Cancer Research

Male Hormone Discovery May Lead To Preventing Genital Birth Defects

New data has indicated that in rats, "male" hormones drive the decision to become a male during a window of time before male genitalia develop, and that blocking "male" hormones during this time caused male genitalia birth defects. Thes ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 14 2008 - 12:03am

Scientists Predict Miscarriages By Measuring Natural 'Cannabis' In Women

Writing in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a medical team from the University of Leicester say they have established a predictor for pregnant women who may have miscarriages and those who won’t. The researchers measured the levels of a nat ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 14 2008 - 5:27pm

Beneficial Bile Acid Turns Up Vitamin D Without Excess Calcium

Bile acid derivatives can turn on the vitamin D receptor (VDR) without causing excess calcium buildup, researchers report, a finding that could lead to vitamin D therapies for conditions beyond just bone and skin disorders. While calcium balance may be the ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 15 2008 - 10:32am

SUN Gene Controls Fruit Shape- Crop Scientists

Crop scientists have cloned a gene that controls the shape of tomatoes, a discovery that could help unravel the mystery behind the huge morphological differences among edible fruits and vegetables, as well as provide new insight into mechanisms of plant de ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 16 2008 - 10:38am

Data Presented At International Psoriasis Meeting Support Potential New Role For Biologic Treatment Etanercept In Management Of

MADRID, March 17 /PRNewswire/-- Data presented today from the first ever Phase III study using a biological treatment in children and adolescents with plaque psoriasis indicate that etanercept (Enbrel(R)) significantly reduces the symptoms in these patien ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 17 2008 - 2:30am

Stegography, Systems Biology And Computer Networks Find Common Mathematical Ground

Stegography is an ancient technique of hiding data within data. Unlike encryption, it isn't obviously encrypted. Today it is used to take advantage of unused bits of data in images or audio/video files to transmit secrets. The basic concept of underst ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 17 2008 - 12:48pm

Aegera Initiates Phase 1 Clinical Trial Of AEG33773- A Small Molecule In Development For Diabetic Neuropathic Pain

MONTREAL, March 18 /PRNewswire/-- Aegera Therapeutics announced today the initiation of a Phase 1, first-in-man, clinical trial for AEG33773, a novel, orally bioavailable small molecule in development for the treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy. The ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 18 2008 - 9:33am

Safer Smoking: RNA Interference Knocks Out Tobacco Carcinogen

Scientists from North Carolina State University conducted larger-scale field trials and have shown that silencing a demethylase gene in burley tobacco plants significantly reduces harmful carcinogens in cured tobacco leaves. The finding could lead to tobac ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2008 - 10:25am

Drug Trial Child Safety Shock- Just 2 Percent Had Independent Monitoring

Only two per cent of paediatric drug trials reported that they had established independent safety monitoring committees that can help lead to the early detection of adverse drug reactions, according to a major review in the April issue of Acta Paediatrica. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2008 - 11:10am

Botox Is The New Prius, Except Of Medicine

Twice in two days Botulinum toxin (Botox) has graced our front page, and it's not just because it makes Joan Rivers look like The Joker. Yesterday we reported that Botox has helped infants with CHARGE Syndrome and today we discovered an article in Med ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 19 2008 - 12:47pm