Old drugs find new target for treating brain tumor

ScienceDaily (Nov. 18, 2011) — Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, in collaboration with colleagues in Boston and South Korea, say they have identified a novel gene mutation that causes at least one form of glioblastoma (GBM), the most common type of malignant brain tumor.The findings are reported in the online edition of the journal Cancer Research.Perhaps more importantly, the researchers found that two drugs already being...

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'New paradigm' in the way drugs can be manufactured: New method to build important heparin drug

ScienceDaily (Oct. 27, 2011) — Robert Linhardt is working to forever change the way some of the most widely used drugs in the world are manufactured. In a new studying appearing in the journal Science, he and his partner in the research, Jian Liu, have announced an important step toward making this a reality.Linhardt, the Ann and John H. Broadbent Jr. '59 Senior Constellation Professor of Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Jian Liu, a professor in the...

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