Environmental chemical cocktail may sabotage sperm
New research has shown that combinations of chemicals found in everyday products and food have subtle but potentially damaging effects on sperm fertility. Professor Lynn Fraser told the 21st annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology today (Wednesday), that her previous research had shown that certain chemicals known to mimic the female sex hormone, oes...Opiate cocktail may spare cells from morphine's dark side
Although morphine is well known as a highly effective analgesic, its clinical utility is severely limited by the development of drug tolerance, the requirement for increasing doses to maintain analgesic effect, and the development of physical dependence. In the June 7 issue of Current Biology, researchers report a new study showing that the administration of a drug cocktail containing morphine al...Strawberry daiquiris -- the extra-healthy cocktail?
Strawberries are good for you, but serving them in daiquiri form may make them even healthier, scientists show. While exploring ways to help keep strawberries fresh during storage, researchers from Thailand and the US discovered that treating the berries with alcohol led to an increase in antioxidant capacity and free radical scavenging activity within the fruit. While such a boost helped...Protease Inhibitor Cocktail Set I from Calbiochem
Description:...Inducing RNAi with siRNA Cocktails Generated by RNase III
Ambion, Inc. Austin, TX 78744-1832 Small interfering RNA (siRNA) is an extremely...Dicer vs. RNase III for Preparation of siRNA Cocktails
Both recombinant human Dicer and RNase III can be used in vitro to cleave long dsRNA, producing siRNA cocktails that are effective mediators of gene silencing (1-6). Dicer is an endoribonuclease that contains RNase III domains and is the enzyme responsible...The flip side of AIDS cocktails – HAART regime damages live
HIV infected patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART regime) are forced to stop the treatment because of the toxic side effects of the treatment, which causes liver damage. According to a study led by Dr. Raymond T. Chung, who presented the findings at Digestive Disease Week in Atlanta last week, severe liver toxicity forced almost one in every four patients to stop the t...Apollo’s about-Turn: Cocktail Of Drugs Found In Rahul Sample
New.Delhi. Making an about-turn, Delhi's Apollo Hospital today disclosed that traces of 'cocktail of drugs' have been found in the urine sample of Rahul Mahajan//, a day after its doctors had stated that the late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan's son had tested negative for all known drugs. 'Traces of drugs have been found in the urine sample of Rahul. Since its cocktail of drugs, we cannot...Making a mocktail of chemical cocktail in children’s blood
According to a Canadian National research project children’s blood here are infected with toxic chemicals hazardous to health which are PCBs to flame retardants//. A report by Toronto-based Environmental Defence, points out those certain cases has children with even higher levels than their parents. On an average 23 known or suspected toxins were detected in the blood and ur...Radiation Cocktail May Reduce Risk of Damage To Other Organs In Breast Cancer
A new study to be reported August 1 at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine in Orlando, contends that a specific mixture// of electron and x-ray beams that are targeted at certain areas may reduce the risk of collateral damage in breast cancer patients. Jinsheng Li, Ph.D. (Jinsheng.Li@fccc.edu) and Chang-Ming Ma, Ph.D. of Fox Chase Cancer Center in Phil...Pregnancy and Alcohol - a Dangerous Cocktail Warns BMA Scotland
Heavy drinking by pregnant women can cause disorders in their children, says the BMA. These include learning and physical disabilities and behavioural problems which are part of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders [FASD] and can drastically impact on the lives of the individual and those around them. A new BMA report says the reality is that these conditions are completely preventable by no...