Strawberry extract may aid in skin protection

Strawberry in skin protection

Italian and Spanish researchers suggest based on their experimental studies that strawberry extracts could help protect skin from the harmful effects of exposure to Ultraviolet (UV) radiations. Lead author Maurizio Battino of the Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy, along with his colleagues said that the team cultured human skin cells, the fibroblasts, More...

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mick
By admin On Sunday, May 27th, 2012
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McMaster Uni research reveals anti-cancer effects of anti-psychotic drug

Vancouver, May 27| A team of Canadian scientists at the McMaster University, have discovered that thioridazine, a drug used in psychotic disorder therapy, has the ability to successfully eliminate cancer stem cells More...

gene testing
By admin On Saturday, March 24th, 2012
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Gene testing aids safer and personalized Chemotherapy

Researchers led by Christof Vulsteke, of the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, have discovered a novel way of identifying breast cancer patients who are likely to suffer fatal side effects from chemotherapy. More...

aspirin
By admin On Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
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Gas-filled Aspirin in the battle against cancer

As per reports from the Iranian Students News agency (ISNA), one of their scientists, Khosrow Kashfi, has developed a gas-filled aspirin that can boost the cancer-fighting ability of the drug. Khosrow, is an associate More...

tusar silk
By Team Folks Health On Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
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Tasar silk in cardiac repair

Silk has been well known for its use in clothing material, since times immemorial. However, recently, scientists at Max Planck, Germany, have also found its application in growing replacement tissue for damaged More...

grape seed extract
By Team Folks Health On Sunday, January 29th, 2012
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Grape seed extract in cancer treatment

Cancer, known medically as malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. Cell growth occurs through a cell division cycle or cell cycle. This cycle involves a More...

nanoparticle vaccine
By Team Folks Health On Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
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Specialized nanoparticles boost vaccine response

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center, U.S.A, suggest that synthetic nanoparticles specialized to target lymph nodes, where the most effective immune reactions occur, could greatly boost vaccine responses. More...

Colorectal cancer therapy
By Team Folks Health On Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
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Developing better combination therapies for colorectal cancer

Scientists at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, U.S.A, have shed new light on the molecular connection between chronic inflammation and DNA methylation, a process that shuts down cancer-fighting More...

leucoderma
By Team Folks Health On Monday, January 23rd, 2012
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Herbal drug for Leucoderma

Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) introduced Lukoskin – a herbal drug developed for treatment of leucoderma, in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. The drug development process for Lukoskin More...

MRI pacemaker
By Team Folks Health On Thursday, January 19th, 2012
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MRI- compatible pacemakers, now in India

On Tuesday, St. Jude Medical said that it has released an “MRI-conditional” pacemaker in India. This pacemaker would enable patients with the implants to undergo some full-body MRI scans. As per the More...