Slipping past the blood brain barrier: Research shows potential treatment for brain cancer
A compound that kills cancer can sneak past the blood brain barrier, which protects the brain from foreign substances, to do its work in fighting a particularly invasive brain cancer, according to a new Saint Louis University animal study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Online Early Edition the week of Aug. 22. "The bottom line is, if you can get drugs into...Sticky surfaces turn slippery with the flip of a molecular light switch
Changing a surface from sticky to slippery could now be as easy as flipping a molecular light switch. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created an "optically switchable" material that alters its surface characteristics when exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light. The new material, which is described in the June 19 issue of the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition, could h...Interfering RNA silences genes in 'slippery' immune cells
A technical advance in laboratory techniques may provide biology researchers broader access to RNA interference, a process of blocking the activity of targeted genes. RNA interference has recently emerged as an important tool in studying how genes function in normal biological processes and in disease. Writing in the Journal of Immunological Methods, published online on March 24, a researc...BD BioCoat Osteologic 12 mm round Coverslips from BD Biosciences - Discovery Labware
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Therapeutic goods administration has approved the miracle drug-Herceptin after declaring it safe and effective for the treatment of early stage HER-2 Breast cancer. // The approval binds Roche, the drug manufacturer to ensure that sufficient warnings are available on the packaging along with timely updates regarding its performance. The drug is on its last lap of government approval a...180 dubious employees given the pink slip
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