Inspired by tiny particles that carry cholesterol through the body, MIT chemical engineers have designed nanoparticles that can deliver snippets of genetic material that turn off disease-causing genes. This approach, known as RNA ...
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Electron microscopy and spectroscopy are great tools for peering into matter on the molecular scale. But they’re not terribly effective if that matter happens to be biological. Researchers at the University of Illinois in Chicago ...
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A University of Otago, New Zealand, research breakthrough from the Sir John Walsh Research Institute is helping pave the way for novel antifungal drugs designed to overcome the world-wide problem of growing resistance to current treatments. ...
Tags: Aids, Drug Resistance, expand the array of antifungal treatments
Bosch Packaging Technology plans to showcase its range of filling and packaging equipment for liquid and viscous food at Interpack 2014 in Dusseldorf of Germany, which will be held between 8 to 14 May, 2014. The company will showcase fill ...
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Salix Pharmaceuticals and Pharming Group have announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) Action Date to 16 July 2014 for the Biologics License Application (BLA) for the ...
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Patients who have had bariatric surgery may need to take dietary supplements and pay closer attention to their nutritional intake, a UT Southwestern Medical Center study suggests. The study, published in the Journal of Investigative ...
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Moderate aerobic exercise helps to preserve the structure and function of nerve cells in the retina after damage, according to an animal study appearing February 12 in The Journal of Neuroscience. The findings suggest exercise may be able ...
Tags: Aerobic Exercise, Nerve Cells, BNDF, blind disease
TUESDAY Feb. 11, 2014, 2014 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it will investigate possible links between the diabetes drug saxagliptin and a heightened risk for heart failure among users. In a statement, the ...
Tags: FDA, Diabetes Drug, Heart Failure, NEJM
Treating a peanut allergy with oral immunotherapy changes the DNA of the patient's immune cells, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. The DNA change could ...
Tags: Peanut Allergy, food allergies, allergic reaction, Oral Immunotherapy
Children and adolescents with peanut allergies could benefit from treatment with oral immunotherapy (OIT), in which peanut protein is consumed in increasingly larger amounts on a regular basis to build up tolerance, according to a phase 2 ...
Tags: Peanut Allergies, peanut protein, mild with oral itching
Studying a cycle of protein interactions needed to make fat, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have discovered a biological switch that regulates a protein that causes fatty liver disease in mice. Their findings, they report, may help ...
Roquette America and World Food Processing have signed an exclusive supply agreement to meet the fast growing North American consumer and customer demand for pea protein. Roquette America, part of the Roquette Group, is well recognized in ...
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This Valentine’s Day, Ball Park brand, the maker of great tasting guy food, encourages Americans everywhere to skip the romantic card and box of chocolates and surprise the man in their life with the one gift he’s guaranteed to ...
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Arla Food Ingredients, a subsidiary of Swedish-Danish cooperative Arla Foods, has unveiled Nutrilac FastRipe, a natural milk protein, designed to cater to the needs of cheese manufacturers. Claimed to allow cheese-makers reduce ripening ...
Tags: Arla Food Ingredients, Milk Protein, Cheese Manufacturers
Penford Food Ingredients has launched PenDure CW, a non-GMO white corn protein, designed to cater to the increasing demand for protein-enriched foods. Claimed to contain a minimum of 50% protein, the non-allergenic and Kosher-certified ...