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Malaria drug could combat chemotherapy-resistant head, neck cancers: Study
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 15 (ANI): A new study suggests that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine inhibits pathways that drive resistance to the chemotherapy agent cisplatin in head and neck cancers and restores tumour-killing effects of cisplatin in animal models.
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Exposure to chemical mixtures during pregnancy affects brain development:
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Karlstad [Sweden], February 21 (ANI): Does exposure to chemicals during pregnancy affect a child? Researchers provided evidence that complex mixtures of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, impact children's brain development and language acquisition, by linking human population studies with expe
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Study finds fermented soybeans suppress asthma-induced airway inflammation
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Osaka [Japan], January 1 (ANI): A new research has found that a fermented soy product called ImmuBalance suppresses airway inflammation in animal models of asthma.
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Novel approach by neuroscientists reverses amblyopia in animals
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 1 (ANI): By temporarily suspending retinal activity in the non-amblyopic eye of animal models, neuroscientists at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory restrengthened the visual response in the amblyopic eye, even at ages after the critical period when patc
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Scientists discover new compound for male contraceptive pill
Updated : 5 years ago IST
California [US], March 4 (ANI): A new research by the scientists at The Lundquist Institute spells out an innovative strategy that has led to the discovery of a natural compound as a safe, effective and reversible male contraceptive agent in pre-clinical animal models.
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Research on possible new combo therapy for head, neck cancer
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 23 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have tested a new combination therapy in animal models to see if they could find a way to make an already effective treatment even better.
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Scientists discover neural circuit responsible for alcohol consumption
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 14 (ANI): Scientists have known that a region of the brain called the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) plays a role in behaviours related to alcohol use and consumption in general. They have now found a specific neural circuit that when altered caused animal m
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Placental stem cells can regenerate new heart cells after heart attack, st
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C [U.S.A], May 22 (ANI): In a recent study, the researchers have found that stem cells generated from the placenta known as Cdx2 cells can regenerate healthy heart cells after heart failure as tested on animal models.
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New drug delivery method paves way for better cancer therapy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Mar. 17 (ANI): Patients suffering from cancer may soon face better therapy options as a team of researchers has come up with a new drug delivery method that produced strong results in treating cancers in animal models, including some hard-to-treat solid and liquid tumou
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In path breaking discovery, scientists develop vaccine against opioid over
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Nov.26 (ANI): According to a recent study, scientists have developed a vaccine that blocks the pain-numbing effects of the opioid drugs oxycodone (oxy) and hydrocodone (hydro) in animal models.
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