Posts Tagged ‘National Academy Of Sciences’

New Target for Fighting Alzheimer’s: Study

27th January 2010 by admin No Comments

French researchers said Tuesday they had found a promising new target in the fight against Alzheimer’s, the debilitating brain disease that causes irreversible memory loss and dementia.
In laboratory experiments, a team led by Etienne-Emile Beaulieu of the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) uncovered what could prove a critically important interaction between [...]

Small Molecule Might Play Big Part in Lung Cancer

19th July 2009 by admin No Comments

Researchers have isolated a small molecule that might play a big part in a form of lung cancer that typically strikes people who have never smoked, opening up the possibilities for new treatments for this deadly malignancy.
The microRNA miR-21 was found particularly elevated in adenocarcinomas that affect never-smokers, especially in individuals who tested positive for [...]