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3/17/10
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Understanding the steps to the intricate dance inside a cell is essential to one day choreographing the show. By studying the molecules that give a cell its structure, Univ. of Illinois researchers are moving closer to understanding one of those steps: the conga line.
Mar 16 | News
Magic bullets, also called silver bullets, because of the folkloric belief that only silver bullets can kill supernatural creatures, remain the goal of drug development efforts today. A team of scientists at Washington Univ. in St. Louis is currently working on a magic bullet for cancer. But their bullets are gold rather than silver.
Mar 16 | News
In the effort to study the movements of bacteria, Texas A&M plant experts observed the cell wall crashing behavior of Xylella fastidiosa, which causes a deadly wine grape plant disease. Electron microscopy helped them see this movement for the first time.
6 hours ago | News
Unpasteurized milk is a curious thing. It costs up to $13 a gallon. It says right on the carton: "WARNING: This product ... may contain harmful bacteria."Yet people are passionate about it. Almost evangelistic.So in early December, when the state announced that raw milk from Dungeness Valley...
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A Caltech-led team of researchers and clinicians has published the first proof that a targeted nanoparticle -- used as an experimental therapeutic and injected directly into a patient's bloodstream -- can traffic into tumors, deliver double-stranded small interfering RNAs, and turn off an important...
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Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found two novel ways of killing the bacteria that cause tuberculosis, a disease responsible for an estimated two million deaths each year.
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Like a film director cutting out extraneous footage to create a blockbuster, the cellular machine called the spliceosome snips out unwanted stretches of genetic material and joins the remaining pieces to fashion a template for protein production.
Mar 20 | News
As one superbug seems to be fading as a threat in hospitals, another is on the rise, a new study suggests.A dangerous, drug-resistant staph infection called MRSA is often seen as the biggest germ threat to patients in hospitals and other health care facilities. But infections from Clostridium...
Mar 19 | News
An unexpected big drop in new U.S. tuberculosis cases is probably because of stepped up screening and treatment of immigrants before they leave their native countries, health officials say.The nation's TB rate dropped more than 11 percent last year, the largest single-year decrease in more than...
Mar 19 | News
A New Jersey man with multiple sclerosis was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for growing marijuana plants he said he needed to treat his condition.John Ray Wilson, 37, was convicted in December of second-degree manufacturing of marijuana and third-degree possession of psychedelic...
Mar 19 | News
Eighteen Rhode Island children poisoned by lead paint have settled lawsuits against their former landlords.Vincent Greene, a lawyer representing the children, announced the settlements Friday but said the terms were confidential.Greene says the children who sued were exposed to lead before they...
Mar 19 | News
The Food and Drug Administration says the highest available dose of the cholesterol drug Zocor can cause muscle damage as well as severe and potentially lethal kidney damage.The agency says statin drugs like Zocor are known to cause muscle damage in some patients, but the risk is more severe...
Mar 19 | News
The Food and Drug Administration says the highest available dose of the cholesterol drug Zocor can cause muscle damage as well as severe and potentially lethal kidney damage.The agency says statin drugs like Zocor are known to cause muscle damage in some patients, but the risk is more severe...