News tagged with taxol
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 ...
Nov 06, 2011 |
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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.
Sep 02, 2011 |
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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 ...
May 16, 2011 |
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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 ...
Jan 31, 2011 |
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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 ...
Jan 27, 2011 |
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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, ...
Sep 30, 2010 |
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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, ...
Jan 26, 2010 |
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'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.
Apr 02, 2009 |
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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.
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Feb 20, 2009 |
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