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Indirubin — Component Of Chinese herbal remedy might block brain tumor's spread

The researchers discovered that the compound, indirubin, both blocks the migration of glioblastoma cells, preventing their spread to other areas of the brain,…

Physics & Astronomy

Ohio State Scientists Model Key Dark Energy Probe Using Supercomputers

Ohio State University researchers are leveraging powerful supercomputers to investigate one of the key observational probes of “dark energy,” the mysterious…

Health & Medicine

Low dose naltrexone (LDN): Harnessing the body's own chemistry to treat human ovarian cancer

When LDN is combined with chemotherapy, there is an additive inhibitory action on tumorigenesis. This discovery, reported in the July 2011 issue of…

Life & Chemistry

Purdue Biologists Uncover New Enzyme in Legionella Infection

Zhao-Qing Luo, the associate professor of biological sciences who led the study, said the team discovered a new enzyme used by the bacterium Legionella…

Social Sciences

Houston Tops Population Growth: Key Insights from Research

Based on a new extensive analysis of the 2000 and 2010 censuses by Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, the Greater Houston metropolitan area…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Understanding Pesticide Pathways: New Insights from ARS Research

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) soil scientist Timothy Gish and ARS micrometeorologist John Prueger led the investigation, which looked at the field…

Life & Chemistry

Supramolecules: A New Era for Catalysis and Innovation

What looks like a spongy ball wrapped in strands of yarn — but a lot smaller — could be key to unlocking better methods for catalysis, artificial…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Wireless power could cut cord for patients with implanted heart pumps

But as the technology has improved, these ventricular assist devices commonly operate in patients for years, including in former vice-president Dick Cheney,…

Medical Engineering

New Coatings Boost Longevity of Prosthetic Heart Valves

In an international joint project, scientists are now testing prosthetic pumping systems, in which coatings increase the longevity of heart valves. At the same…

Studies and Analyses

Family Meals: Key to Teen Relationships, Expert Insights

“The common belief is that teens don't want to be around their parents very much, and that teens are just too busy for regular meals with the family,” she…

Life & Chemistry

New Drug Discoveries for Brain Diseases Explored in Podcast

Chronicled in a new episode in the American Chemical Society's award-winning “Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions” podcast series, now online, it involved…

Life & Chemistry

Fungicide Resistance: Challenges for Apple Growers Ahead

Janna Beckerman, an associate professor of botany and plant pathology, said that extensive, long-term use of four popular fungicides has led to resistances in…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble's Neptune Anniversary Pictures

Neptune is the most distant major planet in our solar system. German astronomer Johann Galle discovered the planet on September 23, 1846. At the time, the…

Environmental Conservation

Researchers investigate the spread of invasive plant species in South America and Australia

Invasive plant species in Chile pose a higher threat to its neighbour, Argentina, than vice versa. This was concluded by scientists from the University of…

Life & Chemistry

Laser Light Creates Synthetic Tissue for Regenerative Medicine

So that tissue can be produced to replicate the body’s natural tissue, knowledge of the interaction between cells in a three-dimensional framework and the…

Life & Chemistry

Enzyme Insights: How They Regulate Energy Metabolism

An international research team led by Professor Clemens Steegborn, University of Bayreuth, currently detected a system of biochemical signals and processes…

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