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Community pharmacy, also known as retail pharmacy, is the most common type of pharmacy that allows the public access to their medications and advice about their health. Traditionally known as a chemist, it is the healthcare facility that is responsible for the provision of pharmaceutical service to a specific community group or region.

New protein imaging technique may lead to advanced tissue analysis

Researchers have defined a new protein imaging technique that may result in novel discoveries in disease, cell analysis, biological tissue, and more.

18 Nov 2020

Placental gene expression related to preeclampsia may be affected by vitamin D status

According to the World Health Organization, preeclampsia affects between 2% to 8% of pregnancies. It can cause serious, sometimes fatal, complications in the mother and child.

10 Nov 2020

Study may help develop new antiviral drugs against COVID-19

SARS-CoV-2 is a respiratory virus that is responsible for causing COVID-19 infection. It uses multiple steps to attack the body.

9 Nov 2020

Infrared spectroscopy can trace out various modifications in protein structure

Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is a frequently used technique for the structural analysis of simple and complex molecules.

9 Nov 2020

Study examines how extremophilic microbes can tolerate drastic space conditions

Since the dawn of space exploration, humankind has been fascinated by survival of terrestrial life in outer space. Outer space is a hostile environment for any form of life, but some extraordinarily resistant microorganisms can survive.

5 Nov 2020

Study: Oil extracted from wild olives has excellent sensorial and physicochemical characteristics

The oil from wild olive trees has excellent sensorial, physicochemical, and stability characteristics from a nutritional point of view, according to an article published in the journal Antioxidants.

4 Nov 2020

Researchers describe how drug use change specific brain cells responsible for motivation

In the October 28, 2020 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina and the National Institutes of Health describe how reminders of drug use can change specific brain cells responsible for motivation, increasing the desire to seek drugs.

30 Oct 2020

Asynt's CondenSyn waterless condenser adopted by TSWG

The CondenSyn waterless condenser from Asynt has been widely adopted by the Technicians Sustainability Working Group operating within the Biomolecular Science and Medicinal Chemistry Division at Nottingham University as part of their drive to make teaching and research greener.

From Asynt 15 Oct 2020

Treatment using immune system T cells preserves vision of mice with retinoblastoma

A treatment that uses immune system T cells, combined with an immune-boosting drug packaged in an injectable gel, was found to preserve the vision of mice implanted with tissue from a human eye cancer known as retinoblastoma.

13 Oct 2020

Enzyme SSH1 impairs disposal of damaged tau and mitochondria leaking toxins

In a healthy brain, the multistep waste clearance process known as autophagy routinely removes and degrades damaged cell components - including malformed proteins like tau and toxic mitochondria.

13 Oct 2020

Immune cell biomarker may help identify patients at risk for graft-versus-host disease

A recent report published in Science Translational Medicine by MUSC Hollings Cancer Center investigator Sophie Paczesny, M.D., Ph.D., sheds light on immune cell biomarkers that may reveal which patients are most at risk for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), a life-threatening condition that can arise after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for treatment of liquid cancers such as leukemia.

8 Oct 2020

TSWG adopts Asynt's CondenSyn waterless condenser to make teaching and research greener

From Asynt 30 Sep 2020

Cell therapy designed to treat inflammatory bowel disease

The results obtained are encouraging and the researchers could make headway in a multifunctional cell therapy system to treat inflammatory bowel disease.

29 Sep 2020

Research grade BI-200SM light scattering goniometer for teaching labs

TESTA Analytical Solutions e.K reports how the internationally respected Department of Chemistry at the University of Helsinki is using its BI-200SM light scattering goniometer for physicochemical characterization of polymers.

From TESTA Analytical Solutions 18 Sep 2020

Novel method produces anti-inflammatory substances with controlled quality

Anti-inflammatory substances based on components of human cells could one day improve treatment in patients. Researchers at the Institute of Pharmacy at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have developed a method for producing those substances with controlled quality.

10 Sep 2020

Pharmacy News and Research

New protein imaging technique may lead to advanced tissue analysis

Placental gene expression related to preeclampsia may be affected by vitamin D status

Study may help develop new antiviral drugs against COVID-19

Infrared spectroscopy can trace out various modifications in protein structure

Study examines how extremophilic microbes can tolerate drastic space conditions

Study: Oil extracted from wild olives has excellent sensorial and physicochemical characteristics

Researchers describe how drug use change specific brain cells responsible for motivation

Asynt's CondenSyn waterless condenser adopted by TSWG

Treatment using immune system T cells preserves vision of mice with retinoblastoma

Enzyme SSH1 impairs disposal of damaged tau and mitochondria leaking toxins

Immune cell biomarker may help identify patients at risk for graft-versus-host disease

TSWG adopts Asynt's CondenSyn waterless condenser to make teaching and research greener

Cell therapy designed to treat inflammatory bowel disease

Research grade BI-200SM light scattering goniometer for teaching labs

Novel method produces anti-inflammatory substances with controlled quality

Study shows how individualization with pharmacogenomics could impact COVID-19 treatments

Study sheds new light on crucial proteins linked to genetic diseases

Long-term opioid use in back-pain patients leads to production of anti-opioid antibodies

Researchers are developing therapeutic treatments for acute stroke

Genetic analysis helps determine causal relationships between diabetes, obesity and NAFLD

Gaining new insights into bacterial pneumonia

Discovering a new step in immune cell generation

Developing a new method to reduce antibiotic resistance in waterways

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