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In vitro responsiveness of human-drug-resistant tissue to antiepileptic drugs:
8.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Pharmacoresistance in epileptic patients may be ascribed to at least two, not mutually exclusive, mechanisms: a pharmacokinetic mechanism and a decreased sensitivity or availability of targets to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs; i.e., carbamazepine and phenytoin (CBZ, PHT)).
DNA Taxi: Photosensitive gold nanoparticles bind and release DNA
8.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Despite few successes to date, gene therapy is a highly promising approach for medical therapy in the future. One of the biggest difficulties with this process is finding a suitable transport agent that can carry the nucleic acid being used as a “drug” into the diseased target cell. Killed viruses have been used as "taxis" for these genes, but...
Dialing Down the MRI
8.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines' knack for peering at soft tissue deep within the body has made them one of the most popular imaging tools. But MRI isn't perfect. It works by beaming radiofrequency pulses into a patient and tracking how this radiation affects the magnetic behavior of tissues. But those pulses must be carefully controlled...
Biotechnology Contributes to Significant Decrease in Plowing
8.6.2006 | Press monitoring
According to Monsanto, since the introduction of biotech crops in 1996, farmers have reduced - and, in some cases, completely stopped - plowing or tilling the soil to eliminate weeds and prepare fields for planting.
Development of a new bicistronic retroviral vector with strong IRES activity
7.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Internal Ribosome Entry Site (IRES)-based bicistronic vectors are important tools in today's cell biology. Among applications, the expression of two proteins under the control of a unique promoter permits the monitoring of expression of a protein whose biological function is being investigated through the observation of an easily detectable...
High proportion of recurrent germline mutations in the BRCA1 gene in breast and ovarian cancer patients from the Prague area
7.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Petr Pohlreich, 1 Michal Zikan,1 Jana Stribrna,1 Zdenek Kleibl,1 Marketa Janatova,1 Jaroslav Kotlas,2 Jana Zidovska,2 Jan Novotny,3 Lubos Petruzelka,3 Csilla Szabo,4 and Bohuslav Matous1
Science Academies support GM-foods
7.6.2006 | Press monitoring
BERLIN – During last weekend’s international meeting of the Science Academy in Berlin, twelve leading researchers in the field of green genetic technology worked on a manifesto which aims to clarify the significance of this technology.
A Catalogue of Proteins, International proteome researchers map the entire active protein inventory in cells
7.6.2006 | Press monitoring
The human genome has been sequenced for about four years. Now, scientists are concentrating on understanding the functions of individual genes and their products, proteins. One major step in that process is now complete, thanks to researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry. Working with colleagues from Denmark, Canada, China, and...
New Approaches Target Nanoparticles to Cancer Cells
7.6.2006 | Press monitoring
One of the major goals of cancer nanotechnology research is to develop nanoparticles that deliver cancer imaging agents and anticancer drugs specifically to tumors. Two new reports in the literature highlight new approaches to creating targeted nanoscale devices for diagnostic and therapeutic applications in cancer.
Motor proteins sort molecules
7.6.2006 | Press monitoring
Researchers at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have created a fluidic device that can transport molecules and sort them according to their colour. The device contains nanochannels coated with kinesin motor proteins that transport microtubule filaments along the channels. Such biomolecular motor devices could ultimately find a...
