Strategies & Technologies Driving Drug Discovery to Market
Key Symptom of Muscular Dystrophy Reversed
November 16, 2007 8:08 am | News | CommentsResearchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have identified a compound that eliminates myotonia—a symptom of muscular dystrophy—in mice.
Suppressing Herpes Virus May Reduce Infectiousness of HIV
November 15, 2007 10:12 am | News | CommentsA recent study of men co-infected with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) and HIV revealed that drugs used to suppress HSV decrease the levels of HIV in the blood.
Viral Infection Affects Cell Stress Response
November 15, 2007 10:02 am | News | CommentsViral infection disrupts the normal response of mammalian cells to outside deleterious forces, cleaving and inactivating a protein called G3BP.
Scientists Create Primate Embryonic Stem Cells
November 14, 2007 6:50 am | News | CommentsResearchers successfully derive embryonic stem cells by reprogramming of genetic material from skin cells while studying rhesus macaque.
Changing Environment Organizes Genetic Structure
November 14, 2007 5:18 am | News | CommentsRice University study finds biological complexity arises from self-organizing structure of genes.
Telomerase Enzyme Structure a Target for Cancer
November 14, 2007 4:51 am | News | CommentsResearchers working at The Wistar Institute decipher the three-dimensional structure of a domain, or region, of the telomerase molecule.
Low-Carb Diet May Stunt Prostate Tumor Growth
November 13, 2007 8:08 am | News | CommentsA study led by Duke Prostate Center researchers suggests a diet low in carbohydrates may help stunt the growth of prostate tumors.
Live Cell Imaging
November 12, 2007 7:31 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe Leica DMI3000 B inverted is designed for all manual fluorescence techniques and features a five-position fluorescence turret for the fluorescence filter cubes.
Web Access to Information Database
November 12, 2007 7:27 am | Product Releases | CommentsActive Motif now offers AKS v2.1 from Bioalm, which allows users to uncover bioentity relationships in more than eight million PubMed abstracts.
Image Analysis
November 12, 2007 7:21 am | Product Releases | CommentsFujifilm Life Science offers the LAS-4000, a luminescent image analyzer suited for multi-spectral Western blotting and in vivo imaging of small animals with expanded fluorescent capabilities.
Magnetic Immobilized Trypsin
November 12, 2007 7:16 am | Product Releases | CommentsClontech’s new Mag-Trypsin (TPCK-trypsin immobilized on magnetic beads) allows trypsin to be removed from a protein digestion mixture using a magnetic separator after the reaction is complete.
Adjustable Spacer
November 12, 2007 7:10 am | Product Releases | CommentsEDP3 Adjustable Spacer, Rainin’s new generation of EDP3 electronic multichannel pipettes, allows users to change the nozzle spacing between 9-14mm (8-channel) or 9-19mm (6-channel).
UV/Vis Spectrophotometers
November 12, 2007 7:00 am | Product Releases | CommentsBeckman Coulter Inc. offers the new nanoVette microliter accessory for DU 800 and DU 730 UV/Vis Spectrophotometers for DNA and protein applications.
Research Studies Suggest Targeted Treatment Strategies for Lupus
November 12, 2007 4:59 am | News | CommentsNew research provides clues about the causes of lupus symptoms and suggests specific new targeted treatment strategies.
Microarray System For Expression Profiling Of Human miRNAs
November 12, 2007 4:47 am | Product Releases | CommentsAgilent Technologies, Inc., has introduced a microarray-based assay for microRNA (miRNA) expression profiling—delivering sensitivity and specificity while incorporating simple protocols for labeling and detection.
