News tagged with molecular therapies

Researchers discover the processes leading to acute myeloid leukemia

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have discovered a molecular pathway that may explain how a particularly deadly form of cancer develops. The discovery may lead to new cancer therapies that reprogram cells instead ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Researchers refine nanoparticles for more accurate delivery of cancer drugs

A new class of nanoparticles, synthesized by a UC Davis research team to prevent premature drug release, holds promise for greater accuracy and effectiveness in delivering cancer drugs to tumors. The work is published online ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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New test spots early signs of mucopolysaccharidoses -- inherited metabolic disorders

A team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Zacharon Pharmaceuticals, have developed a simple, reliable test for identifying biomarkers for mucopolysaccharidoses ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The art of stabilizing entangled spaghetti-like materials

Gene therapy can only be effective if delivered by a stable complex molecule. Now, scientists have determined the conditions that would stabilise complex molecular structures that are subject to inherent attractions and repulsions ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Genome editing, a next step in genetic therapy, corrects hemophilia in animals

Using an innovative gene therapy technique called genome editing that hones in on the precise location of mutated DNA, scientists have treated the blood clotting disorder hemophilia in mice. This is the first time that genome ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Singapore scientists discover how to control fate of stem cells

Scientists from the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), an institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), in collaboration with the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI), have discovered how ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Novel therapy for metastatic kidney cancer developed

Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and the VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM) have developed a novel virus-based gene therapy for renal cell carcinoma that has been shown to kill ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sexual issues a major concern for cancer patients taking new targeted drugs

New drugs that target specific molecular mechanisms of cancer have improved the treatment of cancer patients in recent years, but those benefits may come with a cost to the patient's sex life, researchers have found.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Novel biomarker may predict response to new VEGF receptor inhibitor

Researchers believe there may be a way to predict, based on individual tumors, those patients that are more likely to respond to the investigational new drug tivozanib.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Novel nanotechnology collaboration leads to breakthrough in cancer research

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most difficult aspects of working at the nanoscale is actually seeing the object being worked on. Biological structures like viruses, which are smaller than the wavelength of light, ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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UBC researchers unveil 'toolbox of MiniPromoters' for gene research and therapy

University of British Columbia researchers have led the development of a new "toolbox of MiniPromoters" for research and future therapies on brain, spinal cord and eye function.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Researchers identify two FDA approved drugs that may fight HIV

Researchers at the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center have identified two drugs that, when combined, may serve as an effective treatment for HIV.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

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Molecular imaging can improve effectiveness of novel therapy for advanced heart disease

Molecular imaging may improve the success rate of a new therapy for patients with advanced heart disease, according to a study unveiled at SNM's 57th Annual Meeting. Researchers used a hybrid form of molecular imaging to ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New publication focuses on molecular imaging and cardiovascular conditions

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM)—the top-rated medical imaging journal worldwide—has published Multimodality Molecular Imaging of the Cardiovascular System, presenting the state of the art of cardiovascular molecular imagin ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Transportation governed by simple rules

(PhysOrg.com) -- All life on earth is threatened by chaos. In this sense, a cell is like a ship which could at any moment sink in a sea of chaos. It must constantly consume energy to maintain the same level ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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