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MIT's smart pillbox targets TB

It's not that new treatments are needed–medical science long ago figured out how to cure tuberculosis using a cocktail of antibiotics. The problem is getting…

Technology Offerings

Enhancing Bioavailability of Amidine-Based Pharmaceuticals

The amidine group is an essential component of many pharmacologically active agents. However, in general pharmaceutical compositions with one or more amidine…

Technology Offerings

Effective Low-Molecular NO-Synthase Inhibitors Unveiled

The substances of the invention are highly effective low-molecular NO-synthases inhibitors. They can be synthesised easily and inexpensively in high purity via…

Technology Offerings

Laryngeal Mask: Simplifying Intubation with Integrated Tube

Laryngeal mask to secure the airways, allowing fast, easy to handle and inexpensive intubation with a standard endotracheal tube.Further Information: PDF Patent- und Verwertungsagentur für die Wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen in Schleswig-Holstein GmbH (PVA SH)…

Life & Chemistry

Key Discovery in Programmed Cell Death by St. Jude Researchers

Investigators at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have discovered a dance of proteins that protects certain cells from undergoing apoptosis, also known as…

Earth Sciences

Nitrate Discovery in Desert Soils: A Water Contamination Risk

A UC Riverside-led study in the Mojave Desert, Calif., has found that soils under “desert pavement” have an unusually high concentration of nitrate, a type of…

Life & Chemistry

Airborne Bacteria’s Impact on Global Precipitation Unveiled

A Montana State University professor and his colleagues have found evidence suggesting that airborne bacteria are globally distributed in the atmosphere and…

Earth Sciences

Liquid Water on Mars? Examining New Findings and Doubts

The finding casts doubt on the 2006 report that the bright spots in some Martian gullies indicate that liquid water flowed down those gullies sometime since…

Life & Chemistry

New Mechanism Discovered to Enhance Leukemia Protein Function

The protein, called AML1, plays a critical role in the development of the blood system and in the production of platelets and immune cells. The findings are…

Studies and Analyses

New study of targeted therapies for breast cancer — model for global clinical trials

This trial, dubbed ALTTO (Adjuvant Lapatinib and/or Trastuzumab Treatment Optimization study), will be one of the first global initiatives in which two large,…

Physics & Astronomy

Measuring Field Strength in ICF Implosions: Key Research Insights

In the most recent research, which appears in the Feb. 29 issue of the journal, Science, Ryan Rygg of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and colleagues…

Earth Sciences

Geotimes: U.S. Rivers Unchained as Dams Are Removed

The number of large and small dams being removed from U.S. rivers is few, but increasing, as both river restoration gains popularity and aging dams lose their…

Business and Finance

Westward Expansion Causes: Key Factors in U.S. History

Western Expansion during the nineteenth century was an important determinant of geographic distribution and economic activity in the United States today….

Studies and Analyses

Class Size Alone Won’t Close the Achievement Gap

“While decreasing class size may increase achievement on average for all types of students, it does not appear to reduce the achievement gap within a class,”…

Health & Medicine

New Target Identified for Treating Bloodstream Infections

Most bacterial pathogens can invade the bloodstream, which can lead to severe sepsis, a syndrome that kills about 215,000 of the 750,000 people affected in the…

Health & Medicine

Rutgers Researchers Reveal Vitamin A’s Role in Embryonic Growth

The researchers studied the role of LRAT, a protein that facilitates the formation of vitamin A stores in the body, during embryonic development. In…

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