News tagged with binding agent

Mirror images united: Simultaneous binding of both enantiomers of a drug to an enzyme

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the binding pockets of enzymes their natural binding partners fit exactly. The principle by which many pharmacological agents work also relies on the fact that these substances fit exactly into the pockets ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Researchers identify compound that frees trapped cholesterol

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified in mice a compound that liberates cholesterol that has inappropriately accumulated to excessive levels inside cells.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Scientists work to detach protein that HIV uses as protective shield

One of the frustrations for scientists working on HIV/AIDS treatments has been the human immunodeficiency virus' ability to evade the body's immune system. Now an Indiana University researcher has discovered ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

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Curry spice component may help slow prostate tumor growth

Curcumin, an active component of the Indian curry spice turmeric, may help slow down tumor growth in castration-resistant prostate cancer patients on androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), a study from researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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EASL publishes first European Clinical Practice Guidelines for Wilson's disease

Geneva, Switzerland: The first European Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) for the diagnosis and management of Wilson's disease are published today by the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) on the EASL ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Heart hormone helps shape fat metabolism

It's well known that exercising reduces body weight because it draws on fat stores that muscle can burn as fuel. But a new study at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) suggests that ...

Medicine & Health / Research

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New RNA-based therapeutic strategies for controlling gene expression

Small RNA-based nucleic acid drugs represent a promising new class of therapeutic agents for silencing abnormal or overactive disease-causing genes, and researchers have discovered new mechanisms by which ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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New agent improves kidney transplant survival in mice, likely to speed replacement of other organs

New research published online in the FASEB Journal details a new antibody, called "OPN-305" that may significantly improve survival outcomes for those receiving donated kidneys and other organs. OPN-305 works by preventing inflam ...

Medicine & Health / Other

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Honey could be effective at treating and preventing wound infections

Manuka honey could help clear chronic wound infections and even prevent them from developing in the first place, according to a new study published in Microbiology. The findings provide further evidence for the clinical use of ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study points to therapy for radiation sickness

(Medical Xpress) -- A combination of two drugs may alleviate radiation sickness in people who have been exposed to high levels of radiation, even when the therapy is given a day after the exposure occurred, according to a ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Biocompatible quantum dot images tumors in live animals

Quantum dots, small semiconductor nanoparticles that fluoresce brightly with sharply defined colors, have tremendous promise as biomedical imaging agents except for one problem—most are made from potentially hazardous ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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Overcoming cancer drug resistance with nanoparticles

One of the ways in which cancer cells evade anticancer therapy is by producing a protein that pumps drugs out of the cell before these compounds can exert their cell-killing effects. A research team at Northwestern University ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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