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Research team achieves critical step to opening elusive class of compounds to drug discovery

Taxanes are a family of compounds that includes one of the most important cancer drugs ever discovered, Taxol®, among other cancer treatments. But the difficulty producing these complex molecules in the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study points to way of improving chemotherapy response

(Medical Xpress) -- Blocking key proteins could improve response to a common chemotherapy drug, suggests an Oxford University-led study which used cancer cells grown in the lab.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Abcc10 may be effective in extending the effectiveness of anticancer drugs

Today's anticancer drugs often work wonders against malignancies, but sometimes tumors become resistant to the effects of such drugs, and treatment fails. Medical researchers would like to find ways of counteracting such ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists synthesize long-sought-after anticancer agent

A team of Yale University scientists has synthesized for the first time a chemical compound called lomaiviticin aglycon, leading to the development of a new class of molecules that appear to target and destroy cancer stem ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cancer drug aids cell regeneration after spinal cord injury

In a study published today in Science (e-publication ahead of print), a global research team reports that the cancer drug Taxol (Paclitaxel) promotes the regeneration of injured nerve cells in the central nervou ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers engineer microbes for low-cost production of anticancer drug Taxol

(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers and collaborators from Tufts University have now engineered E. coli bacteria to produce large quantities of a critical compound that is a precursor to the cancer drug Taxol, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Overcoming taxane resistance in cancer

Taxanes, a group of cancer drugs that includes paclitaxel (TaxolŽ) and docetaxel (TaxotereŽ), have become front-line therapy for a variety of metastatic cancers. But as with many chemotherapy agents, resistance can develop, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Green chemistry' could ease manufacture, boost usefulness of cancer drug (w/Video)

Research by Michigan State University chemist Kevin Walker is paving the way for potentially cleaner, more efficient production of cancer-fighting paclitaxel -- better known as the blockbuster drug Taxol.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Team Visits Chile on Quest for Rare Fuel-Producing Microorganism

(PhysOrg.com) -- Three Yale graduate students recently were part of an expedition to Chile to find a rare microorganism that can produce diesel fuel.

Biology /

created Feb 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0