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Peptide Therapy Reduces Lung Inflammation

A team of immunologists used a peptide to block the activity of the inflammatory protein nuclear factor-kappa-B, which strikingly reduced the level of lung inflammation caused by infection with MRSA. More...
26 Mar 2009

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
Image: Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Escherichia coli bacteria (Photo courtesy of Steve Gschmeissner / SPL).

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

Virtual Screening Used to Detect New Anticancer Drugs

Cancer researchers have used a powerful computerized screening technique to identify new drug candidates that selectively inhibit the oncogene Stat3 without blocking the antioncogenic activity of the closely related Stat1. More...
24 Mar 2009

Bipolar Nanoparticles Selectively Kill Breast Cancer Cells

Drug developers have created bipolar nanoparticles that successfully targeted and killed Her-2-positive breast cancer cells while not harming normal tissues. More...
24 Mar 2009

Stem Cells Replace Stroke-Damaged Tissue in Lab Rats

Successful stem cell treatment for strokes has taken a significant step forward as scientists reveal how they have replaced stroke-damaged brain tissue in rats. More...
23 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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