Scientists synthesize long-sought-after anticancer agent

A team of Yale University scientists has synthesized for the first time a chemical compound called lomaiviticin aglycon, leading to the development of a new class of molecules that appear to target and destroy cancer stem ...

Using nanotechnology to improve cancer treatment

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research directed by Basar Bilgicer, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and a member of the Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics initiative at the University of Notre Dame, could ...

A powerful new technology to identify HIV inhibitors

Providing long-term HIV treatment for over 33 million infected individuals worldwide requires the continuous development of new HIV therapies. Virologists at the Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen have developed a cell-based assay ...

Breakthrough: With a chaperone, copper breaks through

(PhysOrg.com) -- Information on proteins is critical for understanding how cells function in health and disease. But while regular proteins are easy to extract and study, it is far more difficult to gather information about ...

Nano-Vehicle acts as cluster bomb for tumors

Chemotherapy, while an effective cancer treatment, also brings debilitating side effects such as nausea, liver toxicity, and a battered immune system. Now, a new way to deliver this life-saving therapy to cancer patients ...

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