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Norwegian scientists discover new small molecule drug to treat prostate cancer

Professor Fahri Saatcioglu at University of Oslo's Department of Biosciences (IBV) heads a research group investigating how androgens - male sex hormones - affect the risk of being affected by prostate cancer.

24 Jan 2019

Training heart cells in culture to mimic human cardiac tissue

Engineering researchers have developed a “training” device that can be used to grow cardiac tissue and measure how effectively it beats.

24 Jan 2019

Researchers demonstrate strong evidence connecting bacterial pathogen and Alzheimer's pathogenesisis

New science uncovers how an unlikely culprit, Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) - the bacterium commonly associated with chronic gum disease - appears to drive Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology.

24 Jan 2019

Researchers design interleukin protein to balance overshooting immune response

Small infections can be fatal: Millions of people die each year from sepsis, an overreaction of the immune system.

23 Jan 2019

Nicotinamide riboside supplementation confers significant physiological benefits to mothers and offspring

ChromaDex Corp. today reported that results of a first-of-a-kind preclinical study on lactation have shown that supplementation with the unique B3 vitamin nicotinamide riboside confers significant and enduring physiological benefits to mothers and offspring.

23 Jan 2019

Rutgers researchers discover cause of bone loss in people with joint replacements

Rutgers researchers have discovered the long-sought reason that many people with joint replacements experience harmful inflammation and bone loss.

22 Jan 2019

Peptide isolated from soil fungi has antitumor and antibacterial properties

A team of scientists from I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University together with their colleagues isolated a peptide named emericellipsin A from soil fungi.

22 Jan 2019

New study extends our knowledge of the link between miRNAs and cancer

The abnormal expression of different classes of molecules is known to be linked to various types of cells becoming cancerous.

21 Jan 2019

Computerized method helps better protect pharma patents

Routes to making life-saving medications and other pharmaceutical compounds are among the most carefully protected trade secrets in global industry.

18 Jan 2019

Ural Federal University scientists synthesize a group of multi-purpose fluorophores

A group of scientists from Russia's Ural Federal University, headed by Professor Grigory Zyryanov, synthesized a group of multi-purpose fluorophores.

18 Jan 2019

Innovative ‘light’ method demonstrates positive results in fight against malignant tumors

A team of scientists from the National University of Science and Technology "MISIS", the Moscow Technological University and the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University has experimentally proved the effectiveness of the formerly suggested "light" method in oncotherapy.

18 Jan 2019

New enzyme biomarker test indicates diseases and bacterial contamination

Researchers at Queen's University Belfast have developed a highly innovative new enzyme biomarker test that has the potential to indicate diseases and bacterial contamination saving time, money and possibly lives.

18 Jan 2019

New anti-inflammatory compound acts as 'surge protector' to reduce cancer growth

A new anti-inflammatory compound developed at the University of California, Davis, acts as a "surge protector" to suppress inflammation and reduce cancer growth, at least in mouse models of cancer.

17 Jan 2019

Researchers discover mechanism which drives leukemia cell growth

A mechanism which drives leukemia cell growth has been discovered by researchers at the University of Sussex, who believe their findings could help to inform new strategies when it comes to treating cancer.

17 Jan 2019

Researchers discover that spin flips happen in only half a picosecond in the course of a chemical reaction

Solar cells, quantum computing and photodynamic cancer therapy. These all involve molecules switching between magnetic and nonmagnetic forms.

17 Jan 2019

Cellular protein that interacts with viruses appears to enable infection process of Zika virus

A cellular protein that interacts with invading viruses appears to help enable the infection process of the Zika virus, according to an international team of researchers who suggest this protein could be a key target in developing new therapies to prevent or treat Zika virus infection.

17 Jan 2019

Mutant mice administered with cocaine failed to exhibit hyperactivity, shows study

Cocaine is a highly addictive psychostimulant that induces complex molecular, cellular and behavioral responses. Despite various approaches and years of pre-clinical studies, effective, mechanism-based therapies to assist with cocaine misuse and dependence are still sorely lacking.

16 Jan 2019

Molecule News and Research

Norwegian scientists discover new small molecule drug to treat prostate cancer

Training heart cells in culture to mimic human cardiac tissue

Researchers demonstrate strong evidence connecting bacterial pathogen and Alzheimer's pathogenesisis

Researchers design interleukin protein to balance overshooting immune response

Nicotinamide riboside supplementation confers significant physiological benefits to mothers and offspring

Rutgers researchers discover cause of bone loss in people with joint replacements

Peptide isolated from soil fungi has antitumor and antibacterial properties

New study extends our knowledge of the link between miRNAs and cancer

Computerized method helps better protect pharma patents

Ural Federal University scientists synthesize a group of multi-purpose fluorophores

Innovative ‘light’ method demonstrates positive results in fight against malignant tumors

New enzyme biomarker test indicates diseases and bacterial contamination

New anti-inflammatory compound acts as 'surge protector' to reduce cancer growth

Researchers discover mechanism which drives leukemia cell growth

Researchers discover that spin flips happen in only half a picosecond in the course of a chemical reaction

Cellular protein that interacts with viruses appears to enable infection process of Zika virus

Mutant mice administered with cocaine failed to exhibit hyperactivity, shows study

Researchers develop novel viral identification method

Scientists reveal key mechanism in worms that controls cell's response to stress

Researchers find how GREB1 gene promotes resistance to prostate cancer treatments

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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