peptides

Using peptide in bone graft system and initiates clinical trials

harminka — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:08:17 -0600

Brookhaven Science Associates, the company that operates and manages the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), and Biosurface Engineering Technologies, Inc. (BioSET), have been issued a U.S. patent on a synthetic peptide, called B2A.

New Candidate to Prevent Inflammation

harminka — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:31:11 -0600

Dr. Sonia Oliani and colleagues at São Paulo State University have identified a potential new molecule that inhibits inflammation, receptor for formylated peptides-2 (FPR-2). These findings are presented in the January 2009 issue of The American Journal of Pathology.

Bacterial peptide provides new insight into common tumor suppressor

harminka — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:43:25 -0500

Scientists have identified a new antitumor drug that might prove useful in developing treatments for a multiple human cancers.

Researchers eliminate drug discovery bottleneck

harminka — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:44:05 -0500

Determining the structure of unknown natural compounds is a slow and expensive part of drug screening and development – but this may now change thanks to a new combination of experimental and computational protocols developed at the University of California, San Diego and presented at RECOMB 2008 (Research in Computational Molecular Biology) on March 31 in Singapore.

New peptide communication factor enabling bacteria to 'talk to each other' discovered

harminka — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:12:34 -0500

Discovery by Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers of a new communication factor that enables bacteria to “talk to each other” and causes their death could have significant consequences leading to development of a new class of antibiotic medications.

Detergents, eye rinses,other products with an on/off switch

harminka — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:48:47 -0500

Researchers in Australia have developed a “switchable” detergent with a wide range of potential applications — from a laundry detergent that hardly needs a rinse cycle to a non-irritating eye rinse to increasing the amount of oil that companies can extract from a well.

New NIST reference material for peptide analysis

harminka — Sat, 26 May 2007 06:21:53 -0500

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued its first-ever reference material designed to improve the performance and reliability of experiments to measure the masses and concentrations of peptides in biomolecular samples. The new reference material is expected to be an important tool in the analysis of proteins, both for disease diagnosis and drug discovery.

Researchers Find Peptide That Encourages HIV Infection

Anastvatz — Fri, 11 May 2007 06:45:28 -0500

UCLA AIDS Institute researchers have discovered that when a crucial portion of a peptide structure in monkeys that defends against viruses, bacteria and other foreign invaders is reversed, the peptide actually encourages infection with HIV.

Peptide dound that encourages HIV infection

harminka — Fri, 11 May 2007 02:56:17 -0500

Engineering molecules to probe proteins inside cell membrane

harminka — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:37:24 -0500

Proteins, which form much of the molecular machinery required for life, are the targets of most drug molecules. One third of all proteins are membrane proteins - embedded within the cell's fatty outer layer. While scientists can easily study the other two-thirds using such tools as antibodies, they have not had such methods to investigate the membrane-embedded portions of proteins.

New superbug weapon for near-empty antibiotics arsenal

harminka — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 02:37:53 -0500

New peptide boosts body's own immunity Imagine the desperation of trying to fight lethal infections when antibiotics fail to work.

Joining forces to fight bacteria

harminka — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:24:10 -0600