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Chemistry World November 8, 2006 Victoria Gill |
Molecular Signals of Schizophrenia Identified Researchers have identified specific biomarkers for schizophrenia, a discovery which could pave the way to more accurate diagnostics, improved treatments, and could even be the starting point for the development of preventative medicines. |
Chemistry World September 23, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Nanoparticles Hide Behind Protein Cloak Polymer nanoparticles suspended in human blood become cloaked in plasma proteins, new research has shown. |
Chemistry World March 14, 2012 Helen Bache |
Diabetes reduces antioxidant benefits Scientists in China have discovered that the blood plasma proteins of type II diabetes patients reduce the beneficial effects of dietary polyphenols. |
Chemistry World January 3, 2007 Victoria Gill |
Alzheimer's Protein Fingerprint Alzheimer's disease, a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder that eventually results in wasting of the whole brain, offers a chemical clue that should make it easier to spot and possibly easier to treat. |
Chemistry World April 9, 2008 Mark Peplow |
vCJD filter for blood could be in use 'by summer' ProMetic's prion filter, attached to a blood pack, is being marketed by French medical equipment company MacoPharma to clean blood of the proteins responsible for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). |
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Arlene Weintraub |
Regenerative Medicine's Slow Start Scientists think proteins that spur the body to heal could make powerful drugs, but harnessing that potential has been tough |
Reactive Reports Issue 55 David Bradley |
Testing the Byproducts of Cell Death A new approach to testing whether a particular chemotherapy agent is working well in treating a patient's cancer is being developed by UK scientists |
Bio-IT World August 2005 Maureen McDonough |
Invitrogen Launches iPath Invitrogen has unveiled a free bioinformatics and systems biology research tool that can be found on the company's Web site. iPath allows users to click their way through 2,500 human genes, 171 signal transduction pathways, and 54 metabolic pathways. |
Salon.com December 1, 1999 Annie Murphy Paul |
Painting insanity black Why are there more black schizophrenics? |
Chemistry World June 19, 2012 Anthony King |
Nanoparticles linked to rheumatoid arthritis Three types of nanoparticles were found to ramp up protein citrullination in cell cultures, a change that can make the body think native proteins are foreign. This process has previously been linked to autoimmune disease. |
Popular Mechanics January 28, 2010 Cassie Rodenberg |
Next-Gen Transplant Techniques Can Stop Organ Rejection About 77 organ transplants are performed each day in the U.S., and more than 101,000 people are on a wait list for body parts such as hearts, skin and veins, according to the Mayo Clinic. |
Chemistry World October 9, 2011 Simon Hadlington |
New probe throws light on cellular lipids Scientists in the US have developed a new sensor that can track and measure lipids in living cells. |
Chemistry World December 19, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Snapshot of Proteins Linked to Autism Researchers in France and the US have caught on camera the gentle embrace between two proteins that sit on either side of the junction between nerve cells. It's this short circuit that has thought to cause some types of autism. |
Scientific American July 3, 2006 Jeneen Interlandi |
An Immune Portal Protein may be a key to autoimmune disorders |
Chemistry World August 24, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
'Chemical nose' sensor sniffs blood protein profile US scientists have developed a sensor system for profiling the protein content of human blood serum without needing individual receptors for each separate protein. |
Bio-IT World October 14, 2004 Zachary Zimmerman |
Follow the Pathway to Increased ROI Although this software has been commercially available for only a year, Ingenuity claims nine of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies as customers, including Pfizer, Wyeth, GlaxoSmithKline, and Aventis. |
American Family Physician November 15, 2005 Meredith Desmond |
Quantum Sufficit - Just Enough Can crocodiles save human lives?... If you're unhappy with the excess pounds you're carrying, you might want to blame the neighborhood... Babies born to malnourished mothers have a higher risk of developing schizophrenia... etc. |
American Family Physician November 15, 2002 William G. Elder |
When the Side Effect Is Really the Symptom Several studies have supported the importance of physician-patient relationships on medication compliance in patients with schizophrenia. |
Reactive Reports Issue 73 David Bradley |
Gator Aid It's perhaps not the first place you would think to search for superbug-beating antibiotics, but alligator's blood could be a great source of novel compounds that could defeat strains of bacteria resistant to conventional antibiotics. |
Salon.com July 17, 2000 Nina Teicholz |
When drugs take a holiday Could taking a break from protease inhibitors be the secret to treating AIDS? A new case of a 40-year-old man in Philadelphia shows it's possible. |
Bio-IT World July 14, 2004 Malorye A. Branca |
The Pathways Promise By using the right tools, even a modest genomic data set can generate a good view into a particular biological pathway. Now, a range of new technologies is arising from academia as well as the commercial sector to meet this need. |
Bio-IT World September 11, 2003 Mark D. Uehling |
Fishing Chips The next generation of protein microarrays from the likes of Protometrix and Molecular Staging may threaten the early leads of Biacore and Ciphergen -- and work so well that drug companies won't want them. |
Bio-IT World July 15, 2003 |
Millennium's PARIS Illuminates Pathways To address high-throughput-data challenges, Millennium Pharmaceuticals built the PAthway Resource and Information System, or PARIS -- a unique platform for combining knowledge from heterogeneous data sources in the construction of a pathway knowledgebase. |
AskMen.com December 18, 2014 Rebecca May |
Strongest Immune System Outgoing people have more than just strong social lives: they also have stronger immune systems. Scientists have discovered that introverted people are more likely to get ill than extroverts. |
Wired May 22, 2009 Erin Biba |
New Germ Busters Outwit Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Researchers are testing new bug-killers that bypass the molecular pathways used by old-school antibiotics. |
Chemistry World January 10, 2008 Simon Hadlington |
Proton Joins Elite Club of Cellular Messengers Researchers have discovered a new chemical that carries messages rapidly between cells - the first for more than 20 years. But unlike conventional signalling molecules, this is a far simpler chemical entity: it is the humble proton. |
IEEE Spectrum March 2011 Samuel K. Moore |
Teaching Machines About Madness Software rivals doctors at distinguishing among different kinds of depression and schizophrenia |
BusinessWeek June 13, 2005 John Carey |
The NIH's Roadmap for Research Charting the human genome was just the beginning. Now the focus is creating pathways that will lead to practical applications. |
BusinessWeek March 8, 2004 Arlene Weintraub |
And When ImClone's Drug Doesn't Work... Physicians have greeted ImClone Systems Inc.'s (IMCL ) cancer drug, Erbitux, with a mixture of glee and grim realism. The drug dramatically shrinks colon tumors in some patients. But in others, it has little effect -- and no one knows why. |
Chemistry World November 27, 2013 Jennifer Newton |
A cytochrome from scratch Artificial proteins could be closer to participating in natural biochemical pathways after researchers show that bacteria will process amino acid sequences entirely unrelated to any natural protein to produce a fully functioning cytochrome. |
ifeminists February 16, 2005 Byron Fraser |
Marginalized No Longer! In Broken Brains or Wounded Hearts--What Causes Mental Illness, Ty C. Colbert elucidates his very innovative concept of a forced choice: the emotional pain model does not lay the blame on the individual, but eventually opens the door for him to take charge of his own life and set of choices. |
Chemistry World November 2006 Philip Ball |
Opinion: The Crucible Here are some of the latest instalments in the ongoing story of how protein misfolding causes neurodegenerative diseases -- a story that is not solely about developing clinical treatments or preventative medicines, but which goes to the heart of proteins' role as the stuff of life. |
Reason May 2005 Jacob Sullum |
Thomas Szasz Takes on His Critics In Szasz Under Fire: The Psychiatric Abolitionist Faces His Critics, edited by Jeffrey A. Schaler, Szasz sticks to his guns and scores many points, but his responses are not always completely satisfying. |
Industrial Physicist Aug/Sep 2003 Ineke Malsch |
Protein research calls for advanced instruments The science of protein interactions is becoming a major tool in biomedical and drug development research. Carrying out and advancing such studies more efficiently and effectively, however, will require new, cutting-edge instrumentation. |
ifeminists September 13, 2006 Tony Zizza |
When Did Teenage Schizophrenia Become A Coupon? American children between the ages of 13-17 are now being marketed to parents clipping coupons to have their children participate in clinical research studies in which investigational "drugs for schizophrenia" are used. |
American Family Physician June 1, 2003 |
Using an Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor What is high blood pressure?... What causes high blood pressure?... Why do I have to control my high blood pressure?... How can I check my blood pressure?... What is an ambulatory blood pressure monitor?... etc. |
Chemistry World June 14, 2011 |
A New Spin on Protein NMR A new technique will allow researchers to study protein structure in greater detail using NMR. |
The Motley Fool December 7, 2006 Billy Fisher |
Breakout at Vanda Good news on the company's schizophrenia drug sends its shares skyrocketing. |
Chemistry World December 23, 2015 |
Bones of contention Can protein in dinosaur bones survive for millions of years? Rachel Brazil explores the evidence. |