Posts Tagged ‘drugs’
Cocaine exploits our lust for salt
DUKE (US) — Addictive drugs may have hijacked the same nerve cells and connections in the brain that serve a powerful, ancient instinct: the appetite for salt. Continue…
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 11:46 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Jun 10, 2010 12:01 - 0 Comments
Old drugs get new life in treating hepatitis C
LEEDS (UK)—Common drugs used to treat conditions such as diabetes and obesity appear to also successfully treat hepatitis C. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 10, 2010 10:51 - 2 Comments
Drug shows promise for Huntington’s disease
U. ROCHESTER (US)—An experimental drug in early stage clinical trial appears to be safe and may improve cognition in people with Huntington’s disease. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 9, 2010 12:31 - 0 Comments
Eyeing an enzyme to stop deadly infections
VANDERBILT (US)—Knowing the structure of an enzyme essential to the protozoan parasite that causes African sleeping sickness may lead to new drugs to combat the often fatal disease and several other related disorders that afflict millions of people around the world. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 8, 2010 15:58 - 1 Comment
New clues to how RNA gets in shape
U. MICHIGAN—Researchers have discovered that the rules dictating the 3-D shapes of RNA molecules are not based on complex chemical interactions, but simply on geometry. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 28, 2009 15:16 - 1 Comment
Homeless addicts: Next door, worlds away
U. PENN (US)—Homeless heroin addicts are far closer than most people realize, according to research by medical anthropologist Phillippe Bourgois. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 28, 2009 10:36 - 3 Comments
Wonder drug may treat cancer, addiction
UC IRVINE (US)—A drug in development to treat cancer could have the added benefit of helping prevent relapse in people trying to overcome cocaine addiction. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 18, 2009 10:26 - 0 Comments
Potent target for stopping colon cancer
“If we can use an inhibitor to block ERBB3, then it should be a very potent anti-cancer therapeutic,” says the study’s lead author David Threadgill.
Health & Medicine - Jun 11, 2009 12:29 - 0 Comments
Known drug may help treat childhood epilepsy
RUTGERS (US)—A widely available therapeutic drug may prove effective in treating childhood epilepsy, according to Rutgers researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 4, 2009 15:44 - 1 Comment
Low-cost diabetes drug gets second look
TULANE (US)—Can an old drug perform new wonders? A team of researchers at Tulane and Harvard universities is partnering with the National Institutes of Health to test the abilities of salsalate, an inexpensive generic drug, to control diabetes. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 3, 2009 16:20 - 0 Comments
Supercomputer takes on super flu
A view of the drug buried in the binding pocket of the A/H1N1 neuraminidase protein, a mushroom-shaped projection on the surface of the influenza virus that plays a crucial role in the virus’ reproductive cycle.
Society & Culture - May 11, 2009 11:22 - 0 Comments
Texting teens: The 411 on drinking, drugs
UC IRVINE (US)—By using text messaging to follow kids in real time, researchers at the University of California, Irvine hope to get a rare glimpse into preteen decision-making about drugs and alcohol. (more…)
