Posts Tagged ‘pharmaceuticals’
Fast reactions for more ‘eureka!’ moments
PRINCETON (US) — An effort to achieve “accelerated serendipity” uses robotics to perform more than 1,000 chemical reactions a day with molecules never before combined. Continue…
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 11:39 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Oct 14, 2011 10:38 - 1 Comment
Gut bacteria may affect cholesterol drugs
DUKE (US) — Statins can be effective at lowering cholesterol, but they have a perplexing tendency to work for some people and not others. Gut bacteria may be the reason. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 13, 2011 9:48 - 0 Comments
Vitamins get a ticket to ride
PENN STATE (US) — Pockets of corn starch acting as a taxi service may offer a less expensive and more environmentally friendly alternative in creating vitamins and other medications. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 3, 2011 12:44 - 1 Comment
Dosages leave seniors dazed
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Vague dosing instructions and multiple prescriptions can be confusing to many older patients, who don’t realize it is more efficient to take them in combination. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 30, 2010 17:28 - 0 Comments
More teens taking high-risk meds
U. ROCHESTER (US) — The rate at which doctors prescribe controlled medications to teens has nearly doubled in the past 14 years—despite the fact that drug misuse is highest among young adults. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 28, 2010 11:44 - 0 Comments
Pump out peptides for low-cost drugs
VANDERBILT (US)—A new way to chemically synthesize peptides promises to lower the cost and increase the availability of drugs based on natural compounds. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 28, 2010 10:37 - 2 Comments
Slower sex change for fish in unpolluted water
U. COLORADO (US)—Male fish are taking longer to be “feminized” by chemical contaminants that act as hormone disrupters in Colorado’s Boulder Creek following the recent upgrade of a wastewater treatment plant, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 25, 2010 13:09 - 1 Comment
‘Ink’ technology prints medicine on pills
U. LEEDS (UK) —A new way of printing medicine on the outside of pills could potentially create safer, faster-acting medicines and bring new drugs to market faster. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 29, 2010 10:14 - 2 Comments
Why docs should disclose ties to drug makers
YALE (US)—Most patients think doctors should be up front about financial ties to drug companies. Many view such relationships as unacceptable or inappropriate, especially when the gift or relationship is of a personal nature. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 11, 2009 17:00 - 1 Comment
DNA crystals—now showing in 3D
Three-dimensional DNA structures were created by using single-stranded “sticky ends” that link double helices in DNA triangles that point in different directions.
Science & Technology - Aug 18, 2009 11:19 - 0 Comments
To get a reaction, molecules do the twist
A folded molecule is a new type of catalyst, and can selectively speed chemical reactions. A chain-like molecule (grey, lower right) was designed to fold in a helical pattern, mimicking the folding of peptides found in nature. This arrangement allows it to selectively interact with a pair of mirror-image chemical compounds (in green). The trajectory depicts how the folded molecule interacts with only one member of the pair, and selectively accelerates its conversion to a new chemical form.
