BioResearch
Drug Developers Eye Cancer Iron Storage Proteins
The necessity for rapidly growing cancer cells to sequester high levels of iron presents drug developers with the opportunity of targeting the iron storage proteins that protect the cells from reactive oxygen species that can trigger cell death. More...25 Mar 2009

New Generation of Antibiotics Disrupts Quorum Sensing
Drug developers are working on a new generation of antibiotics that do not kill bacteria but instead disrupt the communication system known as "quorum sensing,” which induces the microorganisms to manufacture disease-causing toxins. More...24 Mar 2009
New Technique Selectively Eradicates Cancer Cells
A graduate student and biomedical engineer's innovations in the area of cancer therapy, specifically two inventions in nanomedicine, has resulted in a new class of cancer therapeutics and a new paradigm for enhancing drug delivery to tumors. More...23 Mar 2009
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"Nanobubbles” Developed to Target only Cancer Cells
Dry Beans Found to Suppress Development of Mammary Cancer
Breakthrough Method Devised for Creating Stem Cells
New Type of Sugar-Coated Quantum Dots for Drug Delivery Developed
Space Biomedicine Provides Insights into Bone Disorder Diagnosis, Fracture Healing
Electroporation Technique May Prevent Restenosis
Mutation Promotes Survival of Leukemia Stem Cells
Vaccine Development May Be Spurred by Identification of Malaria Binding
Gene Depletion Blocks B Cell Proliferation
Chloroquine Shown to Be Effective Against Emerging Viral Diseases
Lipocalin 2 Linked to Breast Cancer Metastasis
Wine-Related Cancer Treatment Shows Promise Against Neuroblastomas
Growing Body of Evidence Supports Role of Apples in Suppressing Breast Cancer
Biopharma Driving Surge in Contract Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
X-Ray Techniques Probe the Clostridium Difficile Surface Layer
Draft Version of the Neanderthal Genome Completed
Growth Factor Linked to Expansion and Migration of Prostate Tumors
Mutation to Neutrophil Gene Eases Lung Infections in Cystic Fibrosis
Selenium Boosts Potency of Anti-Melanoma Compounds
International Partnership to Promote Enhanced Vaccine Development
Mutations Make Some Brain Tumors Less Deadly
Combinatorial Drugs Target Cancer Cell Mitochondria
New Drug Slows Lung Cancer Growth in Mouse Model
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