While the catalyst for pancreatitis is not well known, it is thought that enzymes normally secreted by the pancreas in an inactive form become activated inside the pancreas and start to digest the ...
Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Cancer Pharmacology report the first evidence that cylcooxygenase-2 enzymes (known as COX-2) are not only responsible for pain and ...
Can eating fat be good for us? Some fatty acid molecules actually play a crucial role in maintaining our health and cellular functions. By the early twentieth century, scientists and doctors widely ...
BAE: Bovine aortic endothelial; RHP: Recombinant human protein. NSAIDs variably inhibit prostaglandin H synthase (COX). COX-2 was cloned in 1991, and it was subsequently established that COX-1 does ...
This project is not being offered for the current term. Please check back next semester for updates. The cyclooxygenase enzymes (COX-1 and COX-2) catalyze the committed step in the biosynthesis of ...
The nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) class of drugs, often used to treat pain and fever, includes medications like aspirin that have shown potential in CRC treatment. NSAIDs target ...
Brigham Young University today announced an agreement to license patent-pending biotechnology to pharmaceutical firm Merck & Co. Inc., which has also agreed to fund further research by BYU ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found out how some fat cells are turned into calorie-burning brown fat known as brown adipose tissue rather than into the white fat associated with obesity. The ...
Why do nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) exacerbate gastrointestinal infections by Clostridioides difficile, the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea worldwide? In a new paper ...