News tagged with drug metabolism
New study shows how nanotechnology can help detect disease earlier
A new study led by University of Kentucky researchers shows a new way to precisely detect a single chemical at extremely low concentrations and high contamination.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 22, 2012 |
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Researchers develop CAD-Type tools for engineering RNA control systems
The computer assisted design (CAD) tools that made it possible to fabricate integrated circuits with millions of transistors may soon be coming to the biological sciences. Researchers at the Joint BioEnergy ...
Dec 22, 2011 |
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Researchers use light to measure cancer cells' response to treatment
Many cancer therapies target specific proteins that proliferate on the outside of some cancer cells, but the therapies are imperfect and the cancer does not always respond. Since it is beneficial for doctors to know as soon ...
Dec 20, 2011 |
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New bioengineering prof uncovers cancer metabolism insights
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research from a new member of the bioengineering faculty at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering demonstrates that our cells metabolize nutrients in a very different manner than has ...
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Combating mood disorders: New approach simplifies the search for more specific drugs
Many psychiatric conditions are caused by aberrant metabolism of the neurotransmitter serotonin. Researchers in the Department of Pharmacy at LMU have now developed a new screening method, which will facilitate the search ...
Sep 30, 2011 |
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Biological circuits for synthetic biology
(PhysOrg.com) -- "If you don't like the news, go out and make some of your own." ... Wes "Scoop" Nisker
May 26, 2011 |
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How microbes take out the trash
(PhysOrg.com) -- The molecular machinery bacteria use to rid themselves of toxic substances including antimicrobial drugs has been studied in detail by a UA-led team of researchers. A better understanding ...
May 10, 2011 |
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Starting a new metabolic path: Researchers develop technique to help metabolic engineering
(PhysOrg.com) -- Efforts to engineer new metabolic pathways into microbes for the inexpensive production of valuable chemical products, such as biofuels or therapeutic drugs, should get a significant boost ...
Apr 21, 2011 |
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Sunlight can influence the breakdown of medicines in the body
A study from Karolinska Institutet has shown that the body's ability to break down medicines may be closely related to exposure to sunlight, and thus may vary with the seasons. The findings offer a completely new model to ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Exemestane may be another first-line, adjuvant therapy for hormone-receptor positive, early-stage breast cancer
Exemestane, an aromatase inhibitor that blocks production of estrogen, may provide another post-surgery option for postmenopausal women with hormone-receptor positive, early-stage breast cancer.
Dec 09, 2010 |
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The future of metabolic engineering -- designer molecules, cells and microorganisms
(PhysOrg.com) -- Will we one day design and create molecules, cells and microorganisms that produce specific chemical products from simple, readily-available, inexpensive starting materials? Will the synthetic ...
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Best drug development results from computer/test tube combination
While computer simulations of how the body metabolises drugs save both time and money, the best results when developing new drugs come from combining such simulations with laboratory experiments, reveals a ...
Oct 04, 2010 |
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Understanding the APJ Receptor Binding Site
(PhysOrg.com) -- Apelin is a recently discovered peptide that binds to the apelin (or APJ) G-protein-coupled receptor. Apelin-13 (NH2-QRPRLSHKGPMPF-COOH), one of several cleavage products of the proprotein ...
Jun 01, 2010 |
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DCA research on brain cancer
Medical Researchers at the University of Alberta reported today evidence that the orphan generic drug Dichloroacetate (DCA) may hold promise as potential therapy for perhaps the deadliest of all human cancers: a form of brain ...
May 12, 2010 |
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Obese children metabolize drugs differently than healthy weight children
Researchers from the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy have provided the first evidence-based data on changes in drug metabolism in obese children as compared to healthy weight children.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 27, 2010 |
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