Search results for targeted strategy
New immunization strategy could halve the doses for stopping computer virus spreading
Aug 18, 2008 |
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Researchers have developed a new immunization strategy that requires up to 50% fewer immunization doses compared with the current most efficient strategy. The new strategy could be used to prevent the spread of human epidemics ...
Melanoma treatment options one step closer
Oct 20, 2009 |
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A targeted chemotherapy for the treatment of skin cancer is one step closer, after a team of University of Alberta researchers successfully synthesized a natural substance that shows exceptional potential to specifically ...
Pinpoint accuracy: DNA vaccines that home in on DCs are more potent
Mar 07, 2008 |
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One strategy being pursued to develop new vaccines against infectious diseases is DNA vaccination. The idea is that following administration of a DNA vaccine, the body converts the information in the DNA vaccine into a protein ...
Novel mechanism revealed for increasing recombinant protein yield in tobacco
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs) cause plants to store GM proteins in special 'protein bodies', insulating them from normal cellular degradation processes and increasing the overall protein yield. Researchers writing in the ...
85% Of Young People Would Be More Inclined To Go Into Politics If They Had More Information
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recent poll conducted by The George Washington University Graduate School of Public Management’s new PoliticsUnder30.org initiative, 85% of respondents answered yes when asked if having a comprehensive ...
YouTube leads Google charge in display ad market
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Google on Tuesday outlined a strategy for seizing a bigger share of online display advertising that has long been a key stronghold for rival Yahoo!
Researchers find predictive tests and early treatment delay progression of blood cell cancer
Nov 06, 2008 |
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Mayo Clinic researchers say they have moved closer to their goal of providing personalized care for a common blood cell cancer. They have found that the use of predictive biomarkers along with two targeted treatments significantly ...
Targeted heat therapy offers new standard treatment option for soft tissue sarcoma
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Patients with soft-tissue sarcomas at high risk of spreading were 30% more likely to be alive and cancer free almost three years after starting treatment if their tumours were heated at the time they received chemotherapy, ...
No hiding place for infecting bacteria
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Scientists in Colorado have discovered a new approach to prevent bacterial infections from taking hold. Writing in the Journal of Medical Microbiology, Dr Quinn Parks and colleagues describe how they used enzymes against produc ...
Personalized treatment for early lung cancer
May 03, 2009 |
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Cancer vaccines and targeted therapies are beginning to offer new treatment options following surgery for patients with early stages of lung cancer, experts said at the first European Multidisciplinary Conference in Thoracic ...
Hitting cancer where it hurts
May 28, 2009 |
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Two studies in the May 29th issue of Cell, a Cell Press publication, have taken advantage of new technological advances to search for and find previously unknown weaknesses in a hard to treat form of cancer. The discoveries lend n ...
A new weapon in the war against HIV-AIDS: Combined antiviral and targeted chemotherapy
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 21, 2009 |
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A discovery by a team of Canadian and American researchers could provide new ways to fight HIV-AIDS. According to a new study published in Nature Medicine, HIV-AIDS could be treated through a combination of targeted chemot ...
Mutant host cell protein sequesters critical HIV-1 element
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 15, 2009 |
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Scientists have identified a new way to inhibit a molecule that is critical for HIV pathogenesis. The research, published by Cell Press in the January 16th issue of the journal Molecular Cell, presents a target for develo ...
New clinical trial for patients with asbestos-associated lung cancer
Jun 26, 2008 |
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The Mesothelioma Center within the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center is now recruiting patients for a clinical research study of a new targeted ...
Researchers create new strategy for highly-selective chemotherapy delivery
Sep 24, 2009 |
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UC Irvine researchers have created a new approach that vastly improves the targeting of chemotherapeutic drugs to specific cells and organs.
