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Second messenger NAADP shows fast, dose-related impact on satiety cycle

...solve safety and other issues," Yamasaki said, "is increasing the specificity of a drug, and NAADP could provide a key in the area of obesity." In another therapeutic arena, she notes, Viagra is the world's most successful and recognized secondary messenger targeting drug to reach the market. Cholecystokinin,...

Aircraft Cabin Ventilation Influences The Transmission Of Diseases In-flight

...el routine. Dr Gendreau comments: "Because of the increasing ease and affordability of air travel and mobility of people, airborne, food-borne, vector-borne infectious diseases transmitted during commercial air travel are an important public health issue. Heightened fear of bioterrorism agents has cased health...

$5.1 billion would save 6 million children

...r international donors. The biggest challenges are increasing the delivery of health services and the lack of readily available funds," said Robert E. Black, MD, MPH, corresponding author of the study and chair of the Bloomberg School of Public Health's Department of International Health. One of the United Nat...

Tamoxifen-like drug suggests new ways to selectively block estrogen

...breast cancer, heart disease and bone loss without increasing the risk of endometrial cancer." Tamoxifen and ra...cting like estrogen to stimulate tissue growth and increasing the risk of uterine cancer. A newer group of drugs, known as selective estrogen receptor down-regul...

U of T researchers map role of Epstein-Barr virus in cancer

...ls, causing them to continue growing and therefore increasing the risk of becoming cancerous." Frappier explains that all cells contain the two proteins ?p53 and USP7 ?that work together to regulate cell growth. P53 is an important protein whose level in the cell determines whether cells will continue to proli...

Study of energy and health in Africa focuses spotlight on charcoal and forest management

...e transition to clean charcoal without drastically increasing pollution and decimating tropical forests would be an excellent way to help achieve several of the United Nations' 'millennium development goals' at the same time. It also presents an opportunity for the developed world to invest in the African conti...

Program finds lost genes in nematode genome

...nd analysts, on average," he said. Because of the increasing speed of computers, the TWINSCAN analysis of C. Elegans is able to use more accurate models of intron length than previous analyses. This is important for finding exons, which house the coding machinery of proteins. While getting intron length is hel...

Two studies document rise of superbugs in the environment

...nts in the community and in the hospital have been increasing steadily in recent years, according to two new studies in the June 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online. Drug resistance in microorganisms has become a problem due in part to inappropriate prescribing and overuse of antibio...

Diabetic nerve therapy shows 'striking' results

...the amount of glucose in the blood is too high, is increasing dramatically, with the World Health Organisation estimating that some 300 million people worldwide could be affected by 2025. The causes of diabetic neuropathy are not fully understood but researchers investigating the effect of glucose on nerves be...

One hit of crystal meth causes birth defects

... an effect. "It's an important finding, given the increasing use of club drugs among women of childbearing age. It has clinical implications, because it shows that the fetus is exquisitely sensitive." The developing fetus appears to be vulnerable to DNA damage from methamphetamine exposure because it hasn't y...

Scientists reveal how disease bacterium survives inside immune system cell

... aureus, which is of great interest because of its increasing resistance to antibiotic treatment. S. aureus, often simply referred to as "staph," are bacteria commonly found on the skin and in the noses of healthy people. Occasionally, staph can cause infection; most are minor, such as pimples, boils and other ...

Genetic links could unlock clues to leading cause of blindness

... disease by 25 percent over five years. "With the increasing number of people living beyond the age of 85, it heightens the importance of this disease and the concern about (what will happen) if we don't come up with a better way to treat this," she said. That's where Dawson thinks the monkeys can help. They ...

Achilles heel of the herpes virus possibly found

...utbreak, but not eliminate the virus. And, there's increasing evidence that HSV may damage the nerve cells in which it hides between outbreaks, possibly contributing to neurological disease. In a presentation Sunday at the International Congress of Virology and in two new papers in the Journal of Virology, U-M...

Scientists discover the body's marijuana-like compounds are crucial for stress-induced pain relief

...ug intervention to help those in pain. A new drug increasing the body's own marijuana-like compounds could work similar to something like Prozac, which blocks the body's reuptake of the compound serotonin, causing it to be active longer, Hohmann said. Apparently, several parts of the brain are involved in the...

Deep sea algae connect ancient climate, carbon dioxide and vegetation

...rgy we consume, each of us makes a contribution to increasing greenhouse gasses, such as carbon dioxide and methane, in the Earth's atmosphere," said Pagani. "To understand the implications of these actions for the future, scientists look to the past to gain a better understanding of Earth's climate system unde...

Invasive parasite destroying fish species

...rgy we consume, each of us makes a contribution to increasing greenhouse gasses, such as carbon dioxide and methane, in the Earth's atmosphere," said Pagani. "To understand the implications of these actions for the future, scientists look to the past to gain a better understanding of Earth's climate system unde...

First production of human monoclonal antibodies in chicken eggs published in Nature Biotechnology

... over 25 approved for human therapeutic use and an increasing number of these proteins in clinical development,"...ustry coping with the commercial supply of an ever increasing number of therapeutic antibodies." "We believe the chicken system is an attractive one for therapeu...

Stem cells grown in lab mirror normal developmental steps

...rgy we consume, each of us makes a contribution to increasing greenhouse gasses, such as carbon dioxide and methane, in the Earth's atmosphere," said Pagani. "To understand the implications of these actions for the future, scientists look to the past to gain a better understanding of Earth's climate system unde...

Scalpel-free surgery could reduce risk of HIV and hepatitis exposure for health care workers

...the incidence of disease from HIV and hepatitis is increasing in the United States, little is known about their ...000 new cases of HIV each year, and hepatitis C is increasing at an even faster rate, according to the report. The study concludes that by studying the rates of H...

New insight into autoimmune disease: Bacterial infections promote recognition of self-glycolipids

...what causes the immune system to go awry, there is increasing evidence that in some cases infections with viruses or bacteria may play a role. Now, a new study published in the June issue of Immunity provides evidence that bacterial infections induce a kind of self-recognition that may contribute to some autoim...

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