General facts on radiation, inhalation, and radioactive isotopes

General Facts on Radioactivity

A New Class of Therapeutics
Staple peptides are able to address targets previously considered undruggable by conventional therapeutics

Radiology Treatment Reduces Blood Pressure
Innovative therapy that decreases resistant hypertension may also find use in managing other diseases

Thyroid Affects Colour Vision
Thyroid hormone controls the eye‘s visual pigments throughout life

Dendrimersomes: A New Mode of Drug Delivery?
Amphiphilic branched nanostructures self-assemble in water to form packets capable of mimicking biological membranes

Hollywood Chemistry
And the Winner for the Most Accurate Science in a Movie or TV series goes to …

Good News for Hot Dog Fans
Levels of carcinogenic heterocyclic amines in some meat products are very low according to a US study; good news for hot dog fans

Protein for New TB Vaccine
Protein secreted by tuberculosis bacteria is a promising candidate for a new vaccine

Biomarkers for Tuberculosis
Several promising biomarkers to predict who will fall ill from the tuberculosis bacteria have been identified

World TB Day 2011: March 24
World tuberculosis (TB) day commemorates the day the pathogenic bacteria that causes TB was discovered