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Capability of curry component to treat disease merits US patent
Public release date: 12-Jun-2012 [ | E-mail |
Share ] Contact: Tom .edu585-275-7954University of Rochester Medical Center
A U.S patent issued today to the University of Rochester and two other entities for the use of compounds related to a popular spice in the fight against cancer, acne, baldness, and other medical conditions.
The patent centers on compounds related to curcumin, the compound that is the main ingredient of the spice turmeric and a central ingredient of curry. the patent is for research led by Chawnshang Chang, Ph.D., director of the George Whipple Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University of …
Sewage treatment plants may contribute to antibiotic resistance problem
Public release date: 7-Dec-2011 [ | E-mail |
Share ] Contact: Michael Bernsteinm_bernstein@acs.org202-872-6042American Chemical Society
Water discharged into lakes and rivers from municipal sewage treatment plants may contain significant concentrations of the genes that make bacteria antibiotic-resistant. That’s the conclusion of a new study on a sewage treatment plant on Lake Superior in the Duluth, Minn., harbor that appears in ACS’ journal Environmental Science & Technology.
Timothy M. LaPara and colleagues explain that antibiotic-resistant bacteria …