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Targeted quantum dot conjugates for siRNA delivery

Take a quantum dot, add a coating of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), and attach a homing peptide and a piece of small interfering RNA (siRNA), and the result is a targeted nanoparticle that can stop the production of a specific protein by a targeted cell.

22 Aug 2007

Clemson scientists improve longevity of fluorescent nanoparticles

Clemson University chemists have developed a method to dramatically improve the longevity of fluorescent nanoparticles that may someday help researchers track the motion of a single molecule as it travels through a living cell.

22 Aug 2007

High-density diffuse optical tomography helps scan infant brains

Researchers hoping to better understand the development of the infant brain have long been stymied by a formidable obstacle: babies just don't want to sit still for brain scans.

22 Aug 2007

EPA awards grants for ultraviolet technologies to treat water contaminated by blue-green algae

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded grants for research projects totaling almost $1 million to the University of Cincinnati, Ohio State University and the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio.

21 Aug 2007

IBA agrees to pay $1.25 million to settle lawsuit alleging it infringed Optivus' patents

Optivus Proton Therapy has announced that Belgium-based IBA has agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit alleging IBA infringed on three Optivus proton therapy patents.

21 Aug 2007

New formula to gauge risk of disease clusters

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a mathematical formula to assess whether concentrated disease outbreaks can be ascribed to random-chance events or, instead, suggest a contagious or environmental effect that requires epidemiological investigation.

17 Aug 2007

Breakthrough pain medication

Cancer patients frequently experience two types of pain: persistent and breakthrough.

17 Aug 2007

Baxter awarded major contract for flu vaccine in the event of a pandemic

Baxter International Inc. has announced that Baxter's European subsidiary in the United Kingdom has entered into an advanced supply agreement with the Department of Health that contains an option to purchase pandemic influenza vaccine in the event the World Health Organization (WHO) declares a pandemic.

From Baxter International Inc. 17 Aug 2007

Large study to look at injuries that afflict millions of women as a result of childbirth

A group of researchers from the University of Michigan Health System has been awarded a $6 million federal grant to study the serious injuries that afflict millions of women as a result of childbirth.

17 Aug 2007

Why is heart disease so prevalent among diabetics?

Heart disease hits people with diabetes twice as often as people without diabetes.

13 Aug 2007

Living donor swap for kidney transplants

New and innovative programs to obtain donor organs have the potential to revolutionize kidney transplantation.

13 Aug 2007

New initiative to tackle animal diseases

Endemic animal diseases cost UK farmers, and indirectly consumers, hundreds of millions of pounds a year and cause significant animal welfare problems.

13 Aug 2007

New recommendations to improve existing standards for electronic health record systems

A new report prepared by RTI International for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) recommends 14 functional requirements that would serve to increase efficiency and improve billing accuracy for clinicians using electronic health records (EHRs).

13 Aug 2007

LifeCycle Pharma and Sciele Pharma announce FDA approval of new formulation of Fenofibrate

LifeCycle Pharma and Sciele Pharma announce FDA approval of fenofibrate in 120 mg. and 40 mg. dosage strengths. Sciele Pharma expects U.S. market launch by the end of 2007.

13 Aug 2007

Genetic engineering offers promising new approaches to improve dietary iron intake

Using selective plant breeding and genetic engineering could be used to reduce the incidence of iron deficiency worldwide by improving the quality of dietary iron, conclude authors of a Seminar in this week’s edition of The Lancet.

13 Aug 2007

Leptin controls our fondness for food

Scientists have discovered that leptin, one of the key hormones responsible for reducing hunger and increasing the feeling of fullness, also controls our fondness for food.

12 Aug 2007

FGFR4 gene plays a complex role in obesity, fatty liver and diabetes

Researchers at the Texas A&M Health Science Center Institute of Biosciences and Technology at Houston have found that a gene in the liver and elsewhere in the body, when inhibited or increased, affects fatty liver and diabetes but does not alleviate both diseases at once.

11 Aug 2007

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Targeted quantum dot conjugates for siRNA delivery

Clemson scientists improve longevity of fluorescent nanoparticles

High-density diffuse optical tomography helps scan infant brains

EPA awards grants for ultraviolet technologies to treat water contaminated by blue-green algae

IBA agrees to pay $1.25 million to settle lawsuit alleging it infringed Optivus' patents

New formula to gauge risk of disease clusters

Breakthrough pain medication

Baxter awarded major contract for flu vaccine in the event of a pandemic

Large study to look at injuries that afflict millions of women as a result of childbirth

Why is heart disease so prevalent among diabetics?

Living donor swap for kidney transplants

New initiative to tackle animal diseases

New recommendations to improve existing standards for electronic health record systems

LifeCycle Pharma and Sciele Pharma announce FDA approval of new formulation of Fenofibrate

Genetic engineering offers promising new approaches to improve dietary iron intake

Leptin controls our fondness for food

FGFR4 gene plays a complex role in obesity, fatty liver and diabetes

Researchers turn mouse into factory for human liver cells

Discussion on the explosive growth and the potential risks of drug-eluting stents

Almac Diagnostics announces major study analysing ductal carcinoma in situ tissue samples

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

Global and Local Efforts to Take Action Against Hepatitis

Addressing Important Cardiac Biology Questions with Shotgun Top-Down Proteomics

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