New treatment hope for prostate cancer

...international journal The Journal of Clinical Investigation . Head of the Burnet Institute's Cancer Immunotherapy Laboratory, Associate Professor pei Xiang Xing said his group has produced a monoclonal antibody to a unique tumour marker for the treatment of prostate cancer. The monoclonal antibody i...

Radiofrequency treatment better than ethanol injection for small liver tumors

...Interscience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). AASLD guidelines recommend pei as a safe and highly effective treatment for small hepatocellular carcinoma...rolled trials identified definite survival benefit favoring RFA compared to pei except the latest trial published in 2008," the authors note. Their meta-an...

Senesco Announces Results of Pre-Clinical Efficacy, Toxicology and Dose Ranging Studies for Multiple Myeloma Therapeutic Candidate

...thways within cancer cells. The siRNA downregulates proinflammatory cytokines, NF-kB and ICAM, which are proliferation factors for multiple myeloma. pei is a nanoparticle complexed to the other two components for intravenous delivery. About Senesco Technologies, Inc. Senesco Technologies, ...

Glaucoma Awareness Not Just for Humans

...laucoma occurs most commonly in dogs. Breeds that are commonly predisposed include the American Cocker Spaniel, Basset Hound, Chow Chow, Chinese Shar pei and various Terrier breeds. Secondary causes of glaucoma include dislocation of the lens, inflammation, trauma and tumors. All of these factors can ...

MCM Completes Westwood Replacement Hospital - Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

... MCM's Biggest Project Completed With Detailed Precision STEINBACH, Manitoba, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Featuring design by a joint venture of pei Architects and Perkins & Will, Mid Canada Millwork has completed millwork for a replacement hospital in Westwood, the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Cente...

Four-legged Friends Connect Online at Dogster

...loves carrots, belongs to a group called "Beagles R Us" and is humbly described as "nice with large ears." Her roster of friends includes Tank, a Shar pei in South Africa; a New York City golden retriever named Copper, and Beanie, a poodle living in Malaysia. Annie has a blog, an online journal, to share...

PEI in Medical Technology

Stallergenes: New Study VO 56 Highly Positive Results Conducted in an Allergen Challenge Chamber

...IR, so as to mimic patients' natural exposure. In June 2008, Stallergenes was granted a marketing authorisation for Oralair(R) Grasses in adults, by pei (Paul Ehrlich Institute), the biological branch of the German health agency. Based on the positive results of the paediatric pivotal study (VO52), S...

PEI in Biological News

Hybrid vehicle rebates produce scant environmental benefits, high cost

...ernments of the U.S. and 13 states, including Washington, Oregon, Illinois and Colorado, and five Canadian provinces, including B.C., Ontario, Quebec, pei and Manitoba. The Canadian government offered hybrid rebates during 2007-2008. Researchers used Canadian vehicle sales data over a 17-year period f...

NYU Langone Medical Center awarded NIH grants totaling $1,560,000

...robiome from these body sites and esophageal cancer. Dr. Blaser and Dr. pei lead two of only 15 teams selected in the United States to conduct pilot de... for science and chief scientific officer. "We congratulate Drs. Blaser and pei as they continue to lead this frontier of medical research. The studies the...

Engineered pig stem cells bridge the mouse-human gap

...ty and efficacy trials in animal models, but the size, physiology and short lifespan of mice makes them less than ideal for these trials. Duanqing pei and colleagues turned to a better pre-clinical model: pigs. These large animals share a remarkably similar biology to humans, as evidenced by their al...

JCI online early table of contents: Jan. 19, 2009

... to be expressed more highly than in the corresponding noncancerous tissue. pei Xiang Xing and colleagues, at Burnet Institute Incorporating Austin Researc... reducing Akt phosphorylation, and activating apoptosis AUTHOR CONTACT: pei Xiang Xing Burnet Institute Incorporating Austin Research Institute, Heide...

Algae from the ocean a sustainable energy source of the future

...nverted into such fuels as biodiesel, according to pei and Yuan. Algae also have several environmentally-...luding not needing soil or fresh water to grow. pei and Yuan plan to identify attributes of algae and ... harvesting equipment and oil extraction machines, pei said. "This research aims to develop a cost-eff...

New UD technology removes viruses from drinking water

...ity to remove viruses--the smallest of the pathogens--from water supplies," pei Chiu, an associate professor in UD's Department of Civil and Environmental ...ing together," Jin said, smiling. "In this project, we all need each other. pei is the engineer and knows where we should put this step and how to scale it...

Whole genome fine map of rice completed

...ng differences among the grass family. The Chinese Superhybrid Rice Genome Project, initiated by BGI in 2000, focused on the hybrid rice "Liang You pei Jiu" as the basic research object. The hybrid was developed by the famous rice expert Yuan Longping. The goal of the project was to reveal the molecul...

PEI in Biological Technology

Paper electrified by copper particles

...nds. The average size of the particles at room temperature was 8.5 nm (with pei as the protecting agent) or 19.4 nm (with TEPA as the protecting agent). Sl...ctivity of the layer thus formed was measured. Particles manufactured using pei released the protective agent during sintering at relatively low temperatur...

Senesco's Preclinical Multiple Myeloma Data to be Presented at the 20th EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on 'Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics'

... Vice President of R&D, Richard Dondero, are all co-authors of the study entitled "Therapeutic intervention in a murine model of multiple myeloma with pei nanocomplexes bearing an eIF5A siRNA and eIF5AK50R pDNA resulted in a significant anti-tumoural response." A copy of the poster will be available at...

Senesco Signs a Supply Agreement for Polyplus-transfection's Delivery System

...oxicology study and ultimately the planned clinical trial targeting multiple myeloma," commented Bruce Galton, Senesco's President and CEO. "Polyplus' pei technology is already being used in clinical oncology trials by other companies and we look forward to working with them and using their technology to...

Stallergenes : Sublingual Desensitisation Tablets Oralair Grasses Approved in Germany

.../ -- Today, Stallergenes has been granted with the marketing authorisation for its sublingual desensitisation tablet, Oralair(R) Grasses in adults, by pei (Paul Ehrlich Institute), the biological branch of the German health agency. Based on the positive results of the paediatric pivotal study (VO52), S...

The development of a serotonin 5-HT2C receptor-binding assay using the LEADseeker Multimodality Imaging System

...em 18-1140-71 Wheat Germ Agglutinin (WGA) pei Type RPNQ0287 A PS SPA Imaging Beads ...e preparation was used in conjunction with [ 3 H]Mesulergine ligand and WGA pei type A PS SPA Imaging Beads. Non-specific binding (NSB) was determined in t...

The development of a somatostatin sst4 receptor-binding assay using the LEADseeker Multimodality Imaging System

...n sst4 receptor membrane preparation produced in CHO-K1 cells was used in conjunction with (3-[ 125 I] iodotyrosyl 11 ) Somatostatin-14(tyr 11 ) and pei PS SPA Imaging Beads. Non-specific binding (NSB) was determined in the presence of 2-µM somatostatin-28. The standard assay format was as follow...

The development of a melanocortin MC5 receptor binding assay using the LEADseeker Multimodality Imaging System

... 18-1140-71 Wheat Germ Agglutinin (WGA) pei RPNQ0289 Type B PS SPA Ima...as used in conjunction with [ 125 I] NDP-α-MSH (2000 Ci/mmol) and WGA pei Type B PS SPA Imaging Beads. Non-specific binding (NSB) was determined in t...

The development of a melanocortin MC4 receptor binding assay using the LEADseeker Multimodality Imaging System

... Products used LEADseeker Multimodality Imaging System 18-1140-71 Wheat Germ Agglutinin (WGA) pei RPNQ0289 Type B PS SPA Imaging Beads [ 125 I] (Nle 4 -D-phe 7 ) α-M...