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Inhibitor That Blocks Host Receptors Found To be Effective In Treating Anthrax

...biological weapon. Also, the antibiotic used only slows the progression of infection, but do not counter the effects of the toxins once an infection takes hold. However, the use of anthrax inhibitor could help address this issue as they block the receptor sites used by the bacteria to gain a lethal foo...

Cancer Drug Helps An Anti-Cancer Virus To Act More Exhaustively

...o kill more cancer cells. Specifically, the drug slows the activity of immune cells called natural killer (NK) cells and macrophages, which are the body's first line of defence against infections. The virus and drug cannot be used yet in humans because they require further study, as well as testing for...

Female Athletes at Risk of Stress Fractures

...n they consume, they release fewer hormones, which slows down menstrual cycles. This decreases estrogen in the body, which is responsible for bone development," says Reinking, also chairman of the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. Leg pain is one of the most common problems afflicting athle...

New Angiogenesis Finding May Help Fight Cancer Growth

...receptor molecules that respond to VEGF. NK-B also slows the movement of endothelial cells, which is necessary to form new vessels, and raises the level of a newly discovered angiogenesis inhibitor. "It's premature to call it a master switch, but intriguingly, it regulates at least four different process...

Why Don’t All Moles Progress to Melanoma

...sts call the unfolded protein response (UPR). This slows the protein production process and gets rid of excess incoming amino acids, giving the ER a chance to catch up. If that doesn’t work, the UPR causes the cell to destroy itself in a process called apoptosis. “Traditionally, the ER’s role was conside...

Study IDs Protein That Inhibits HIV From Growing In Cell Cultures

...t within a GBV-C viral protein called NS5A greatly slows down HIV from replicating in cells grown in labs. The study results will appear online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The finding builds on earlier VA and UI work showing that people with HIV who also are infected...

Nestlé clinches an esteemed brain research pac

...r's disease, the metabolism producing brain energy slows down, which has a direct impact on cognitive function. This means that by adding energy to the brain, the elderly and people suffering from Alzheimer's can better deal with the decrease of cognitive performance." Recent studies corroborate the delet...

'Clumping' Protein Linked to Return of Ovarian Cancer

... binding protein that triggers abnormal growth and slows down cell death, both hallmarks of malignancy. “Now there’s the possibility that testing for NAC-1 protein in cancer tissue removed during surgery might identify women most at risk for recurrence and guide doctors and patients to greater vigilance ...

Stem Cell Activity Deciphered in the Aging Brain

... showed that the production of new neurons in rats slows down dramatically by middle age -- the equivalent of 50 years in humans. But scientists did not know what causes this decline. The common assumption had been that the brain drain was due to a decreasing supply of neural stem cells in the aging hipp...

US Company Develops Better Weight Reduction Pill

...ks of successfully losing weight, their metabolism slows down and they hit a plateau, the US scientists developing the pills say. With the pounds slower to come off, many lose their resolve and end up piling weight back on. Excalia gets round this by tricking the hypothalamus - the brain's weight and ...

Party Over –now Its How to Get Ove’ the Hangove!

...ll help reduce hangovers .This is because caffeine slows down the break down of alcohol in the body. Exercise helps to ease symptoms. Eating a sumptuous meal complete with soups, fruits and a generous helping of vegetables will help ,opined experts in association with U.S. National Institutes of Health...

New Gadget to Treat Insomnia, Stress

...thetic system, the part of the nervous system that slows the heart, dilates blood vessels and relaxes muscles. "By addressing the actual nerves that regulate stress, which extend from the brain stem throughout the body, we are able to affect many aspects of stress," says Michael Wood, chief science offi...

Fast-Multiplying Lawsuits Can Stymie Medical Science, Authors Warn

...of subpoenas for research data. Responding to them slows or stops his follow-up research. "Participation in the legal system can be a huge burden on a researcher's schedule," Racette says. "There comes a point where a scientist needs the right to be able to say, testifying in court is not what I'm suppose...

Severe Cold is Harbinger of Infections

...w resistance." "In the elderly, their metabolism slows down and the virus is able to spread faster," said Mukherjee, adding that the most common infections during the cold weather were pneumonitis and sinusitis. "The room heater is not recommended at all," said Mukherjee, adding that the sudden change ...

Heavy Periods Have Other Remedies, Not Necessarily Hysterectomy

...in the womb, equipped to convey progestogen, which slows the growth of the lining in the womb. Apart from this, many oral remedies are also available. Endometrial ablation, a surgical option, employs heat or microwave to wipe the lining of the womb, clean. These varied options have relegated hysterectomy t...

Immune System Gears Up by Specific Enzymes

...udy shows LAG-3 protein on activated T lymphocytes slows replication until // ADAM10 and ADAM17 enzymes cleave it off to allow these cells to reproduce rapidly. The complex task of launching a well-organized, effective immune system attack on specific targets is thrown into high gear when either of two...

Scientists Find Potential Weakness In Plague Germ

...th mice showed that the onslaught of the bacterium slows markedly when the germ cannot use a key protein. Pneumonic plague can kill a person in three or four days after infection. Antibiotics can beat the bacterium, but by the time the infection becomes apparent the disease has progressed so far that it ...

Helium Helps COPD Sufferers to Exercise

...lium and hyperoxia (excess oxygen in body tissues) slows down the frequency of breathing while making the air easier to breathe. This combined effect reduces the amount of air trapped in the lungs during exercise, researchers said. By combining helium with 40 percent oxygen allowed patients with COPD to ...

Science Builds Behind Pomegranate Extracts for Health

...egranate could protect against prostate cancer and slows cartilage loss in arthritis. While there is a growing number of trials reporting benefits of pomegranate juice, the researchers behind the new study, led by Susanne Mertens-Talcott from the University of Florida state: "No human intervention studie...

Caloric Restriction in Non-obese People Extends Life Span

...ochondria. One theory for h ow caloric restriction slows aging is that it lowers free-radical production by inducing the formation of efficient mitochondria. Civitarese and colleagues enrolled 36 healthy overweight but non-obese young people into their study. A third of them received 100% of their energy...

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