Common anaesthetics used during surgeries may help combat viral and bacterial infections in the lung, including influenza and pneumonia, researchers including one of Indian-origin have found. In use for more than a century, inhaled anaesthetics like nitrous oxide and halothane have made modern surgery possible.
An international team of researchers at Harvard Medical School has identified a gene responsible for bone mineral density and fracture risk. The study was published in the journal Nature.
The study found that resveratrol, found in red wine, grapes and dark chocolate, may slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease. The study was published in the journal Neurology.
An Indian-origin scientist and his team have now figured out Exercise is a well-known stimulus for new bone formation. The paper was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Insensitivity to insulin, also called insulin resistance, is associated with type 2 diabetes and affects several cell types and organs in the body. Now, scientists from Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet have discovered a mechanism that explains how insulin-producing cells can be insulin resistant and insulin sensitive at the same time. The findings are being published in the journal Cell Reports, and may lead to future novel treatment strategies for type 2 diabetes.
Cancer Research UK scientists have found how cells adapt to overcome cancer drugs designed to interfere with their genetic controls, according to a study published today (Wednesday) in Epigenetics and Chromatin.
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Scientists in Korea have discovered that using antibacterial soap when hand-washing is no more effective than using plain soap, according to a paper published today in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Food craving may be 'hard-wired' in the brain of overweight patients, say scientists who found that obesity is associated with neural changes similar to those found in substance addiction.
A new research revealed that the part of the brain is smaller in people who regularly consume junk food. The study was published in BMC Medicine.
A new group of antibiotics that may provide relief to people affected by antibiotic resistance, has been developed by a team of researchers from Virginia Institute of Technology. These new antibiotics can successfully target the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus (staph) and the antibiotic-resistant strains commonly known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The paper was published in Medicinal Chemistry Communications.
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