A paper published in this week's issue of PLoS Biology describes a study that has reactivated a dormant gene found in humans and coaxed it - in tissue culture - to produce an antiviral peptide.
More...Skin Lesion Leads To More Cancer Types Than Once Believed
Article Date: 03 Jun 2009
Actinic keratoses are sun-damaged rough patches or lesions on the skin - often pink and scaly - that doctors have long believed can turn into a form of skin cancer known as squamous cell carcinoma.
More...Greater Cardiovascular Risk With Small LDL
Article Date: 10 Jun 2009
Small LDL (sLDL) is the most harmful form of cholesterol! People with small LDL are five times as likely to have cardiovascular disease. However, most laboratories do not test for it. Randox provides an easy to use sLDL test to help assess cardiovascular disease risk.
More...Nicotine's Double Role In Lung Cancer
Article Date: 10 Jun 2009
A lung cancer treatment that inhibits nicotine receptors was shown to double survival time in mice, according to Italian researchers. The results of the early phase animal model study were reported in the June 15 issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
More...Discovery Of New Trigger For Chronic Inflammation In Rheumatoid Arthritis
Article Date: 25 Jun 2009
A signal molecule made by the human body that triggers the immune system into action may be important in rheumatoid arthritis, according to new research published in Nature Medicine. The authors of the study, from Imperial College London, say that if scientists could block this signal, it may be possible to develop more effective arthritis treatments.
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