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New iPhone App Offers HIV Drug Info
University of Liverpool in the U.K. has released an iPhone application (app), — HIV iChart — that provides access to information about drug interactions for both health care professionals and HIV patients. The HIV iChart app is based on the university’s HIV drug Web site that offers a comprehensive resource on potential drug interactions between…
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Sensor Gives Faster Soil Erosion Test on Structures
Researchers from North Carolina State University in Raleigh have developed a sensor that allows engineers to assess the scour potential of soils at various depths and on-site. This technology, for the first time, can help evaluate the safety of civil infrastructure before and after storm events. Called the “in situ scour evaluation probe,” the sensor…
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Baking Soda Improves Oil Output from Algae
Sodium bicarbonate, the familiar baking soda found in households worldwide, can increase the production of oil precursors from algae, according to researchers at Montana State University (MSU) in Bozeman. However, for baking soda to work with algae, it must be added a precisely the right time, and pinning down that time was a big part…
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New Blood Test Indicates Heart Failure Potential
Researchers at University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore have developed a new investigative blood test that can help predict the risk of heart failure and cardiovascular death earlier than previously possible. The test is particularly useful in older people who do not have symptoms of heart failure. The new test measures troponin T,…
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Report: U.S. Scientific Dominance Slipping
A study from Thomson Reuters, Global Research Report: United States, released today (12 November), found that research output from the United States has been surpassed by that of Asia and Europe. The report is based on an analysis of research papers in the most influential journals, as indexed by Thomson Reuters in the Web of…
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Vinegar-Lemon Compound Shown to Help Cure Organic Pork
Makers of pork products who want to label their products as organic or natural are faced with a problem: two traditional curing agents for pork -– nitrites and nitrates -– aren’t allowed in natural and organic versions of the meat. Iowa State University (ISU) researcher Joe Sebranek, with support from the Food Safety Consortium, believes…
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Company, Institute Collaborate on Targeted Drug Formulations
Milestone Scientific Inc. in Livingston, New Jersey and Ordway Research Institute in Albany, New York have agreed to develop drug formulations for precise targeted delivery of drugs to affected body parts, organs, and cancerous tissue through Milestone’s CompuFlo injection technology. Milestone Scientific is a developer of computer-controlled drug delivery technologies and Ordway is a research…
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Researchers Devise Formula to Calculate Walking Energy
A university/government research team led by Peter Weyand of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas developed an equation to calculate exactly how much energy walkers expend based on walkers’ height, weight, and distance covered. Their findings and formula, which can be used in pedometers and biofeedback devices and for planning exercise regimens, are published…
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Companies Partner on Renewable Fragrance/Flavor Materials
Amyris Inc., a developer of renewable materials through synthetic biology in Emeryville, California said it has signed a collaboration and joint development agreement with Firmenich, a maker of fragrances and flavors in Geneva, Switzerland. This is the first agreement for Amyris in the fragrance and flavor industry. Firmenich will fund Amyris’s development of a sustainable…
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Pre-Clinical Data Support Cancer Stem Cell Drug
Geron Corporation in Menlo Park, California said today two studies with preclinical data demonstrate that the company’s telomerase inhibitor drug imetelstat (GRN163L) targets cancer stem cells from multiple myeloma, pancreatic, and breast cancers. Imetelstat is currently in Phase 2 clinical trials. The company says imetelstat targets cancer stem cells, found in many types of cancer,…