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Fujitsu tech enables High-Speed Detection of Toxic Proteins Using DNA Aptamers

Fujitsu and Nagoya Univ say that they have developed a technology to help high-speed detection of toxic proteins that cause food poisoning. They have developed a new sensor which detects the presence of toxic proteins. The sensor has been manufactured, by employing a combination of artificial antibodies (DNA aptamers) which capture the toxic proteins, with [...]

Patients with IBS Commonly Use Narcotics

By Frontier India Pharmacetuicals News | May 3rd, 2010 | Category: General Medical News | No Comments »

Doctors often unnecessarily treat irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with narcotics, according to a study led by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers. “This course of treatment is generally inadvisable because it does not improve functional status and may have adverse long term effects,” said study lead author Spencer D. Dorn, MD, MPH, assistant [...]