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Study Initiated to Fight Metastatic Breast Cancer with Innovative Nanoparticles

A grant has been given to an American pharmacy professor to further research a new class of inorganic nanoparticles that target primary cancer, and help control the disease’s metastases and recurrence. More...
10 Feb 2014

Collaboration to Standardize Chemistry-Based Metabolism Prediction, Profiling Technology to Improve Drug Discovery Process

Empiriko, a clinical intelligence company, and CreaGen Biosciences, a drug discovery service company and science research incubator, have reached an agreement under which CreaGen will provide chemistry expertise and modern laboratory facilities for scaling and standardizing Empiriko’s chemosynthetic liver technology.  More...
10 Feb 2014
Image: A novel HDL nanoparticle (red) loaded with a statin drug, specifically targets and locally treats inflammatory macrophage cells (green) hiding inside high-risk plaque within blood vessels (Photo courtesy of Mount Sinai Medical Center).

Nanoparticle Therapy Reduces Plaque Inflammation and Lowers Risk of Heart Attack or Stroke

Reconstituted HDL nanoparticles were used to transport inflammation-retarding statins to atherosclerotic plaques where the drug acted to reduce arterial blockage that could cause heart attack or stroke.  More...
06 Feb 2014
Image: The NIMBUS PCR Workstation (Photo courtesy of the Hamilton Robotics Company).

New Pipetting Workstation Automates PCR Routines

Biotechnology laboratories that regularly process PCR samples will be certain to benefit from a new pipetting workstation.  More...
05 Feb 2014
Image: RNA design produced by a player of the online EteRNA design game (Photo courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University).

Crowd-Sourced RNA Designs Outclass Computer Algorithms

An energetic group of nonexperts, working through an online interface and receiving feedback from lab experiments, has generated RNA molecule designs that are consistently more effective than those generated by the best computerized design algorithms.  More...
05 Feb 2014
Image: Normal breast tissue and invasive ductal carcinoma stained brown with antibodies to activated FAK. Blood vessels are indicated by BV (Photo courtesy of Dr. David Schlaepfer, University of California, San Diego).

Modifying Adhesion Protein Interactions Prevents Metastasis in Mouse Models

Cancer investigators have identified a protein critically linked to the process of metastasis by which cancer cells break away from the primary tumor and spread to other parts of the body.  More...
04 Feb 2014

Natural Fruit, Vegetable Compound Blocks Alzheimer’s Disease in Mice

A compound that is found in fruits and vegetables, from strawberries to cucumbers, has been shown to halt memory loss that accompanies Alzheimer’s disease in mice.  More...
04 Feb 2014
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