Hultgren Receives Prestigious Eli Lilly Award
...d by Eli Lilly and Company, aglobal research-based pharmaceutical company headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind. "I'm very pleased to receive this honor because it's one of the mostprestigious awards in our field for younger investigators," Hultgren says. "AndI'm honored to be put on the same list as the previ...Biotech Firms Develop Where Star Scientists Worked, Study Shows
... . Advances in biotechnology have transformed the pharmaceutical industryby allowing creation of novel drugs and treatments. Biotechnology has alsobeen used extensively in the food processing and agriculture industries,among others. For this study, the researchers identified 327 “star” scientistsin the ...Yale Announces New Biotech Firm
...erit was the fastestgrowing product for this major pharmaceutical firm in 1997, achievinggrowth of more than 185 percent on its way to reaching worldwide sales of$398 million. Millions of people with the HIV virus have been treatedwith the medication, which has been shown to significantly enhance andextend lives. ...Rapid Progress Reported On New Class Of Anti-Cancer Drugs
...ng cancers. The reports by university and pharmaceutical company researchers onprogress in both understandi...estructural and mechanistic insights are providing pharmaceutical companies withmany new insights into how to design specific inhibitors. Dale Poulter, ...Can The Economic Promise Of Drug Discovery Continue To Preserve The Suriname Forest?
... to be tested. While looking for potential pharmaceutical products, project scientistsconduct ethnobotanical and random botanical collections. ConservationInternational (CI) researchers collect plants that the shamans use to treatdisease and injury. Such ethnobotanical collection is time consuming. Thescien...Naturally Produced Enzyme May Be Useful In Inflammatory Arthritis
...the National Institutes of Health and a California pharmaceutical companyfunded the study. Written by Holly Wagner, (614) 292-8310; Wagner.235@osu.edu...Antimicrobial Resistance: Issues And Options
...workshop, and outlines options that policy-makers, pharmaceutical industry leaders, health officials, clinicians, re...patients, parents, managed-care organizations, the pharmaceutical industry, and others. Since no adequate enforcement mechanisms exist to ensure proper antibiotic us......rous indications in 1998. Cell Pathways, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company focused on the development andcommercialization of products to prevent and treat cancer....UB Researcher Developing Method That Employs "Evolution" To Identify New Drug Leads
...n their shelves, chemical libraries synthesized by pharmaceutical scientists are only as useful as the new compounds..., the new method could mean major cost savings for pharmaceutical companies because it has the potential to identify numerous promising drug leads in just days, as co......e manufactured, stored and handledlike traditional pharmaceutical products. Avigen's scientists have developed aproprietary manufacturing process that improves AAV vector manufacturing andachieves increased yields. Avigen, Inc., is a biotechnology company involved in the development of genetherapy products derived ...Spinach Enzymes Neutralize Explosives
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... these star polymers very useful in biological and pharmaceutical applications, such as delivering a high concentration of drugs throughout the body or to a specific target," Keys says. The star polymer gels Keys developed are made from the polymer polyethylene glycol, or PEG, a nontoxic, noncarcinogenic subst...Third Annual Awards For Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Recognize Innovations
...lustrate his concept by addressing inefficiency in pharmaceutical andspecialty-chemical manufacturing. The Stanford chemist points out theseindustries have often emphasized high selectivity at the expense of atomeconomy: one ton of product requires five-50 tons of raw materials forspecialty chemicals and 25-100 ton...UNC-CH Researchers Develop Promising Heart Research Tool
... informationfor heart researchers and possibly the pharmaceutical industry, and we areexcited about it." A report on the development appears in the June issue of the AmericanJournal of Physiology. Besides Cascio, authors are Christopher J. Hyatt,graduate assistant in biomedical engineering; and Drs. John J....Clever Chemistry Protects Beetle Babies
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...uality protein crystalsever, which is critical for pharmaceutical research. On Earth, the influence ofgravity can interfere with the crystal growth process, and this can lead tostructural imperfections and poor information. "At least 60 percent of all protein crystals flown in space producesufficient overal...