Professor Arun Ghosh of Purdue University and Jordan Tang of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation developed the drug CTS-21166 - an Alzheimer's disease drug that could prevent and reverse this...
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GlaxoSmithKline's Atriance® (nelarabine solution for infusion) has received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) for the treatment of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia...
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Goltz syndrome is a rare skin disorder that can also affect bone and eye development. Goltz syndrome, also called focal dermal hypoplasia, causes a distinctive red rash and thinning of the skin, which...
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The US FDA has recently issued a final rule that establishes regulations to require current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) for dietary supplements and ensures that dietary supplements are...
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As presented recently by Dutch researchers at the Cereals & Europe meeting in Montpellier, France; the novel alpha-glucan produced by the bacteria Lactobacillus reuteri - Reuteran- may already be...
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Genetically engineered mushrooms may serve as biofactories for the production of various drugs beneficial to humans. Dr. Charles Peter Romaine and colleagues at Penn State have been able to develop a...
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Through a two-stage process for turning biomass-derived sugar into 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF), University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor James Dumesic and colleagues have been able to transform sugar...
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Prebiotic ingredients of prebiotics (or those that boost the growth of beneficial probiotic bacteria in the gut) are derived from insoluble fibres and oligosaccharides which can be incorporated into a...
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Engineers at Purdue University are developing robots that are able to make "educated guesses" and are better predictors of their environment and are able to better navigate. According to...
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Johns Hopkins undergraduates have invented a small handheld metal detector to help doctors locate hidden orthopedic screws that need to be removed from patients' bodies. Yes, very much like the...
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Inspired by the agile gecko's uncanny ability to run up walls and across ceilings, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Akron have been successful in creating a...
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In the new book DNA: How the Biotech Revolution Is Changing the Way We Fight Disease molecular biologist Frank H. Stephenson tells the story of how scientists on many fronts are succeeding in the...
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In a study published in the June 28 issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry, scinetists have developed a nanoparticle which can be used as a drug delivery device for treating glaucoma, an eye...
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Filed in archive Gene Therapy
by ruth on June 18, 2007
Researchers may have discovered a way to restore hearing in individuals with a genetic hearing loss resulting form a mutation of a gene known as KCNQ4, which affects the formation of hair-like...
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BioWorld Today has released BioWorld Biofuels Report 2007, a study of the current biofuels market, which includes insight into the history, statistics and forecasts. Examples of chart and...
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In a study published in Nature Nanotechnology, researchers have shown that bacteria may be used to deliver "smart nanoparticles" into a cell to precisely position sensors, drugs or DNA for...
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CABI's fungal collection will be screened by the University of Strathclyde for potential lead compounds against MRSA, cancers and other diseases. CABI houses one of the world's largest...
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The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will grant a total of $20.65 million to research institutions around the country in 14 High-End...
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The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium has published new findings on the genetics behind common diseases such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and coronary heart disease Nature Genetics. The £9...
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Researchers have identified the fifth gene linked to Joubert syndrome (JS), a rare, genetic disorder that affects the area of the brain that controls balance and coordination, and is thus...
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