Salicylic acid (SA), which is central to defense mechanisms in plants
and the principal metabolite of aspirin, occurs naturally in man with
higher levels of SA and its urinary metabolite salicyluric acid (SU) in
vegetarians overlapping with levels in patients on low-dose aspirin
A fish swimming in icy polar waters is helping scientists find ways to protect food from freezer burn, save fruit crops from frost, and use low temperature storage in complicated medical procedures like human organ transplants, researchers report.A big problem with the freezing process in medical and industrial applications is that the formation of ice crystals damages living material.
Scientists in Poland are reporting development of a potential new way to quickly remove the anticoagulant heparin from patients' blood in order to avoid unwanted side effects that can happen with the current use of that blood thinner.Their new polymer material is described in the December 8 issue of ACS' Biomacromolecules, a monthly journal.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug to help patients suffering from overactive bladder (OAB). Toviaz (fesoterodine fumarate) works by relaxing the smooth muscle tissue of the bladder, thus reducing the urinary frequency, urge to urinate, and sudden urinary incontinence (leakage of urine), that are characteristic symptoms of OAB.