Study identifies mechanism underlying multidrug resistance in fungi
A team of researchers led by Anders Nr, PhD, of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center has identified a mechanism controlling multidrug resistance in fungi. This discovery could help advance treatments for opportunistic fungal infections that frequently plague individuals with comp...New Report Just Published: World Multiple Myeloma Therapeutics Market Report
...ma Market (2006): Breakdown of Typical Length of Treatment Cycle and Cost per Cycle (In US$) (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) II-9 multidrug Resistance: A Challenge to Reckon With II-9 Gene Therapy Exudes Hope II-9 Challenges Encountered in Clinical Trials II-10 FDA's Antidotes ...Viral Genetics Has Option Under Issued Key Patent for Cancer Drug
...form newly detected tumors that are increasingly resistant to treatment. The growing popularity of "cocktails" of chemotherapy drugs has given rise to multidrug resistant tumor cells that are even more difficult to destroy. Drug sensitive tumor cells, under the selective pressure of treatment with drugs,...New twist on old medical technology may prevent amputations
... (MDRAB) infections is oftentimes treated with an older class of drugs known as polymyxins, including colistin, one of the last-resort antibiotics for multidrug resistant A. baumannii. Approaches commonly used to overcome MDR infections after orthopaedic injuries include applying a large dose of antibiotic loc...E. coli persists against antibiotics through HipA-induced dormancy
...e possibility of adding a new class of drugs to therapy against chronic and multidrug resistant bacterial infection. Working in Escherichia coli, the team sol...Brennan and colleagues demonstrated the molecular details of HipA's role in multidrug tolerance and HipB's role keeping HipA under wraps in a series of experimen...New approach, old drug show promise against hepatitis C, Stanford research shows
...developing useful medicines. Should clemizole prove effective in human trials, Glenn said, it could become an essential component in a new class of multidrug treatments for hepatitis C. Other components could be drugs under development elsewhere that target specific enzymes in the virus. The goal is to impr...Adventrx Announces Positive Data From Multidrug Therapy With CoFactor
Data Presented at American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting SAN DIEGO, April 18, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical research and development company focused on commercializing proprietary product candidates for the treatment of cancer ...Alfacell Provides Shareholder Update
...um, are used in the first line therapy of cancer. These genes, known as the multidrug resistance (MDR) gene1 and the multidrug resistance associated protein gene make proteins which act like pumps to ke...Rendell Administration Announces Health Research Grants From Tobacco Settlement Funds
...atients. The project will assess the health and economic impacts of these novel strategies on the prevention and control of infections caused by these multidrug resistant bacteria. A. baumannii is a severe, difficult-to-treat infection in seriously ill hospitalized patients. C. difficile is resistant to nu...Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Recent and Upcoming Presentations at Scientific Conferences
...he 50S Ribosomal Subunit." RX-04 is Rib-X's de novo design of three completely new series of antibacterials showing promising activity against serious multidrug resistant Gram-negative pathogens, including, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumanii and ...Kosan Initiates Phase 2 Trial of Epothilone KOS-1584 in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
...ignificant antitumor activity in a range of xenograft models, including non-small cell lung cancer models resistant to paclitaxel and those expressing multidrug resistance. A long elimination half-life was seen in Phase I trials. KOS-1584 has demonstrated antitumor activity and favorable tolerability in Phase ...Pharmasset Presents Clevudine and Racivir Data at the International HIV Drug Resistance Workshop
...wer than 3 TAMs at day 28. Clonal genotypic analysis of virus from responders indicated that the M184V mutation was found on all clones in addition to multidrug resistance-associated mutations observed with first line therapy failure. About Clevudine Clevudine is an oral, once-daily pyrimidine nucleoside a...New study reveals structure of E. coli multidrug transporter protein
This new study could potentially help researchers find new ways to avoid the problem of multidrug resistance and enhance the potency of existing drug compounds. The study is being published in ScienceXpress, an advance online edition of the journal Science, on May 5. "The development of antib...New polysaccharide may help combat multidrug resistance in cancer
In a recent study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, scientists report that a molecule previously thought to play a purely structural and inert role in cells is actually involved in multidrug resistance in cancer. Using antagonists for this molecule, the researchers were able to sens...Study finds multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria high in long-term care
...tant organismsmethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureas (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). "Recently, it has become apparent that multidrug resistance among gram-negative bacteria is becoming an even greater problem in these facilities, with nearly half of long-term care facility residents...Scripps scientists find structure of a protein that makes cancer cells resistant to chemotherapy
...infected cells, as well as some therapeutics aimed at alleviating psychiatric conditions. "We've long known that P-glycoprotein plays a key role in multidrug resistance in cancer patients, and this work helps us understand how the protein can act on such a wide range of compounds," said Jean Chin, Ph.D., of...Scientists in Hungary and Portugal get research boost
...opean science. Gergely Szakcs is moving from the USA to set up his laboratory at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, Hungary to research multidrug resistance in cancer. Szakcs is the third awardee to establish a lab in Hungary of the total 11 scientists receiving the 2007 EMBO Installation Grants...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Sept. 19, 2007
...ug-resistant strains has reduced the effectiveness of those medications. Researchers are developing more accurate diagnostic tests, new drugs to fight multidrug resistant strains, and ones that are more compatible with individuals who are undergoing treatment for HIV. Scientists are also developing more effect...Technology reveals 'lock and key' proteins behind diseases
...by mutation, causes cystic fibrosis, a hereditary disease that results in progressive disability and early death. Another important ABC protein is the multidrug Resistance Protein (MRP), which normally removes drug metabolites and toxins from cells in our bodies but when overzealous can contribute to the drug ...Gallium: A new antibacterial agent?
...h is chemically similar to Fe and can disrupt biological systems by substituting for Fe, inhibits the in vitro growth of Pseudomonas aeruginonsa; even multidrug resistant strains of P. aeruginonsa isolated from individuals with cystic fibrosis. Ga also prevented P. aeruginonsa forming biofilms, the multi-cellu...Will the plague pathogen become resistant to antibiotics?
...lic health concern." Genetic ability to disable antibiotics, including multidrug resistance (MDR) sequences, is carried on plasmids, small circles of DNA th...tates. "What we've done is revealed a mechanism for the acquisition of multidrug resistance in Y. pestis. Obviously, this is an event that might have seriou...Pollution threatens coral health by preventing lesions from healing, UCF study shows
... itself to already damaged proteins and causes them to degrade more, also were found at those sites. At three offshore sites, elevated levels of a multidrug resistance protein were found. That helps the coral defend itself against contaminants, but it is metabolically costly for coral to produce, leaving l...The Genesis of Gendicine: The Story Behind the First Gene Therapy
... oncogenic functions that contribute to tumorigenicity. Most importantly, mutant p53 proteins have been associated with the upregulation of the multidrug resistance (MDR) gene, which results in tumor resistance to a variety of chemotherapeutics. Introduction of exogenous wild-type p53 gene and ...