Tag Archive | Chemical Biology

Synthetic compound may lead to drugs to fight pancreatic, lung cancer

Scientists have uncovered a chemical compound that may eventually lead to a drug that fights cancers that

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Drug that stops progression of Parkinson’s disease in mice found

Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have discovered a drug that stops the

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Small molecule may deactivate enemy of cancer-fighting p53

Scientists are conducting a pioneering clinical trial to test the effectiveness in leukemia of a small molecule that

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New discovery may help explain how cancer cells spread

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have identified a novel enzyme that they believe

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Bitter-blocking ingredient in artificial sweeteners found

The chemical that specifically blocks people’s ability to detect the bitter aftertaste that comes with artificial sweeteners such as saccharin has

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How omega-3 fatty acids reduce inflammation

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have

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Small Molecules Found to Protect Cells in Multiple Models of Parkinson’s Disease

Several structurally similar small molecules appear capable of protecting cells from alpha-synuclein toxicity in multiple models of Parkinson’s disease, according to

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Possible Help in Fight Against Muscle-wasting Disease

Nov. 6 – A compound already used to treat pneumonia could become a new therapy for an inherited muscular wasting disease, according to researchers at the University of Oregon and the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in New York.

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Hybrid Molecules Show Promise for Exploring, Treating Alzheimer’s

Nov. 4 – One of the many mysteries of Alzheimer’s disease is how protein-like snippets called amyloid-beta peptides, which clump together to form plaques in the brain, may cause cell death, leading to the disease’s

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Scientists develop artificial ‘nose’ to sniff out bombs

Apr 2 : Military and police ‘sniffer dogs’ may soon be out of job, for scientists have now developed an artificial nose, called eNose, that sniffs out the explosive TNT with genetically

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