There is a huge investment in the research-based pharmaceutical industry in developing new medicines and vaccines that prevent and treat diseases and improve the lives of patients, especially in African countries. This contribution to medical progress and the huge cost incurred may require innovative ...
Natural dyes from plant and animal products have been used since ancient times. So this week we describe a natural way to dye wool. There are several methods to put dye onto material. The vat method for example can be used to dye wool with onionskins. For this example use one hundred ...
The salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, is an ectoparasite of salmonids that causes huge economic losses in salmon farming, and has also been causatively linked with declines of wild salmonid populations. Lice control on farms is reliant upon a few gr
–The UK’s healthcare regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products (MHRA) has declared it will prioritise assessments of Covid-19 clinical trials, as well as providing rapid advice to manufacturers and other regulators. –This builds upon the MHRA’s response to previous outbreaks, such ...
However, from a consumer’s perspective, there are concerns about the safety of edible coatings, and from an industrial standpoint, there are issues about the high cost of edible polymers that need to be addressed. It is conceivable that advancements in edible coatings, using inexpensive food ...
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and thus inhibited the cysteine alkylation for up to 24 hours compared to when there was no metal ion. Nickel ions did not bind to the CGH motif as strongly as zinc ions did, suggesting that the effect of inhibiting the cysteine alkylation is lowerthan that of zinc 15 ions. However, ...
Especially, there has been an increase in the demand for herbal medicines in some developed and developing countries, owing to different reasons such as their biological and pharmacological activities, high safety, and low costs [3]. For this purpose, the wide use of herbal medicine has been ...
As ever in the early modern medical marketplace, where there was demand there was likely a crafty quack chasing a fast shilling. Travel-related conditions were common amongst the efficacy puffs for proprietary pills and medicines. In 1670 the ‘English Pills for the Scurvy’ claimed to be extre...
Another highlight of this study is that to our knowledge, this is the first report of Nuci promoting energy expenditure in HFD-fed mice, further shedding light on another potential mechanism by which the anti-obesity effect of Nuci occurs. 2. Materials and Methods 2.1. Animal Experiments Nuci...