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New protein found that could slow pancreatic cancer

...outh Medical School, US, have found a protein that inactivates the mechanism to suppress the growth of the cells. TGF-beta molecules regulate the growth of cells and stops cells from spreading quickly. Researchers have found that a molecule called Smad7, which is found in the pancreas of some of the humans, ca...

Sitagliptin, Under Investigation For Type 2 Diabetes

...tors, which inhibit the DPP-4 enzyme that normally inactivates the incretin gut hormones GLP-1 and GIP.The patients studied exhibited a safety and tolerability profile similar to placebo. In addition, patients taking Sitagliptin experienced no significant weight gain and a low risk of hypoglycaemia. Patients tre...

Neurobiology Provides Answers To Block Memory-Related Drug Cravings

...ine-associated environment by infusing a drug that inactivates ERK – a chemical compound called U0126 – into a brain region that rewards learning. Most importantly, this inhibitory effect was long lasting, with the memory blocked for at least two weeks after the single infusion. The finding also suggests that m...

New Studies On Zebrafish Could Aid in Treating Birth Defects

...alamity mutation occurs in a location that totally inactivates the enzyme. To determine whether the disruption in copper distribution was confined to individual cells, the researchers inserted normal cells into calamity embryos. The fact that the "wild-type" cells functioned normally helped to explain why atte...

Scientist Discovers Crucial Part of Blood-Clotting Process

...hrombin, a small naturally occurring molecule that inactivates several enzymes involved in the coagulation process. They hope to gain understanding of another step in that process. “We want to see if we can design inhibitors that would mimic what heparin does. Our goal is to develop these and eventually test t...

Fermented Milk offers protection against allergies in infants

...a part of the defense mechanism of the body, which inactivates the invading organisms that may cause disease. But, when allergens are involved, Ig E also activates cells releasing histamines. Histamine causes allergic responses like inflammation and constriction of airways. Ji-Ruei Liu and his team from the N...

New Asthma Medicine Targeting Vulnerable Inner-City Children Tested

...uate Xolair (omalizumab), a drug that binds to and inactivates IgE antibodies. “Xolair ‘sops up’ the IgE that’s there, decreases the receptors for IgE, and regulates many things that pertain to allergy and the asthmatic response,” Dr. Gruchalla said. The two-year Dallas portion of the study targets children ...

Effects Of Age-related Vascular Diseases Can Be Reduced By Inactivating TNFa

...pt (Enbrel) is an FDA-approved drug that binds and inactivates circulating TNFa. Recent studies have demonstrated that anti-TNFa therapies, including etanercept, may improve inflammation-related vascular disease, including heart failure. Csiszar and colleagues made four notable findings in their study. First, ...

A Gene Associated With Severe Kidney Failure in Diabetes Found

...produces an enzyme called carnosinase. Carnosinase inactivates the protective substance carnosine. Carnosine appears to prevent scarring from developing in kidney tissue and serves as a scavenger of damaging oxygen-free radicals. "Prior to these genetic analyses, kidney doctors were unaware that this pathway ...

New Strategy for the Treatment of CML

...bitor of a critical cellular survival pathway that inactivates an important survival protein known as ERK1/2 (extracellular-signal regulating kinase1/2). The article was pre-published as a First Edition Paper in Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology, which appeared online Jan. 11. By blockin...

A New Treatment Discovered For Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

... which impedes this process of metilation or which inactivates the WNT pathway, results in the normalisation of this cell control pathway and, so, impedes the development of tumour cells, inducing the death of the leukemia cells. In this way, this group of medicines will help to enhance chemotherapy results a...

Discovery Leads to Way to Curb Anthrax Effect

...akes a protein called siderocalin, which binds and inactivates some siderophores. Siderocalin is a major and recently discovered pillar of the host’s innate defense system against infectious diseases, Byers said. On the other side of this tug-of-war over iron is the anthrax organism, which produces a unique ...

Flash-heating Inactivates HIV in Breast Milk: Study

...eating breast milk infected with HIV successfully inactivates the free-floating virus. The researchers hope th...ells, but preliminary data suggest that flash-heat inactivates cell-associated HIV as well. "We hope this technique will not only provide HIV-free breast milk th...

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