turn a one-time experience into a long-term memory has been identified in mice. For the ...

Enzyme Associated With Memory

...mories are formed with a process that involves the enzyme known as protein kinase C.// Researchers from Wak...f Neuroscience in New Orleans. Researchers say the enzyme that helps turn a one-time experience into a long-term memory has been identified in mice. For the ...

Drug to Prevent the Onset of Arthritis

...he research pinpoints the molecular pathway and an enzyme that play a pivotal role in the onset of the condi...activation of MMPs. Researchers then inhibited the enzyme PKR in the cells. This time they found no increase in the activation of MMPs and that the release of...

Brain Enzyme Found To Regulate Weight

...chers found in experiments with mice that when the enzyme AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase, or AMPK ) was inhibited, the animals ate less and lost weight. When AMPK levels were boosted, the mice ate more and gained weight. Specialists from the University of Washington , who were not involved in the stu...

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