Chemists create 'Superbowl' molecule; May lead to better health
In a development that could one day score a touchdown for better health, chemists in Australia have created a "superbowl" molecule that shows promise for precision drug delivery, according to a recent study in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Shaped like a miniature football stadium, the molecule is capable of delivering a wide range of drugs ?from painkillers to chemotherapy cocktai...DNA Molecules Used To Assemble Nanoparticles
University of Michigan researchers have developed a faster, more efficient way to produce a wide variety of nanoparticle drug delivery systems, using DNA molecules to bind the particles together. Nanometer-scaled dendrimers can be assembled in many configurations by using attached lengths of single-stranded DNA molecules, which naturally bind to other DNA strands in a highly specific fash...Key molecule in plant photo-protection identified
Brain cells in a mouse model of Alzheimer'sdisease have surprised scientists with their ability to recuperateafter the disorder's characteristic brain plaques are removed.Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louisinjected mice with an antibody for a key component of brain plaques,the amyloid beta (Abeta) peptide. In areas of the brain whereantibodies cleared plaque...Inflammatory molecules released by pollen trigger allergies
How do pollen particles provoke allergic reactions? A new study in the February 21 issue of The Journal of Experimental Medicine puts some of the blame on bioactive molecules that are released from pollen. These molecules bind to immune cells and cause them to launch a typical allergy-promoting immune response. Pollen from plants exposed to air pollutants produce more of these allergy-provoking c...Researchers discover molecule that causes secondary stroke
Scientists at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine have discovered the cause of a deadly type of secondary stroke known as cerebral vasospasm. A constriction of the blood vessels in the brain, cerebral vasospasm usually occurs three to 10 days following a massive brain bleed known as hemorrhagic stroke. Sixty percent of patients who survive the initial stroke develop vasos...Imaging Mass Spectrometry for Small Molecule Localization from Protein Discovery, Inc.
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Traditionally, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry has been used very little for quantitative studies. Analysts have usually assumed that potential differences in ionization efficiency between analyte and internal standards and an inherent heterogeneity of the sample spot would limit MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry as a quantitative technique. In addition...GenTel will sell Dutch firm's biomolecule labeling technology
GenTel will market and sell the Universal Linkage System labeling reagents of o...Poisonous Parkinson's molecule discovered
Researchers in Texas have found a molecule which may harm the brain areas involved in Parkinson's disease. There is no firm diagnostic test for Parkinson's disease - the doctor has to rely on the clinical examination of the patient. But it's known that cells producing a chemical called dopamine - which controls muscle activity - in an area of the brain called the substantia nigra slowly die as th...Glenmark’s new molecule to go through trial
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd today said its newly- found andti-diabetic/anti-obesity molecule will be put into clinical trials by later this year. Mr Glenn Saldanha, Executive Director, Glenmark pharmaceuticals, told newspersons that the company’s R&D team has established ‘proof of concept’ in animals for this molecule.// The global diabetes market is estimated to be in the region of...Resistant tumors could be treated with the discovery of a new molecule within cancer cells
A new research study published in the journal, Cancer Cell reported that scientists have discovered why some tumors respond less well to drug treatment as compared to others. Researchers have found that high levels of a specific molecule within cancer cells seem to block the effect of drugs such as Taxol, which are used to treat a number of cancers in their later stages. In the study, the// resea...Ways to counter radiation effects with new molecule discovery
Radiation inflicts serious damage to the DNA within our cells, which could lead to cancer. However, researchers have now found a molecule that triggers a protective mechanism in the body, which both repairs the damage and induces severely damaged cells to destroy themselves. The molecule called MDC1, which initiates this protection mechanism, was discovered by researchers at the Institute of Canc...Same molecule found in meat, milk, tumors
A non-human molecule found in red meat and milk makes its way into the human system when eaten -- and seems to build up especially in tumors, say researchers.// The compound, called sialic acid, is found on the surfaces of animal cells but is not found in people, and may be one reason why animal-to-human organ and tissue transplants do not work well. Animals have a version called Neu5Gc...PTH Intact Molecule with Calcium
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- New Compound Targeting Receptor Tyrosine Kinase EphA2 Shows TumorDestruction at Low Dose Levels in Preclinical Models - GAITHERSBURG, Md. and CARLSBAD, Calif., April 19, 2007/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MedImmune, Inc. and Micromet, Inc. todayannounced that published proof-of-concept data with a new BiTE(R)molecule (bscEphA2xCD3) show that the compound killed tumor cellsat dose levels cons...Micromet and MedImmune Present Data From Preclinical Study of New BiTE Molecule Targeting CEA
GAITHERSBURG, Md. and CARLSBAD, Calif., April 18, 2007/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Micromet, Inc. and MedImmune, Inc. todayannounced data from a preclinical study in which BiTE(R) moleculestargeting carcinoembryonal antigen (CEA) were shown to preventsubcutaneous tumor growth and formation of lung metastases. Anestablished marker for tumor progression, CEA is frequentlyexpressed on breast,...