Swedish researchers said on Wednesday they had taken steps towards developing a more efficient drug to fight alcoholism by tweaking the brain's reward system. A dopamine stabilizer reduces alcohol cravings in humans and normalizes the ...
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Young Masamba Issa has just clocked 13 years. The girl who almost lost her battle against malaria in 2008, is now a healthy five feet two inches tall form two student at Boko secondary school in Dar es Salaam. "I had given up when medical ...
Tags: Anti-Malaria Drug, Tanzania
The World Health Organization has said that people across the world are alarmingly confused about the role of antibiotics, and that this ignorance is fuelling the rise of drug-resistant superbugs. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the ...
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Chinese researchers have developed a heavy-ion medical accelerator to be used in radiotherapy for cancer, researchers said Thursday. A recent test of the machine's beam was successful, marking the end of China's dependence on imported ...
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A listed Chinese herbal medicine maker on Thursday said its compound flu formula has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clinical tests. The decision has paved the way for Chinese herbal medicine to ...
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Traditional Chinese medicine makers are expanding their presence in the global markets in a big way, as the government reiterated its support to further strengthen the sector. Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings Co Ltd, the ...
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Dark chocolate energy supplement Energems has been accepted into membership with the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN). The recognition marks a major accomplishment for the retail product, which began a branded product launch ...
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) concluded its prime ministers' meeting in central Chinese city of Zhengzhou by promising to boost regional economic cooperation. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and leaders from other SCO members, ...
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China Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday that a credit rating system will be introduced into the food and drug industries. The authorities plan to collect information about credit standing of food and drug producers and ...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech at the 2nd World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province on Wednesday, December 16 2015. [Photo: Xinhua] Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday lashed out at ...
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Chinese pharmacologist Tu Youyou, 84, speaks during a symposium in Beijing in Oct 2015. A special exhibition on Nobel Prize winner Tu Youyou will open this Saturday in Tu's hometown of Ningbo, Zhejiang province. It was announced on 6 ...
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On the afternoon of November 23, the 26th China-US Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade concluded successfully in Guangzhou. After the meeting, the Alternative Trade Representative of the Ministry of Commerce Zhang Xiangchen, together ...
Eighty-four-year-old Tu Youyou arrived in Sweden on Friday to collect China's first Nobel Prize in medicine for creating an anti-malarial drug that saved millions of people across the world. Half a century ago, the pharmacologist derived ...
Sorbent product manufacturer Multisorb Technologies has launched a low-profile desiccant card for managing moisture in pharmaceutical products. The PolySorb can be used in packaging of in-vitro diagnostic device kits, transdermal ...
Nestle India has refuted claims by the Uttar Pradesh state authorities that its pasta product is unsafe for consumption due to the presence of excessive lead content. Nestle claimed in its defense that the lab where the tests were ...
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