Sigma-receptors have been in the focus of drug discovery
for several years, being classified into two subtypes,
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The findings are reported in the April 8 issue of PLoS ONE, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal of the Public Library of Science.Researchers used…
The study helps in the understanding of why those with diabetes have high blood glucose levels and could lead to development of a drug aimed at targeting…
The findings, reported in the April 8 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, go a long way toward addressing concerns about the value of…
Professor Jonathan Sprent and Dr Kylie Webster from Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research, in collaboration with colleagues, Dr Shane Grey and Stacey…
While studying grapes used to produce Cabernet Sauvignon from the Okanagan region of British Columbia, researchers from UBC's Wine Research Centre and Michael…
The patients all had a recurrent malignant glioma known as alkylator-refractory anaplastic oligodendroglioma (AO), for which there is no existing standard…
The researchers, who have been tracking Arctic sea ice cover with satellites since 1979, found that the winter of 2008-09 was the fifth lowest maximum ice…
Which is a better strategy, specializing in one crop or diversified cropping? Is conventional cropping more profitable than organic farming? Is it less risky?To answer these questions, the University of Wisconsin’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Michael Fields Agricultural Institute agronomists established the Wisconsin Integrated Cropping Systems Trial (WICST) in 1990. This research is funded by USDA-ARS. …
The research, published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, provides clues as to why certain people develop Alzheimer's…
This is a major breakthrough, as previous devices that used magnetic semiconductors (GaMnAs) and controlled electron spin were only functional at 100 K (or…
People with schizophrenia, a mental illness affecting about one per cent of the population, are known to be immune to certain vision illusions. The latest…
These are the findings of two major studies into the commercialisation and adoption of stem cell therapy carried out by researchers at The University of…
Techniques scientists currently use to image these transporters of genetic information within cells have several drawbacks, including the need for synthetic…
Yet, as of today, thanks to a study just published in the Proceedings of the National Accademy of Sciences (PNAS) and authored by Nobel Laureate for Medicine…
Each year malaria — spread through mosquito bites — kills about a million people, but many of the chemicals used to kill the insects become ineffective….