News tagged with pharmaceutical chemistry
Drug companies moving toward green goals
Many pharmaceutical companies in a new survey are making progress in embracing the guiding principles of green chemistry, which seek to minimize the use of potentially hazardous substances in producing medications, reduce ...
May 31, 2012 |
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Searching for better ways to treat prostate disorders
Innovative new technology has been used to identify and profile a novel combination of proteins that may improve treatment for prostate disorders. The study will be published in the April 13th 2012 edition ...
Apr 16, 2012 |
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Cracking idea for egg shell recycling gets Food and Drink iNet support at Easter
Scientists and food industry experts are hatching a plan this Easter to turn egg shells into plastics that could be used to manufacture anything from food packaging to construction materials.
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Keeping track to selenium metabolism
Spanish and Danish researchers have developed a method for the in vivo study of the unknown metabolism of selenium, an essential element for living beings. The technique can help clarify whether or not it ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Gold used as safe driver of cancer drug
(PhysOrg.com) -- Gold nanoparticles can be used as delivery vehicles for platinum anticancer drugs, improving targeting and uptake into cells, according to research published in this month's edition of the ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Chemist discovers shortcut for processing drugs
A prolific University of Missouri chemist has discovered a quicker and easier method for pharmaceutical companies to make certain drugs.
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Researchers develop curious snapshot of powerful retinal pigment and its partners
Science fiction novelist and scholar Issac Asimov once said, "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny.' " This recently rang true for an international ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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All that glitters is gold: Gold cyclization reaction provides important building blocks for pharmaceuticals
(PhysOrg.com) -- In many significant natural products, furans are a key motif. These oxygen-containing five-membered heterocycles are also versatile building blocks in the construction of highly complex target ...
Jan 07, 2011 |
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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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Nano drugs: Insoluble medicines can be made orally available if in nano crystal form
Researchers in India have demonstrated that producing nanoscopic crystals of a pharmaceutical product can allow the medication to be absorbed by the gut even if the drug is not soluble in water.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 06, 2010 |
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A new way to assemble cells into 3-D microtissues
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory can now control how cells connect with one another in vitro and assemble themselves into three-dimensional, multicellular ...
Mar 05, 2009 |
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