News tagged with pharmaceutical

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 ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Planned coincidence: Antibody-based search for new chemical reactions

(Phys.org) -- Many discoveries are made by chance, but it is also possible to help it along: The chance of finding something interesting increases when the number of experiments rises. French researchers have ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Invention could help pharmaceutical industry save money

Two Michigan State University researchers have invented a protein purifier that could help pharmaceutical companies save time and money.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bioengineers develop artificial chip for testing how drugs interact with ion channels

(Phys.org) -- Ion channels, proteins embedded in cell membranes, are central to many of the human body's physiological processes, including cardiac activity. For this reason, they are also important targets for cardiac drugs. ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New method of bacterial cell engineering can produce better, cheaper drug therapies

(PhysOrg.com) -- Escherichia coli – a bacteria considered the food safety bane of restaurateurs, grocers and consumers – is a friend. Cornell University biomolecular engineers have learned to use ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Wastewater clues to illicit drug use

A new chemical analysis of sewage is revealing more detailed information than ever about drug abuse trends.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New method makes culture of complex tissue possible in any lab

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a new method for making scaffolds for culturing tissue in three-dimensional arrangements that mimic those in the body. This advance, published online in ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chemists harvest light to create 'green' tool for pharmaceuticals

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of University of Arkansas researchers, including an Honors College undergraduate student, has created a new, "green" method for developing medicines. The researchers used energy from ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New chemical reaction holds promise for drug development

A team of researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has devised a new method for making complex molecules. The reaction they have come up with should enable chemists to synthesize new ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Team develops speedy software designed to improve drug development

(PhysOrg.com) -- Creating new, improved pharmaceuticals is sometimes very similar to cracking the code of a combination lock. If you have the wrong numbers, the lock won’t open. Even worse, you don’t ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Chiral metal surfaces may help to manufacture pharmaceuticals

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research provides insight into novel approach which could be used in pharmaceutical drug synthesis.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research involving thyroid hormone lays foundation for more targeted drug development

Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists advances a strategy for taming the side effects and enhancing the therapeutic benefits of steroids and other medications that work by disrupting the activity ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New 'genome mining' technique streamlines discovery from nature

A newly developed method for microscopically extracting, or "mining," information from genomes could represent a significant boost in the search for new therapeutic drugs and improve science's understanding ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Polymeric material has potential for noninvasive procedures

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed what they believe to be the first polymeric material that is sensitive to biologically benign levels of near infrared (NRI) irradiation, enabling the material ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pharmaceutical drug

A pharmaceutical drug, also referred to as medicine or medicament, can be loosely defined as any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease. Other synonyms include pharmacotherapy, pharmacotherapeutics, and drug treatment.

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