Good bacteria that protects against HIV

01-Apr-2014 - Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston by growing vaginal skin cells outside the body and studying the way they interact with "good and bad" bacteria, think they may be able to better identify the good bacteria that protect women from HIV infection and other sexually ...

A way to potentially slow down Alzheimer's

24-Mar-2014 - Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have discovered a way to potentially halt the progression of dementia caused by accumulation of a protein known as tau. Normally, tau protein is involved in microtubule formation, which acts as a brain cell's transportation system ...

Building a better Rift Valley fever vaccine

29-Jun-2012 - University of Texas Medical Branch researchers have significantly improved an existing experimental vaccine for Rift Valley fever virus, making possible the development of a more effective defense against the dangerous mosquito-borne pathogen."If Rift Valley fever virus were introduced to the ...

Dynamics of crucial protein 'switch' revealed

Cell signaling networks tied to diabetes and cancer

19-May-2011 - Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine have published a study that offers a new understanding of a protein critical to physiological processes involved in major diseases such as diabetes and cancer. This ...

CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals is Awarded $962,000 NIH Grant to Support Research of Potent Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Incyclinide

14-Nov-2005 - CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that the National Institutes of Health ("NIH") has awarded a grant of approximately $962,000 for additional research into the potent anti-inflammatory effects of incyclinide (formerly known as Col-3), the Company's compound currently in Phase II clinical ...