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Allowing calcium to get inside colorectal cancer cells may be one way to stop their growth.
Researchers at Jefferson Medical College and the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia knew that the same bacterial toxin that causes traveler’s diarrhea can stem the growth of metastatic colorectal cancer cells. Now, they may have found out how.
The scientists discovered that the toxin appears to open a cellular door, permitting calcium into tumor cells, which
Action on Chemicals Pollution and Support for Africa Agreed at End of Global Environment Ministers Meeting
UNEP’s 22nd Governing Council Starts Making Johannesburg Plan of Implementation Operational
A global crackdown on mercury pollution, an agreement to help rescue the environment of the Occupied Palestinian Territories and assistance for small island states to reduce their vulnerability to climate change, were among the key agreements made at the end of an international en
The danger of a future Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska’s Prince William Sound has declined substantially since the State of Alaska, environmentalists, oil companies, and the fishing industry brought together a risk management team, according to a study in a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS®).
Measures taken before the formation of the risk management team had brought down the risk by 75%. Actions taken based on the late 1990’s r
n high-risk postmenopausal women, at one year
Newly published data show that treatment with 5 mg Actonel® (risedronate sodium tablets) daily reduced the risk of spinal fracture in postmenopausal osteoporotic patients at higher risk of fracture because of age or low bone mineral density (BMD) at the hip. In these patients, fracture risk was reduced by 62 percent and 60 percent, respectively, at one year with Actonel compared with placebo. The analysis of combined data from two studies
Fat is not only a much-discussed food substance. Fat can also function as a signal substance in the body and activate a special receptor in the cells of important organs like the heart and liver. This opens opportunities for new ways of explaining the genesis of diabetes, a disease that is strongly associated with obesity.
This new role for fat was discovered by a team of researchers headed by Professor Christer Owman and Associate Professor Björn Old of the Wallenberg Neuroscience Center at
Scientists are studying water tables in the Southwest with an eye towards conservation
Scientists have discovered an unusual way to measure how fast water moves from the ground surface to the water table: they analyze the ground temperature.
Research in Vadose Zone Journal, published by the Soil Science Society of America, describes the methodology behind using temperature to analyze how much water is recharging the ground water at a specific location. The research describes