AACR applauds FDA decision to create new office of oncology drug products
...and Research (CDER) will streamline the review of applications for oncology drugs and biologics, thereby speeding the development of new therapies. To support this new office and coordinate work performed throughout the FDA Centers related to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer, the FDA is also cr...LSU vet school professor uses gene therapy to destroy cancerous tumors
...imal models, vector development and human clinical applications for treatment of disease....ORNL nanoprobe creates world of new possibilities
...y with proven environmental, forensics and medical applications has received a shot in the arm because of an inven... wide variety of applications, Vo-Dinh said. These applications range from environmental monitoring to intracellular sensing and medical diagnostics. ORNL is manage...Funding to commercialize technologies of UC San Diego engineers tops $1.2 million
...ecutive director of the von Liebig Center. "All 18 applications showed great promise. Now, our staff and advisors ...ndustrial interest, and pave the way for immediate applications in animals (e.g., dogs, horses) as well as human clinical trials....New lower-cost assay system equivalent to flow cytometry for accurate CD4+/CD8+ cell counts
...ight at the lab bench. Guava's products have broad applications in scientific research, drug discovery, cell counting, and optimization of commercial bio-production. The introduction of Guava's technology platform for clinical diagnostic use begins with the CD4/CD8 assays for HIV/AIDS monitoring in developing cou...Protein controls acid in cells by direct detection of volume changes, study finds
...itself to be at the cell's head. "While the cancer applications are very speculative, understanding this system can be very important for many aspects of cell biology," he said. The new study also compares NHE1 to another, very similar transporter called NHE3, which is found only in the kidneys. "We found there ...ORNL adds three R&D 100s to DOE lab-leading total
... The Advanced Heating System also offers potential applications in other thermal processes, including joining and ...ity, compact size, and low cost. SniffEx will have applications in counterterrorism, law enforcement, airport safety and humanitarian efforts such as landmine remov...New $9 million NSF grant to fund creation of center at LSU
...leader in micro- and nano- fabrication for medical applications and strengthens our national thrust in bioscience," said Kevin Smith, Vice Chancellor for Research & Graduate Studies. Dr. Michael Khonsari, director of Louisiana EPSCoR, said that "the center's pioneering research and development on the design and ...Chemical Society announces EPA awards for environmentally friendly technology
...ely produce rhamnolipid biosurfactants, which have applications in agriculture, cleaning and soil remediation. Surfactants reduce the surface tension of water and are found in many consumer and industrial products, including soaps, laundry and hard surface cleaners. Most surfactants are petroleum-based and some a...Kaposi's sarcoma virus 'reprograms' blood vessel cells into lymphatic cells
...type to another," says Detmar. "Although clinical applications are difficult to predict, some of the genes we identified as associated with KS growth may be targets for potential new therapies." He noted that the study's first author Young-Kwon Hong, PhD, a member of Detmar's research team at the CBRC is study...New insight into cancer metastasis
...human breast tumors." Although clinical applications of this research are still unclear, Richardson can see the potential for developing a Twist inhibitor, a drug that wouldn't kill a tumor but rather stop its metastatic capabilities. "Something like that would turn cancer into a chronic disease, rathe...Growing replacement teeth and dental tissues
...the future for regenerative and tissue-engineering applications to dentistry is one with immense potential, capable of bringing quantum advances in treatment for our patients. The need for high-quality research in the basic sciences is paramount to ensuring that the development of novel clinical treatment modalit...Biocompatibility to widen scope of biomaterial applications
...ed at the molecular level to meet specific medical applications are likely to mark future advancements toward biocompatibility. One such development is tailor-made, designer polymers from a beaker by programming the modular polymer scaffolds to attract building blocks of small molecules. This 'one-beaker' process...Molecule that 'blocks' key bacterial enzyme may lead to new antibiotics
...d configuration a characteristic that may lead to applications beyond drug design. "MccJ25's sturdy structure permits it to withstand all sorts of harsh environmental conditions," said Severinov. Because of its robustness, he added, "the [U.S.] Department of Defense is interested in the molecule as a pot...Stanford researchers go from heaven to Earth in 'lifeguard' test
...tart looking at how it could be improved for other applications - not just space," said Montgomery. And now that LifeGuard has proved itself, the device is in demand. Among the requests are several from NASA, including one to monitor astronauts during simulated spacewalks in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab,...Organization for Human Brain Mapping 2004 Annual Meeting
... exciting findings. The full span of neuroscience applications will be covered, ranging from research on perception, cognition, emotion, development and aging to clinical research on brain disorders such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer's Disease. In addition to 1600+ poster presentations, four member-initiated s...VIB presents its annual results at BIO2004 in San Francisco
... medical diagnostics and medicines. To bring these applications into being, VIB protects its findings via patents: in 2003, 30 discoveries were sufficiently new and inventive to warrant patent applications. At the same time, VIB entered into nearly 50 collaborative agreements with business and industry. In additi...NASA researchers customize 'lab-on-a-chip' technology
...p throat, or modern in-home pregnancy tests. These applications conduct a test and yield results in a short time, ...se specific technologies for space and exploration applications and has unique experience in miniaturizing these instruments and designing them for the harsh space ...3-D micro-imaging technology licensed to Carl Zeiss Jena
...roscopes that are benchmark solutions for advanced applications in 3-D microscopy," Simon said. "Joining our force... is to further the technology and enable demanding applications of our powerful multiphoton microscopy technology." Webb said the biomedical research community is b...Brain disease research, particle physics meet in the middle (ware)
...middleware, key technologies upon which customized applications are built. Specialized NMI teams are defining open-source, open-architecture standards that are creating important new avenues of online collaboration and resource sharing. In addition to the production-quality software and implementation standards ...