Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast have shown that they can deliver a gene directly into breast cancer cells causing them to self-destruct, using an innovative, miniscule gene transport system, according to research published today (28 February) in the International Journal of Pharmaceutics…
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SUNDAY, Feb. 27 — A new study says it takes far more vitamin D than initially thought to dramatically cut the risk of several major diseases, including breast cancer.
“We found that daily intakes of vitamin D by adults in the range of 4,000-8,000…
SUNDAY, Feb. 27 — Giving medications meant for humans to pets can be dangerous, a veterinarian warns.
“Administration of human medications should only occur with the recommendation and supervision of a veterinarian,” Dr. Carolynn MacAllister, an…
The success of a pharmacy based chlamydia screening pilot program in a number of ACT pharmacies has resulted in a record number of pharmacists attending the ACT PSA Branch’s first CPD event of the year which focused on the role of pharmacies as a provider of public health interventions…
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The King’s Speech, nominated for a whopping 12 Oscars this Sunday, is the story of a stuttering King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it…
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Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have made an important discovery concerning how fledgling cancer cells self-destruct, which has the potential of impacting on future cancer therapies…
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Genetic engineering has produced marvelous things, including drugs and foods. But the genetic modifications that made those products possible had to be hand-crafted by teams of Ph.D.-level scientists working on the cutting edge of molecular biology…
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Sigma Life Science, the innovative biological products and services research business of Sigma-Aldrich® (Nasdaq: SIAL), today announced the release of its pre-designed CompoZr Knockout Zinc Finger Nucleases (ZFNs) technology to knockout any gene in the human genome…
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A research team led by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has developed a powerful method that allows them to sift through thousands of candidate hairpin-shaped RNA molecules at a time and pull out only those RNAs that potently shut down the activity of a target gene…
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The validation of a test, based on gene expression and predicting the tumours that will metastasize in lymph nodes of head & neck cancers, was presented today at the 3rd International Conference on innovative approaches in Head and Neck Oncology (ICHNO), in Barcelona…
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