Search results for therapeutic agents
A new therapeutic option for human hepatocyte cancer
Sep 23, 2008 |
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p53-impaired tumors may be particularly suitable to parvovirus H-1-induced therapy. Although the p53 deficiency in tumors may induce resistance to chemotherapeutic agents, this will not affect the tumor cell susceptibility ...
Anticancer nanotech
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Tiny particles of albumin, a protein found in the blood, can be used to carry radioactive isotopes to the site of a cancerous tumour in the body and so avoid many of the side-effects of conventional radiotherapy.
Scientists can predict nano drug outcome
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Scientists including one from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston successfully predicted the outcome of a nano drug on breast tumors in a pre-clinical study. Their research could help determine which ...
Quantum Rod System May Safely 'Sneak' Drugs, Diagnostics into Brain
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique nanoparticle system developed by University at Buffalo scientists takes advantage of the versatility of bioconjugated quantum rods to ferry novel diagnostic and therapeutic agents ...
Making bacteria make useful proteins
Sep 07, 2009 |
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By adapting a single protein on the surface of the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus, researchers at the University of British Columbia have turned it into a protein production factory, making useful proteins that can act as ...
Advanced lung cancer patients see improved, progression-free survival
Nov 13, 2008 |
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Patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer whose disease has progressed following chemotherapy have a higher rate of tumor shrinkage and a longer interval before cancer progression when bevacizumab is added to standard ...
Maslinic acid provides a natural defense against colon cancer
Jan 08, 2009 |
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Researchers from the University of Granada and the University of Barcelona have shown that treatment with maslinic acid, a triterpenoid compound isolated from olive-skin pomace, results in a significant inhibition of cell ...
Study Details How Platinum Nanocages 'Cook' Cancer Cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 15, 2008 |
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Platinum-based anticancer agents have a long history as proven therapeutic agents, but their toxicity and short lifetime in the body and the ability of tumors to develop resistance to these drugs limit the ultimate utility ...
Melanosome dynamics and sensitivity of melanoma cells to chemotherapy
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Manipulating the functions of melanosomes--the organelles in pigment-producing cells--may enhance the activity of anticancer drugs used against melanoma, according to a new study published online August 24 in the Journal of ...
GE Scientists Developing Wearable RFID Sensors to Detect Airborne Chemical Agents
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Nov 20, 2009 |
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GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric, today announced a $2 million award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to develop wearable RFID sensors ...
Carnegie Mellon MRI technology that non-invasively locates, quantifies specific cells in the body
Aug 21, 2008 |
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) isn't just for capturing detailed images of the body's anatomy. Thanks to novel imaging reagents and technology developed by Carnegie Mellon University scientist Eric Ahrens, MRI can be used ...
Two-In-One Punch Knocks Out Drug Resistant Cancer Cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cancer cells, like bacteria, can develop resistance to drug therapy, leading to relapse of disease. One approach showing promise in overcoming multidrug resistance in tumors is to combine two different anticancer ...
'Smart bomb' drug delivery may increase effectiveness
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Researchers may have found a way to combine imaging with chemotherapy in a single agent for the treatment of prostate cancer, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 100th Annual Meeting ...
Chronic infection may add to developing-world deaths
Feb 12, 2009 |
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Worldwide, nearly 2 million people per year die from diarrhea, the vast majority of them in poor countries in Africa and Asia. The disease accounts for 18 percent of all deaths among children — and yet is almost always preventable ...
Chemists synthesize herbal alkaloid
Apr 15, 2009 |
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The club moss Lycopodium serratum is a creeping, flowerless plant used in homeopathic medicine to treat a wide variety of ailments. It contains a potent brew of alkaloids that have attracted considerable scient ...
