Green catalyst destroys pesticides and munitions toxins, finds Carnegie Mellon University
Results reported at American Chemical Society meetingA chemical catalyst developed at Carnegie Mellon University completely destroys dangerous nitrophenols in laboratory tests, according to Arani Chanda, a doctoral student who is presenting his findings on Sunday, Aug. 28, at the 230th meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Washington, D.C. (Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemi...Radiation-armed robot rapidly destroys human lung tumors
Super-intense radiation delivered by a robotic arm eradicated lung tumors in some human patients just 3-4 months after treatment, medical physicist Cihat Ozhasoglu, Ph.D. of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will report in early August at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine in Orlando. Although it is too early to determine the technique's long-...Molecule that destroys bone also protects it, new research shows
An immune system component that is a primary cause of bone destruction and inflammation in autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis actually protects bone in the oral cavity from infectious pathogens that play a major role in periodontal disease in humans, research at the University at Buffalo has shown. The component, IL-17, was recognized only in the past 18 months to be a primar...Gene Therapy Destroys Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Pancreatic cancer is among the deadliest of cancers, affecting many people a year and having an extremely low survival rate. Pancreatic cancer is the most aggressive cancer and there are few palliative treatments. Using a new two-pronged attack, researchers were able to destroy deadly pancreatic cancer cells in the test tube and in lab animals. // The work was led by Dr. Paul B. Fishe...Stroke Destroys Nearly 32, 000 Neurons In Just A Second!
Dr. Jeffrey L. Saver, a professor of neurology at the University of California who has been conducting three different lines of research on stroke has highlighted that more than// 32,000 neurons (brain cells) die in just a second following an acute episode of stroke. In addition, nearly 14 billion synapses (connections between nerve cells) and myelinated fibres approximating to 7.5 miles...Sodium Nitrate Destroys The Bacteria That Plugs The Air Passage In CF Patients
Sodium nitrite is commonly used as a preservative to cure meat products. A study shows that it has the ability to kill the bacteria that causes thickening of the mucus in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients. // The experiment is carried out in laboratory animal models. Daniel Hassett, Ph.D., an associate professor of genetics at the University of Cincinnati said that Pseudomonas aer...New Technique Destroys Kidney Tumors By Freezing Them
A new study by researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN has found that a non-invasive technique called percutaneous cryoablation //can be of significance in killing kidney tumors by freezing them. This method is especially useful in patients who are not considered good candidates for surgery. For the study, researchers treated 59 kidney tumors in 58 patients using percutaneous...New Hand Gel Destroys Bird Flu Virus
Dermasalve Sciences PLC, a company that manufactures a lot of skincare products, said that its new hand gel product was capable of killing the H5N1 bird flu virus in 30 seconds.// Dermasalve Sciences added that it had received confirmation from Retroscreen Virology Ltd, a European contract Virology research company for the hand gel, which was jointly developed with Drug Delivery Solut...