• 囊胞性纤维症新疗法或将问世

    10-09-19 The lab of Kevin Foskett, PhD, the Isaac Ott Professor of Physiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has found a possible new target for fighting cystic fibrosis ( CF囊胞性纤维症 ) that could compensate for the lack of a functi...

  • 新元素搭配将提高太阳能电池效率

    10-09-09 In what could be a step toward higher efficiency solar cells, an international team including University of Michigan professors has invalidated(使无效) the most commonly used model to explain the behavior of a unique class of materials called high...

  • 治疗感染的新疗法或将问世

    10-09-06 Selfish bacterial cells that act in their own interests and do not cooperate with their infection-causing colleagues can actually reduce the severity of infection. The selfish behaviour of these uncooperative bacteria could be exploited to treat ant...

  • 高龄妇女缘何排卵不正常

    10-09-03 Scientists say they are closer to knowing why older women are more likely to produce abnormal eggs. 科学家称他们已进一步了解为何高龄妇女更有可能排出不正常的卵细胞。 The protein is a key factor in the ovulation process The Newcastle University team s...

  • 研究人员首次从老鼠体内分离出人体乳腺干细胞

    10-09-01 For the first time, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have identified and isolated adult mammary(乳腺的) stem cells in mice. Long-term implications of this research may include the use of such cells to regenerate breast tissue,...

  • 帕金森氏病治疗取得一定突破

    10-08-24 Researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that using specific drugs can protect nerve cells in mice from the lethal(致命的) effects of Parkinson's disease. The researchers' findings are published in the August 22 issue of Nature Medicine. The newly...

  • 癌症治疗集束炸弹疗法即将问世

    10-08-24 Chemotherapy(化学疗法) , while an effective cancer treatment, also brings debilitating(使衰弱的) side effects such as nausea(恶心,晕船) , liver toxicity and a battered(破旧的) immune system. Now, a new way to deliver this life-saving therap...

  • 利用胚胎干细胞培育肺组织取得突破

    10-08-20 The first successful report of using cell-depleted lung as a natural growth matrix(矩阵,模型) for generating new rat lung from embryonic stem cells is presented in a breakthrough article in Tissue Engineering, Part A, a peer-reviewed journal publ...

  • 中草药可减轻化学疗法的副作用

    10-08-19 A combination of Chinese herbs(药草) in use for more than 1,800 years reduced the gastrointestinal(胃肠的) side effects of chemotherapy(化学疗法) in mice, while actually enhancing the effects of the cancer treatment, Yale University researcher...

  • 新药物可阻止艾滋病毒进入细胞

    10-08-19 Following up a pioneering 2007 proof-of-concept study, a University of Utah biochemist(生物化学家) and colleagues have developed a promising new anti-HIV drug candidate, PIE12-trimer, that prevents HIV from attacking human cells. Michael S. Kay, M...