New Technique for Tracking Gene Regulators
Finding out where gene-regulator proteinsbind to DNA and identifying the genes they regulate just got a stepeasier thanks to a new technique developed by scientists at the U.S.Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory. The techniquecould greatly speed the process of unraveling the role these proteinsplay in turning on and off the genes that establish the very identityof cells ?b...Researchers use RNAi libraries to identify regulators of apoptosis and chemoresistance
When it comes to the deadly skin cancer melanoma, studying functional tissue rather than cell lines may better provide insight into the disease's development, according to new research from a Howard Hughes Medical Institute predoctoral fellow at Stanford University School of Medicine. Though multiple genetic alterations are associated with melanoma development, scientists have not been abl...Regulators Object Drug Produced from Genetically Engineered Farm Animals
European regulators have not given the green signal to a drug produced in the milk of genetically engineered farm animals// . This is a step retrograde to a budding industry that sought to enable low cost pharmaceutical options from farm animals GTC Biotherapeutics, proponents of this drug, have decided to appeal the decision, expressing their opinion that the verdict came about only...A brush with the U.S. Regulators can cost a fortune
The Food and Drug Administration held a meeting with Boston Scientific to talk about the repairs in the quality control problems. A similar meeting was held in 2001 with Schering-Plough // about problems with its manufacture of asthma inhalers. But the company failed to make any amendments. This provoked the FDA to withhold approval of Clarinex, a blockbuster allergy drug. <br...Cancer-causing Property Of Teflon Leaves US Regulators Concerned
Regulators in the United States are worried about the cancer causing potential of perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, which is widely used in making Teflon or non-stick cookware. // The concern was triggered off after an independent review by a committee for the Environmental Protection Agency said that Teflon had likely cancer causing potential. "The predominant panel view was that the de...Australian Drug Regulators Call for Revamp On The Pharmaceutical Surveillance
The drug regulators of Australia want the country's pharmaceutical surveillance overhauled, they argue that such a step could help to reduce deaths and disease that might be caused by faulty drug use // . The newspapers reported that the authority on prescribed drug subsidies, Lloyd Sansom, have said that Australia had already lost a chance of getting an early warning about the potent...Drug Regulators Need To Think In Long-Term, Say Charities
Medical charities have urged drug regulators in Scotland to think in terms of long-term benefit before deciding which drugs are expensive and which are not. // Clara MacKay, of Breast Cancer Care Scotland cited the example of some women needing to take legal recourse for getting Herceptin, the breast cancer drug. "The perception is that those wanting Herceptin are taking away resource...