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GE to Expand in Biomedical and Life Sciences with Strategic Acquisitions from Thermo Fisher Scientific

General Electric and Thermo Fisher Scientific have entered into an agreement for GE’s subsidiary GE Healthcare to acquire cell culture media and sera, gene modulation, and magnetic beads businesses from Thermo Fisher for approximately USD 1.06 billion.  More...
15 Jan 2014
Image: Milk ducts in cancer-prone mice are packed with tumor cells (deep purple cells, shown by arrow), causing the ducts to grow fatter. However, milk ducts in mice treated with a gene-silencing nanoparticle remain mostly hollow (right, shown by arrows), like healthy ducts (Photo courtesy of Dr. Amy Brock, Harvard University Medical School).

MicroRNA Treatment Prevents Breast Cancer in Mouse Model

Mice that had been genetically engineered to develop breast cancer were protected from the disease by injections of nanoparticles containing a specific microRNA directly into their milk ducts.   More...
15 Jan 2014
Image: Graphic of Cytoplasmic domain of the integrin beta-3 (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Commons).

Beta3-Integrin Protein Possible Key to Block Tumor Growth

A protein that has been at the forefront of cancer drug development for the last 20 years should not be given up on according to new findings by British investigators.  More...
15 Jan 2014
Image: A mouse pancreatic islet as seen by light microscopy. Beta cells can be recognized by the green insulin staining (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Single Gene Mutation Linked to Development of Type II Diabetes

Diabetes researchers working with a genetically engineered mouse model have identified a mutation in a single gene that has potential for being a therapeutic target for type II diabetes.  More...
14 Jan 2014

New Data for Engineering Immune Cells Shows Promise in Antitumor Therapy

Chimeric antigen receptor T cells, which are engineered immune cells, have been designed to direct antitumor immune responses toward tumors that carry a protein called mesothelin.  More...
14 Jan 2014
Image: Corydalis yanhusuo plants and isolated rhizomes (inset) (Photo courtesy of Duoclieu, Vietnam).

Root Extract from Traditional Chinese Medicinal Plant Shows Promise as Pain Reliever

A compound isolated from the roots of the traditional Chinese medicinal plant Corydalis yanhusuo has been found to be effective at relieving acute, inflammatory, and neuropathic pains.   More...
13 Jan 2014

Rare Type of Soft-Tissue Cancer May Be Cured by Suppressing Tumor Growth Protein

A rare, lethal type of soft-tissue sarcoma may be entirely eradicated merely by suppressing a key protein involved in its growth.  More...
13 Jan 2014
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