News tagged with diphtheria toxin
Nanoparticles for gene therapy improve
(PhysOrg.com) -- About five years ago, Professor Janet Sawicki at the Lankenau Institute in Pennsylvania read an article about nanoparticles developed by MIT's Robert Langer for gene therapy, the insertion ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Nanoparticle-delivered 'suicide' genes slowed ovarian tumor growth (w/ Video)
Nanoparticle delivery of diphtheria toxin-encoding DNA selectively expressed in ovarian cancer cells reduced the burden of ovarian tumors in mice, and researchers expect this therapy could be tested in humans within 18 to ...
Jul 30, 2009 |
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A reductionist approach to HIV research
A major obstacle to HIV research is the virus's exquisite specialisation for its human host - meaning that scientists' traditional tools, like the humble lab mouse, can deliver only limited information. Now, a team of researchers ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 30, 2009 |
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New vaccine shows promise for COPD patients at risk for pneumonia
A new vaccine against pneumonia may offer better protection from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients than the currently accepted vaccine, according to recent research that will be published in the September ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 08, 2009 |
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