News tagged with protein carrier

Mutation in gene associated with rare eye disease also contributes to bladder cancer growth

Research conducted by Dr. Jayne S. Weiss, Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and colleagues has found that a defect in a gene involved in a rare disease of the cornea also contributes ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Long-standing plant biochemistry mystery solved

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden have discovered how an enzyme "knows" where to insert a double bond ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Quantum dots track who gets into cell nucleus

(PhysOrg.com) -- UC Berkeley researchers Karsten Weis, Jan Liphardt, and colleagues have used fluorescent probes called quantum dots to determine which molecules get into the nucleus via its nano-pores and ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Finding the ZIP-code for gene therapy: Scientists imitate viruses to deliver therapeutic genes

A research report featured on the cover of the September 2009 print issue of The FASEB Journal describes how Australian scientists developed a new gene therapy vector that uses the same machinery that viruses use to transp ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New radiation-free targeted therapy detects and eliminates breast cancer tumors in mice

Combining a compound known as a gallium corrole with a protein carrier results in a targeted cancer therapy that is able to detect and eliminate tumors in mice with seemingly fewer side effects than other breast-cancer treatments, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0