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Studys Shows Water Governs Cell Movement
Researchers discovered how the cells in our bodies are driven mainly by water power which in the long run opens the way for a new strategy in cancer therapy. --- (TEHRAN (FNA) - 2013-05-16)

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Antibacterial Nanodrugs Open New Window for Faster Healing of Infections
- Iranian researchers at the Islamic Azad University, Zanjan Branch, managed to find a new drug delivery system by attaching gold nanoparticles to gentamicin for transferring anti-bacterial drug staphylococcal to infected foci. --- (TEHRAN (FNA) - 2013-05-01)

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Zinc Oxide, Hydroxide Nanoparticles Utilized in Detecting Drugs
--- (TEHRAN (FNA) - 2013-04-22)

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US Scientists Find One Drug to Fight Different Cancers --- (RT RUSSIA TODAY - 2013-03-27)

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New Cancer Researchers developed a new technique for diagnosing cancer by detecting levels of lactate in individual cells. --- (TEHRAN (FNA) - 2013-03-18)

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Key Protein Revealed as Trigger for Stem Cell Development
A natural trigger that enables stem cells to become any cell type in the body has been discovered by scientists. --- (TEHRAN (FNA) - 2013-02-08)

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Production of Antimicrobial Polyethylene Nanocomposites for Foodstuff Packaging
- Iranian researchers succeeded in the production of antimicrobial polyethylene nanocomposites and used them in active foodstuff packaging through an industrial method. --- (TEHRAN (FNA) - 2013-02-04)

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Local scientists find new method to attack cancer --- (Xinhua - 2013-01-27)

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Stem Cell Therapy to Repair Damaged Knee Cartilage --- (TEHRAN (FNA) - 2013-01-25)

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Scientists grow first human kidney tissue from iPS... --- (Asahi Shimbun - 2013-01-23)

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Stem Cells Heal Damaged Artery in Lab Study
Scientists for the first time demonstrated that baboon embryonic stem cells can be programmed to completely restore a severely damaged artery. --- (TEHRAN (FNA) - 2013-01-11)

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Australian scientists discover mystery of insulin --- (Xinhua - 2013-01-10)

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Iranian Scientists Use Goat Milk to Produce Drug for Heart Attack
Iranian scientists at Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, Stem Cell Biology and Technology managed to produce a new type of drug from goat milk for treating patients who have just had a heart failure. --- ( - 2012-12-20)

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First officially revised acupuncture collection issued --- (Xinhua - 2012-12-16)

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Doctors ‘cure’ leukemia by using HIV to rewire immune system
Doctors have successfully used a disabled version of HIV to modify a 7-year-old leukemia patient’s white blood cells to attack her cancer. The breakthrough procedure could potentially replace bone marrow transplant as a leukemia treatment. --- (RT Russia Today - 2012-12-15)

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Potential Drug Target for Inflammatory Diseases Including Cancers
Scientists identified the enzyme, telomerase, as a cause of chronic inflammation in human cancers which is now recognized as a key underlying cause for the development of many human cancers, autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, and metabolic diseases such as diabetes. --- (TEHRAN (FNA) - 2012-11-24)

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Skin Cells Reveal DNA's Genetic Mosaic --- (FNA - 2012-11-19)

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New study unveils how cancer drug causes heart failure --- (XINHUA - 2012-11-16)

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Heart Failure in Older Breast Cancer Patients Linked to Medication
Heart failure is a relatively common complication in older women with breast cancer, but the risk is even higher in those patients treated with adjuvant trastuzumab (Herceptin). --- (TEHRAN (FNA) - 2012-11-15)

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Tolerance to Malaria by Means of Iron Control
Scientists discovered that the development of severe forms of malaria can be prevented by a simple mechanism that controls the accumulation of iron in tissues of the infected host. --- (TEHRAN (FNA) - 2012-11-15)

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Iranian Scientist Discovers Protein Generating Plaque in Cardiovascular System
Nima Aqili, an Iranian cardiologist, reported that he has discovered a protein responsible for the generation of plaques in the cardiovascular system, a breakthrough which can help patients with heart artery congestion. --- (TEHRAN (FNA) - 2012-10-30)

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Cell Mechanism Findings Could One Day Be Used to Engineer Organs
TEHRAN (FNA)- Biologists have teamed up with mechanical engineers to conduct cell research that provides information that may one day be used to engineer organs. --- (Fars - 2012-10-20)

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New antibiotic cures disease by disarming bacteria --- (Xinhua - 2012-10-03)

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Novel Non-Antibiotic Agents against MRSA, Strep Infections
Scientists discovered novel antivirulence drugs that without killing the bacteria render Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) and Streptococcus pyogenes, commonly referred to as strep, harmless by preventing the production of toxins that cause disease. --- (TEHRAN (FNA) - 2012-09-13)

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Researchers to mull natural drug for diabetes, Alzheimer's remedies --- (Xinhua - 2012-09-02)

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Study Reveals New Molecular Target for Melanoma Treatment
A laboratory study demonstrated how a new targeted drug, Elesclomol, blocks oxidative phosphorylation, which appears to play essential role in melanoma that has not been well-understood. --- (TEHRAN (FNA) - 2012-08-26)

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Newly-Invented Nanocomposite Scaffolds Able to Regenerate Bone Living Tissues
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Chinese herb highly effective in flu --- (Press TV - 2011-08-21)

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