NIEHS Researchers Identify Enzyme Critical in DNA Replication
...rs operate underspecial circumstances, such as the repair of DNA damage resultingfrom environmental exposures. Amazingly, more than a half century after Watson and Crick firstdescribed the DNA double helix, it had remained unclear which ofthese many DNA polymerases in higher organisms is actuallyresponsibl...Stanford Researchers Find Brain Pathway of Depression in Rats
...ces of rat brain, Deisseroth said, "likea computer repair technician would take out a circuit board" totest its functional properties. The brain slices, which remainactive for many hours, came from parts of the hippocampus, a regionlong implicated in depression. They also tested slices from ratstreated with...Rosetta Genomics and Weizmann Institute Scientists Identify Role of microRNA in Cancer Suppression
...cal and biologicaloutcomes, ranging from effective repair of minor damage toarresting cell cycle progression and induction of apoptotic celldeath. Inactivation of the tumor suppressing function of p53 is oneof the most frequent genetic alterations in human cancer, and closeto half of all human tumors carry ...Fat Kills Cancer: Turning Stem Cells from Fat Tissue into Personalized, Cancer-Targeted Therapeutics
... transport.” Mesenchymal stem cells help repair damaged tissue and organs byrenewing injured cells. They are also found in the mass of normalcells that mix with cancer cells to make up a solid tumor.Researchers believe mesenchymal stem cells “see” atumor as a damaged organ and migrate ...Biotec Pharmacon Announces Preliminary Results from the Sloan-Kettering Clinical Study
...e immunesystem to attack and destroy cancer cells, repair wounds, and fightinfections. Immunotherapy of canc...ility of theimmune system to destroy cancer cells, repair wounds and fightinfections. In addition the company manufactures and marketsnon-pharmaceutical healt......entiation of chondrocytes from hESCs for use inthe repair of diseased or injured articular cartilage. In the...roduce articularcartilage of sufficient quality to repair cartilage defects, amajor component of multiple forms of arthritis." Geron is developing first-in-c......hemical and physiological healing processesto help repair the injured tissue and reduce related pain andinflammation. The Company's Electroceuticals(TM) have been used innon-invasive treatments for a wide array of conditions, includingchronic wounds, pain and edema following plastic and reconstructivesurger......o believed to inhibit the ability of tumorcells to repair the damage caused by chemotherapy and radiotherapyand to inhibit the formation of new blood vessels inside tumors,which appears to lead to an overall suppression of tumorgrowth. The most commonly reported side effect with Erbitux is anacne-like skin...Acorda Therapeutics Presents Fampridine-SR Data at ACTRIMS Meeting
... indevelopment for the treatment, regeneration and repair of thespinal cord and brain. Contact Acorda Therapeutics Erica Wishner, 914-347-4300 ext. 162 <a target="_blank" href="mailto:ewishner@acorda.com">ewishner@acorda.com......eresponsible for the fibrosis, as the lungs try to repair the damagedone by free radicals. "In order to establish whether oxidative stress was indeedassociated with episodes of bleeding into the lungs, we measured abiomarker of oxidative stress, and a marker of damage to DNAspecifically, in urine. "We not...Efficacy of OrbusNeich's Genous Bio-Engineered R Stent Compares Favorably to Drug-Eluting Stents
...irculate in thebloodstream and are involved in the repair of blood vessels. Whenattracted to the surface of Genous, EPCs rapidly form anendothelial layer over the stent that provides protection againstthrombus and minimizes restenosis. OrbusNeich designs, develops, manufactures and marketsinnovative medica......m attacks their own body tissues trying toheal and repair them, but ultimately causing inflammation. Chronicinflammatory diseases afflict millions of people worldwide and area physical, social and economic burden to patients and theirfamilies. Despite the burden and prevalence of inflammatorydiseases, there...... seizures. Tendon ruptures that required surgical repair or resulted inprolonged disability have been reported in patients receivingquinolones, including LEVAQUIN, during and after therapy. This riskmay be increased in patients receiving concomitant corticosteroids,especially the elderly. The quinolone sho......eutical laboratory that has ledthe research of DNA repair of the skin for more than 20 years.Founded by Daniel B. Yarosh, PhD, AGI Dermatics specializes in skinphotobiology, dedicating research and development to DNA repair,solar impact on the immune system, and cell-signaling in skin. Thecompany's applicat......ylase (OGG1) encapsulated in liposomesenhances DNA repair and reduces MMP-1 and TNF-alpha in UVirradiated sk...amage, finelines and wrinkles. Natural cellular repair of the oxidative damage entails completeremoval of 8-oxo-G from DNA via the enzyme OGGI. For the tes...Data to be presented at AAN Meeting -Study results of drug candidate for MS
...that may help reduce neurodegeneration and enhance repair of theCNS affected by multiple sclerosis ·...e potential to reduce neurodegeneration andenhance repair of the central nervous system (CNS) by modulatingS1P receptors expressed on brain cells. Separately,...... indevelopment for the treatment, regeneration and repair of thespinal cord and brain. Contact Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. Erica Wishner Director, Corporate Communications Cell: 914-282-0836 <a target="_blank" href="mailto:ewishner@acorda.com">ewishner@acorda.com or Media: Rooney and Associates...Acorda Therapeutics to Host Analyst and Investor Reception
... indevelopment for the treatment, regeneration and repair of thespinal cord and brain. Contact Acorda Therapeutics Erica Wishner, 914-347-4300 ext. 162 <a target="_blank" href="mailto:ewishner@acorda.com">ewishner@acorda.com...Cortex Area Thinner in Youth with Alzheimers-Related Gene
...liproprotein (ApoE), which plays a critical rolein repair of brain cells, affects development of this learning andmemory hub in the June, 2007 Lancet Neurology. People with the Alzheimers-related variant of the ApoE genemight not be able to sustain much aging-related tissue loss in theentorhinal cortex bef......otein, a critical component ofdouble- stranded DNA repair in cancer cells as part of a series ofpresentation... that are commonly used to treattumors. It acts to repair the double stranded DNA breaks that arecaused by therapies, thus limiting their efficacy and increas......ions for making a protein that is essentialfor the repair of damaged DNA. These data suggest that PCI- 24781could be used successfully in combination with other cancertherapies that generate lesions repaired by homologousrecombination, such as gamma- irradiation, cisplatin, andoxaliplatin, and show the usef......nnounced today that clinical data on its leadnerve repair therapy, Cethrin(R), were presented in the Neurotraumaand Critical Care Scientific Session at the 75th Annual Meeting ofthe American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) inWashington, DC. The oral presentation, "Results of the Cethrin Phase I......turin (NTN), a naturally occurringprotein known to repair damaged and dying dopamine-secretingneurons, keeping them alive and functioning normally. NTN is amember of the same protein family as glial cell-derivedneurotrophic factor (GDNF). The two molecules have similarpharmacological properties, and both ha...Abbott Researchers Focus on New Cutting-Edge Approaches in the Fight Against Cancer
...y(ADP-ribose)polymerase(abbreviated PARP) can help repair DNA damage caused by theseagents used to treat can...itor developed by Abbottresearchers to prevent DNA repair in cancer cells and increase theeffectiveness of common cancer therapies such as radiation andalkyla...... breaks (DSBs), but unfortunately cellspossess DNA repair complexes specialized in repairing these lethalles...rapeutics' scientific founderteam to inhibit these repair activities. The first lead, namedDbait, mimics DSBs, diverts DSB repair system from their primaryobj...Nuvelo Announces Publication of NU206 Study Results in Gastroenterology
...rlyanimal model studies, NU206 promoted growth and repair of thesetissues in models of radiation treatment or chemotherapy, as wellas in animal models of inflammatory bowel disease and short bowelsyndrome. A publication in the August 2005 issue of Sciencedescribed results from studies in animal models of mu......RP) is an abundant nuclearenzyme that mediates the repair of DNA single strand breaks throughthe activation and recruitment of DNA repair enzymes. PARP's rolein the inflammatory response may result from its ability topotentiate the activi...The Sturdier Sex?: Study by Pittsburgh Scientists Finds Female Stem Cells Work Better
...etherapies to regenerate bone and cartilage and to repair damagedmuscle. The application of these therapies ...air of heart muscle damaged by heart attack to the repair ofsports-related bone, cartilage and muscle injuries. For more information about Dr. Huard's resear......rlyanimal model studies, NU206 promoted growth and repair of thesetissues in models of radiation treatment or chemotherapy, as wellas in animal models of inflammatory bowel disease and short bowelsyndrome. A publication in the August 2005 issue of Sciencedescribed results from studies in animal models of mu...CytRx Announces Positive Results of Arimoclomol in Preclinical Stroke Recovery Studies
...e data suggest that arimoclomol can accelerate the repair ofneurological damage caused by stroke. Unlike ar...o function by stimulating anormal cellular protein repair pathway through the activation of"molecular chaperones." Since damaged proteins called aggregatesare...M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Researchers to Present CTCE-9908 Data at the AACR Annual Meeting
... necessary forfighting infection as well as tissue repair and regeneration.Chemokines also have an important role in cancer metastasis andgrowth. Chemokine Therapeutics is a leader in research in the fieldof chemokines and has several products in various stages ofdevelopment. Safe Harbor Statement under th......olymerase (PARP), anuclear enzyme that directs the repair of damaged DNA via theactivation and recruitment of DNA repair enzymes and is beingstudied as a treatment for certain acute cardiovascular conditionsand cancer. Ad...... indevelopment for the treatment, regeneration and repair of thespinal cord and brain. Contact Acorda Therapeutics Erica Wishner, 914-347-4300 ext. 162 <a target="_blank" href="mailto:ewishner@acorda.com">ewishner@acorda.com...... necessary forfighting infection as well as tissue repair and regeneration.Chemokines also have an important role in cancer metastasis andgrowth. Chemokine Therapeutics is a leader in research in the fieldof chemokines and has several products in various stages ofdevelopment. Safe Harbor Statement under th......al strength of theheart muscle during recovery and repair thereby preventingpathological enlargement of the left ventricle after the heartattack. BL-1040 degrades naturally six weeks after injection. Patients who have undergone an acute MI (AMI) with severe heartdamage are the most likely to benefit from B...