Researchers have developed a virus which is used to kill cancer cells in patients with advanced end stage cancers. The treatments which are experimental offer an alternative for patients who have exhausted other options and can’t take any more chemotherapy or radiation. The virus approach to killing cancer cells has the advantage of leaving normal [...]
A different class of anticancer medication that works by turning off cancer genes appears to effectively halt the progress of prostate cancer development in experimental animals. The new class of anticancer drugs are called histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors. The new medication prevented mice with a precancerous lesion from getting an advanced prostate cancer.
While receiving the [...]
Orexin-A is a naturally occurring, highly excitatory, chemical released by the hypothalamus. Orexin-A eliminate the signs and symptoms found in individuals who have sleep deprivation. Orexin A thus far has shown no negative side effects. The benefits of this drug include an improved cognitive ability and dramatic improvement in function of sleep deprived [...]
Multiple sclerosis is a disease in which the immune system attacks the myelin coating around nerves. Multiple sclerosis symptoms are extremely variable and range from mild to debilitating. In the relapsing remitting form, new symptoms occur in discrete attacks. Multiple Sclerosis is poorly understood and difficult to treat. Multiple sclerosis research from University of [...]
Due to the intoxicating effects marijuana possesses, it has been made illegal in most countries. But this very quality is due to the fact that it marijuana mimics the effects of chemicals that the brain already uses for many important functions. Brain mechanisms use cannabis like compounds called endocannabinoids to [...]
