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Exploiting Recently Discovered Mechanism Allows Biologists to Develop Disease Treatments by Shutting Down Specific Genes

Exploiting Recently Discovered Mechanism Allows Biologists to Develop Disease Treatments by Shutting Down Specific Genes

Science and technology journalists pride themselves on the ability to explain complicated ideas in accessible ways, but there are some technical principles that we encounter so often in our reporting that paraphrasing them or writing around them begins to feel like missing a big part of the story.

11 Nov 2009

New Way for Exploring the Insides of Living Cells

New Way for Exploring the Insides of Living Cells

Scientists in Washington, DC, are reporting development and successful tests of a new way for exploring the insides of living cells, the microscopic building blocks of all known plants and animals. They explode the cell while it is still living inside a plant or animal, vaporize its contents, and sniff.

11 Nov 2009

IND Allows Sol-Gel to Initiate Phase II Studies with DER45-EV Gel in Rosacea Patients

Sol-Gel Technologies announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has acknowledged receipt of Sol-Gel's Investigational New Drug Application (IND) for DER45-EV Gel for the topical treatment of ros...

11 Nov 2009

Partnership Supports Scientists When Carrying out Medical and Nanotechnology Research

Partnership Supports Scientists When Carrying out Medical and Nanotechnology Research

The Swiss-Japanese partnership supports scientists in both countries when carrying out medical research. ETH researcher Takashi Ishikawa's project demonstrates the benefits of this. Researchers can now apply again with new projects.

11 Nov 2009

New System Uses Software that Acts like a Robotic Scientist

Every time a person snorts cocaine, it doesn't just go to his or her head: It also provokes a response in the immune system, creating special biomolecules that may serve as a permanent record of each exposure. Wit...

10 Nov 2009

Recently Devised Imaging Method Could Lead to New Antibiotics and Anti-Cancer Drugs

Recently Devised Imaging Method Could Lead to New Antibiotics and Anti-Cancer Drugs

A recently devised method of imaging the chemical communication and warfare between microorganisms could lead to new antibiotics, antifungal, antiviral and anti-cancer drugs, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist.

10 Nov 2009

Nanostructured Interfaces for Therapeutic Delivery

Of the many characteristic traits a drug can have, one of the most desirable is the ability for a drug to be swallowed and absorbed into the bloodstream through the gut. Some drugs, like over-the-counter aspirin, lend th...

9 Nov 2009

Conference Features Groundbreaking Information on Important Cancer Therapies in Development

Scientists and industry leaders from around the world will gather in Boston Nov. 14-19, 2009, for the AACR-NCI-EORTC Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics International Conference, which will feature groundbreaking i...

9 Nov 2009

Thin Films of Silver and Copper Cutting Down on Hospital Infections

Dana Filoti of the University of New Hampshire will present thin films of silver and copper she has developed that can kill bacteria and may one day help to cut down on hospital infections. The antimicrobial properties o...

9 Nov 2009

Best Shape to Use for Man-Made Nanoparticles that Target Cancers

Eric Shaqfeh studies blood at Stanford University, using computer models that simulate how the fluid and the cells it contains move around. On November 11 at a meeting of the scientific society AVS, he will present his l...

9 Nov 2009

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