News tagged with delivery system
Investigators achieve important step toward treating Huntington's disease
A team of researchers at the UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures has developed a technique for using stem cells to deliver therapy that specifically targets the genetic abnormality found in Huntington's disease, a hereditary ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Increased risk of developing asthma by age of 3 after cesarean section
A new study supports previous findings that children delivered by cesarean section have an increased risk of developing asthma. The study from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) suggests that children delivered ...
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Nanotechnology researchers develop new strategy to deliver chemotherapy to prostate cancer cells
Honing chemotherapy delivery to cancer cells is a challenge for many researchers. Getting the cancer cells to take the chemotherapy "bait" is a greater challenge. But perhaps such a challenge has not been met with greater ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Nanoparticles help researchers deliver steroids to retina
Hitching a ride into the retina on nanoparticles called dendrimers offers a new way to treat age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. A collaborative research study among investigators at Wayne State University, ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Journal supplement presents strategies for introducing health care delivery innovation
The health care system in the United States faces numerous challenges: how to bring innovation from the laboratory to the bedside, how to ensure more equitable use of medical services and, in a time of increasing financial ...
Dec 08, 2011 |
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US governors seek federal marijuana clearance
A pair of US governors have filed a petition asking the US federal government to allow wider use of medical marijuana by authorizing doctors to prescribe it and pharmacies to provide it.
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Clinical trial for muscular dystrophy demonstrates safety of customized gene therapy
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have shown that it is safe to cut and paste together different viruses in an effort to create the ultimate vehicle for gene therapy. In a phase I clinical trial, ...
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Thai floods ripple through global supply chain
Thailand's worst floods in decades may gradually be subsiding but ripples will be felt by companies and consumers for months to come, analysts say, underlining the fragility of the global supply chain.
Nov 18, 2011 |
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Gelatin-based nanoparticle treatment may be a more effective clot buster
A targeted, nanoparticle gelatin-based clot-busting treatment dissolved significantly more blood clots than a currently used drug in an animal study of acute coronary syndrome presented at the American Heart Association's ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Nov 14, 2011 |
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How biological capsules respond under stress
Cosmetics and pharmaceutical drug delivery systems could be improved thanks to a new method developed to precisely measure the capability of capsule-like biological membranes to change shape under external stress. This work ...
Oct 28, 2011 |
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New technique maps twin faces of smallest Janus nanoparticles
(PhysOrg.com) -- New drug delivery systems, solar cells, industrial catalysts and video displays are among the potential applications of special particles that possess two chemically distinct sides. These ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Microwaves to improve drug delivery
A team of Swinburne researchers has shown that low-temperature microwaves can be used to open up pores in bacterial cells, which could lead to significant improvements in the design of drug delivery systems.
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Aggressive drug therapy aids superbug evolution
New research raises troubling concerns about the use of aggressive drug therapies to treat a wide range of diseases such as MRSA, C. difficile, malaria, and even cancer.
Aug 03, 2011 |
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Basis for battery-powered skin patch for wider range of protein-based medicines
Scientists have confirmed the feasibility of using a new drug delivery system — the basis for a battery-powered skin patch — to administer medication that shows promise for treating peripheral artery disease (PAD) ...
Aug 03, 2011 |
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Health-care model improves diabetes outcomes, health
(Medical Xpress) -- A health-care delivery model called patient-centered medical home (PCMH) increased the percentage of diabetes patients who achieved goals that reduced their sickness and death rates, according to health ...
Jul 13, 2011 |
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