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New GI technologies improve internal organ visualization

...rating significant improvements in the quality and delivery of evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of the GI tract and surrounding areas. DDW is the largest international gathering of physicians and researchers in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery. The Heart ...

Fatty spheres loaded with siRNA shrink ovarian cancer tumors in preclinical trial

...on the cover of the journal, demonstrates a potent delivery system for short interfering RNA (siRNA) to attack cancer, says senior author Anil Sood, M.D., associate professor in the Departments of Gynecologic Oncology and Cancer Biology at M. D. Anderson. "Short interfering RNA is a great technology we can...

Gene therapy injected into the brains' of mice with Huntington's disease

...is the first study to demonstrate that, using this delivery method, symptom onset might be prevented in HD mic...ating, which protects the gene and facilitates its delivery to brain cells. The virus coating (AAV vector) that carries the gene is well studied and has been us...

New bird flu drug promises to beat the problem of resistance

...veloping a drug. They will then need to refine the delivery mechanisms and begin trials that will ensure its efficacy in patients. ...

Triple threat polymer captures and releases

...r, and some day might even be used as a timed drug delivery system –as a nasal spray, for instance. Karen L....t ?maybe for some kind of nasal inhalation-based delivery of drugs. Or maybe something as simple as a room temperature release of a fragrance.." Sponge an...

Pollen proves beneficial for northern lakes

...hern lakes by altering the magnitude and timing of delivery of this important source of forest-derived nutrients, said Graham. ...

Taking the wrinkles out of motoneuronal disease

...these neurotoxins to design a selective motoneuron delivery system that could change our way of treating motoneuronal diseases." Dr Meunier's innovative research caught the attention of UQ's main commercialisation company, UniQuest Pty Ltd, which runs the annual Trailblazer competition. UniQuest Managing Di...

'LEGO-Like' building blocks to halt cell growth wins Hebrew University prize

A method for delivery of drugs to targeted cells through the design of s...earch that it is possible to greatly increase drug delivery efficiency by designing specific molecular structures made up of known pharmaceutically effective pe...

Study defines effective microbicide design for HIV/AIDS prevention

...rations of microbicides will largely depend on the delivery system and applicators." However, he added, advanc...apted to studying different active ingredients and delivery vehicles simply by changing the data entered, the researchers said. For example, researchers might s...

Study challenges myth that sex late in pregnancy hastens birth

...bies an average of 39.9 weeks, compared to average delivery at 39.3 weeks among women who abstained from sexua...ive women, combined with the lack of difference in delivery dates among the two groups, suggests that sexual intercourse has no effect on inducing labor, Schaff...

Common carp sheds new light on surviving in extreme environments

...l blood flow through tissue capillaries and oxygen delivery during difficult times." ...

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center: Harnessing the measles virus to attack cancer

...mine the best way to manufacture a safe biological delivery mechanism, and finally, to clinicians who understand the science and develop guidelines by which the study is conducted and correctly carried out, our team is one of the best. Everything we do focuses on achieving the greatest benefit for the patien...

Scientist works to improve treatment for brain tumors

...s research grant, we hope to optimize the clinical delivery of the advanced form of the drug," said Debinski. Debinski directs the Wake Forest Brain Tumor Center of Excellence. The goal of the center, which was formed in 2003, is to find better treatments ?and one day a cure ?for malignant brain tumors. In a...

Jumping gene could provide non-viral alternative for gene therapy

...iggyBac." Scientists have used viruses as a gene delivery mechanism for more than 20 years because of their adeptness at getting inside cells and inserting themselves in DNA. But efficiency comes at a price. Gene therapy trials have been halted because of major complications, including deaths. As examples, ...

Technology for monitoring fetal oxygen during labor offers no apparent benefit

...etal heart rate monitoring, was adopted for use in delivery rooms without prior testing. Although electronic ...ducing fetal oxygen saturation monitoring into the delivery room. A previous study of the technology was inconclusive. That study found no overall change in C...

Gene therapy for hereditary lung disease advances

...f using other AAV serotypes more suited for muscle delivery as an alternative with the same transgene in the next trial," said Richard J. Samulski, a professor of pharmacology and director of the University of North Carolina's Gene Therapy Center. "These studies are important milestones that allow the potenti...

Quantum dots reviewed -- Could these nanoparticles hold the cure to cancer?

...use in imaging and analysis plus Quantum Dot drug delivery systems. The paper also outlines some early success in the detection and treatment of breast cancer. The paper concludes with a quick look at what the future may hold for Quantum Dots in providing new insights into understanding the pathophysiolo...

Engineer ramps up protein production, develops versatile viral spheres

...versatile, nanoscale viral spheres that can act as delivery trucks for a new class of potentially more effective vaccines. "We want to make proteins that are important as pharmaceuticals and for other uses," says Swartz, a professor of chemical engineering and bioengineering at Stanford. "If we could produc...

Researchers make nanosheets that mimic protein formation

...for a whole slew of applications ranging from drug delivery to energy," said Sharon Glotzer, professor of chemical engineering and materials science and engineering. Glotzer and Nicholas Kotov, associate professor of chemical engineering, and their graduate students and post doctoral researchers have co-au...

Electric jolt triggers release of biomolecules, nanoparticles

...Scientists elsewhere are working on other new drug delivery techniques, such as microfabricated containers that unload their medication inside the body when a lid dissolves. Although it requires further research and development, the Searson team's approach could have several advantages over the container tech...

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