Chemical in Medical News

New microchip technology performs 1,000 chemical reactions at once

Flasks, beakers and hot plates may soon be a thing of the past in chemistry labs. Instead of handling a few experiments on a bench top, scientists may simply pop a microchip into a computer and instantly run thousands of chemical reactions, with results literally shrinking the lab down to the siz...

American Chemical Society praises nomination of Collins as NIH Director

WASHINGTON, July 9, 2009 The President of the American Chemical Society, Thomas H. Lane, Ph.D., issued the following statement today on President Obama's nomination of Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., to be Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH): "At no other time in recent memory ha...

BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - Why Does Caffeine Have a Stimulating Effect?

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The very first thing many people do when they stumble out of bed in the morning is pour themselves a cup of coffee. The substance in the hot brew that helps wake you up is well-known all over the world: caffeine. Caffeine doesn't only come from cof...

USC Chemical Engineer Launches Virucide, Bactericidal That Can Kill 99.9% of Germs and Help Combat Swine Flu

LOS ANGELES, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- With the current global outbreak of the SWINE FLU and Mexico representing its Epicenter, World Health Officials are seeking ways to combat the continued spread of the unpredictable virus. U.S. Federal and Global health officials are currently working on a Comb...

Wayne State University and Children's Hospital of Michigan Research Team Discover Chemical That Plays a Major Role in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Faculty from the University of Michigan , University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Kids in Toronto key collaborators in study DETROIT, April 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Wayne State University medical researchers recently discovered a chemical that plays a major role in children wi...

N. California Researchers Testing Whether Marijuana Chemical Can Slow Cancer Growth, With Funding by Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R)

Largest Breast Cancer Organization Investing $60 Million to Research Despite Down Economy SAN FRANCISCO , April 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Testing whether a powerful ingredient in marijuana can help slow the growth of aggressive breast cancer cells is just one of six Bay Area bre...

Gulf War Syndrome May Stem From Chemical Exposure

U.S. researchers find brain function problems in ill veterans TUESDAY, March 24 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to certain chemicals during the 1991 Gulf War appears to have triggered abnormal responses in the brains of some U.S. veterans, researchers have found. They say the discovery...

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals' Scientific Advisor Receives American Chemical Society's Highest Award

M. Frederick Hawthorne, Ph.D. Honored for Distinguished Service in the Field of Chemistry EMERYVILLE, Calif., March 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Alternext: NBY) today announced that world-renowned scientist M. Frederick Hawthorne, Ph.D., a member of the Com...

Acetaldehyde in alcohol -- no longer just the chemical that causes a hangover

New evidence by researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and researchers in Germany shows that drinking alcohol is the greatest risk factor for acetaldehyde-related cancer. Heavy drinkers may be at increased risk due to exposure from multiple sources. Acetaldehyde is ub...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- March 4, 2009

ARTICLE #1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Improving rural sanitation by 65 percent could save as many as 1.2 million lives a year worldwide, scientists in Pennsylvania conclude in a new study on diarrheal disease. Their report, in the current edition of ACS' semi-monthly journal Environmental Science...

U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA proposes more than $1.2 million penalty to St. Louis area chemical repackaging and distribution company

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited St. Louis, Mo.-based G.S. Robins & Co., doing business as Ro-Corp Inc., for alleged willful, repeat and serious violations of federal workplace safety st...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PessPac -- Feb. 18, 2009

ARTICLE #1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Egg-irony: High cholesterol food may reduce blood pressure Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Researchers in Canada are reporting evidence that eggs often frowned upon for their high cholesterol content may reduce another heart disease risk fac...

LSU Engineers model forecasts chemical contaminants based on Katrina-flooded homes

BATON ROUGE A recent study by LSU engineers suggests that Katrina-flooded homes may contain harmful levels of contaminants, particularly aerosols and gases, which could expose first-responders, residents and any others entering such homes to serious and lasting health risks. The results could als...

Controversial Chemical Lingers Longer in the Body: Study

BPA exposure has been linked to cancer, diabetes, heart disease, developmental problems WEDNESDAY, Jan. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Bisphenol A, a controversial chemical used to harden plastics for consumer products such as baby bottles and food containers, appears to remain in the body muc...

DSM Joins the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute(R)'s Pharmaceutical Roundtable

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- DSM Pharmaceutical Products today announced that they will join the Green Chemistry Institute(R) Pharmaceutical Roundtable (Roundtable) of the American Chemical Society (ACS) as an associate member. The Pharmaceutical Roundtable is a partnership between th...

New Experts Help New England Peptide Combat Global Acetonitrile Shortage; Company Integrating Cost-Effective Chemical Solvent Alternatives

New England Peptide, a Massachusetts-based designer and producer of custom peptides and polyclonal antibodies for drug and vaccine discovery organizations worldwide, is providing customers with alternative chemical solutions in the face of the global shortage of acetonitrile. Heading New England...

Scientists, Physicians, Health, and Environmental Justice Advocates to New Obama EPA Director: 'We Look Forward to Toxic Chemical Regulatory Reform'

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dozens of health advocacy groups concerned about growing rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, reproductive and developmental problems, thyroid disease and other illness linked to chemical exposure, said today that they loo...

Haas TCM Inc. Forms PCM Solutions, LLC, a Joint Venture With Nalco Company, to Provide Chemical Management Services (CMS) to the Process Industries

WEST CHESTER, Pa., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Haas TCM Inc. of West Chester, PA announces today that it has formed a joint venture named PCM Solutions, LLC, with Nalco Company to provide chemical management services (CMS) to customers in the process industries, such as chemical and petrochemica...

FDA Faulted for Stance on Chemical in Plastics

BPA widely used in baby bottles, food containers; has been linked to diabetes, heart disease FRIDAY, Oct. 31 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel agreed Friday that the agency had erred in August when it said that a chemical widely used in baby bottles...

NaturalNews Posts Audio Interview with Consumer Chemical Expert Debra Lynn Dadd on Bisphenol-A

TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- NaturalNews.com, the independent natural health news site read by over one million health-conscious consumers, has posted audio interviews with two health experts: Debra Lynn Dadd, author of "Home Safe Home," and Byron Richards, founder of Wellness Resour...

Researchers find new chemical key that could unlock hundreds of new antibiotics

Chemistry researchers at The University of Warwick and the John Innes Centre, have found a novel signalling molecule that could be a key that will open up hundreds of new antibiotics unlocking them from the DNA of the Streptomyces family of bacteria. With bacterial resistance growing researcher...

'Healthy Fat' Chemical Aids Body's Metabolism

Mouse study uncovers new class of hormones that could reverse obesity-related disease FRIDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists believe they have discovered a new class of hormones in mice, one of which may help stop or reverse obesity-related conditions such as insulin resistan...

Low Levels of Brain Chemical May Control Appetite

Finding could lead to new drugs in fight against obesity, study says WEDNESDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- A chemical produced in the brain may play a role in regulating appetite and the likelihood of becoming obese, according to a new study. For the study, researchers looked at a...

Presidential medal for technological breakthroughs earned by 2 chemical engineering professors

Two chemical engineering professors from The University of Texas at Austin have been recognized by President George W. Bush as 2007 National Medal of Technology and Innovation laureates, the nation's highest honor for technological achievement. In a rare recognition of two honorees from the sam...

Black Henna Tattoo Chemical Can Cause Skin Reaction

Additive to popular markings puts wearers at risk for allergic dermatitis, eczema, scarring, dermatology group warns.,, THURSDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- Black henna tattoos contain a chemical called para-phenylenediamine (PPD) that can cause serious skin reactions, the American Ac...

Most Influential Events for Korea's Fine and Specialty Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries to be Held in November

SEOUL, South Korea, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The one-stop marketplace for the fine and specialty chemical and pharmaceutical industries, XpoChem and XpoPharm, will take place at SETEC in Seoul, South Korea, on 5 and 6 November 2008, exhibiting a wide range of items in these fields, from ingredi...

SIDS Linked to Brain Chemical Dysfunction

Improper regulation of serotonin triggered sudden death in mice, researchers report,, THURSDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- A malfunction in the regulation of the brain chemical serotonin may be at the root of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), new research suggests. Reporting in ...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- June 18, 2008

ARTICLE #1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Prions are not degraded by conventional sewage treatment processes Environmental Science & Technology Scientists in Wisconsin are reporting in a paper scheduled for the July 1 issue of ACS' Environmental Science & Technology that typical wastewater tre...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac: June 11, 2008

ARTICLE #1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Coffee's aroma kick-starts genes in the brain Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Drink coffee to send a wake-up call to the brain? Or just smell its rich, warm aroma? An international group of scientists is reporting some of the first evidence th...

UCR chemists use 'green chemistry' to produce amines, chemical compounds used widely in industry

RIVERSIDE, Calif. Chemists at UC Riverside have discovered an inexpensive, clean and quick way to prepare amines nitrogen-containing organic compounds derived from ammonia that have wide industrial applications such as solvents, additives, anti-foam agents, corrosion inhibitors, detergents, dyes...

Pfizer's work on penicillin for World War II becomes a National Historic Chemical Landmark

The development of deep-tank fermentation by Pfizer which enabled the mass production of penicillin for use in World War II was designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark by the American Chemical Society (ACS) in a special ceremony in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 12, 2008. The development o...

8th International Conference on Pain and Chemical Dependency

October 29th - November 1st, 2008 Philadelphia, PA MORRISVILLE, Pa., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The 8th International Conference on Pain and Chemical Dependency (ICPCD) has released its final agenda and faculty listing and is now accepting registrations for the October 29th meeting, to ...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- June 4, 2008

ARTICLE #1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE "Super paper:" New nanopaper more break-resistant than cast iron Biomacromolecules Researchers in Sweden and Japan report development of a new type of paper that resists breaking when pulled almost as well as cast iron. The new material, called "cellulos...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- May 21, 2008

ARTICLE #1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Melting glaciers may release DDT and contaminate Antarctic environment Environmental Science & Technology In an unexpected consequence of climate change, scientists are raising the possibility that glacial melting is releasing large amounts of the banned...

BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - Why do You Get Garlic Breath?

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Few spices are as treasured and avoided! A clove of garlic is both tasty and healthy, but after you eat it, don't be surprised if even your friends start to give you a wide berth. Quite a few people find the smell of garlic disgusting, and will p...

Safe, 'Green' Insecticides Can Reduce Chemical Exposure in Homes and Gardens

EcoSMART Technologies' botanical pesticides are effective against household pests while protecting children's and pets' health ATLANTA, April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- With organic food and eco-friendly cleaning supplies now widely available, being 'green' at home is getting easier. When it co...

New chemical can kill latent tuberculosis bacteria

NEW YORK (March 13, 2008) -- Success in the laboratory suggests that a new compound can point the way to preventing active tuberculosis in people infected with the latent form of the bacterium, says a team led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. A drug with such prope...

Rodent study finds artificial butter chemical harmful to lungs

A new study shows that exposure to a chemical called diacetyl, a component of artificial butter flavoring, can be harmful to the nose and airways of mice. Scientists at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, conducted the study b...

Patent Awarded for Miniature Chemical Detection Device

GOLDEN, Colo., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Patent Office has awarded Dr. George Radziszewski a U.S. Patent (No. 7,342,664) for his revolutionary ChemiD Mini Lab, a miniature device that will identify chemical compounds on demand. The ChemiD Mini Lab is designed to meet the critical nee...

Gulf War Illness Strongly Linked to Chemical Exposure

Review found vets with the syndrome were more exposed to particular compounds MONDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- A new scientific review finds a strong association between exposure to certain chemicals and the Gulf War illness suffered by many veterans. The class of chemicals, k...