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Talk softly but carry a tiny stick: Stroke prevention and recovery with nanotube-delivered siRNA

(Medical Xpress) -- Of the world’s leading causes of death, stroke ranks second – and occurring 8 out of 10 times is ischemic stroke: reduced blood supply to the brain creates a shortage of oxygen, ...

Medical research created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Cholesterol rafts deliver drugs inside cancer cells

DNA, siRNA and miRNA can reprogram cancer cells – that is, if these nucleic acids could cross through the cell membrane. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published today in the journal Therapeutic Delivery shows ...

Cancer created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify new strategy to fight deadly infection in cystic fibrosis

New research suggests that lowering excessive levels of a protein in immune system cells could be a strategy to clear an infection that is deadly to patients with cystic fibrosis (CF).

Medical research created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Precise and persistent cell sabotage: Control of siRNA could aid regenerative medicine, cancer therapy

Some of the body's own genetic material, known as small interfering RNA (siRNA), can be packaged then unleashed as a precise and persistent technology to guide cell behavior, researchers at Case Western Reserve University ...

Medical research created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Naturally occurring protein has a role in chronic pain

Researchers in France and Sweden have discovered how one of the body's own proteins is involved in generating chronic pain in rats. The results, which also suggest therapeutic interventions to alleviate long-lasting pain, ...

Medical research created Jun 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Iron key to brain tumor drug delivery

Brain cancer therapy may be more effective if the expression of an iron-storing protein is decreased to enhance the action of therapeutic drugs on brain cancer cells, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

Cancer created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Emerging pharmaceutical platform may pose risks to retinal health

According to new research by University of Kentucky investigators, an emerging pharmaceutical platform used in treating a variety of diseases may produce unintended and undesirable effects on eye function. The paper, "Short-interfering ...

Medical research created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mount Sinai grad student, 25, named to Forbes '30 Under 30' in Science and Healthcare

Jillian Shapiro, a third-year graduate student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has been named to the second annual Forbes "30 Under 30" list in "Science and Health." The honorees "reflect the way that the he ...

Medical research created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US Patent Office affirms 'Zamore Design Rule' patents

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has reaffirmed the validity of four important patents in the field of RNA therapeutics.

Medical research created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0