Biology & Life Sciences

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Bio-IT World September 2006 Wayne R. Kubick	Data Standards: Are We at the Tipping Point? A decade ago, the prospect of defining standards for representing clinical data was deemed impossible by many in the drug discovery industry, yet a large number of standards-related activities are rapidly converging. So, are we nearing a tipping point? Let's look at the evidence.
Chemistry World September 18, 2006 Michael Gross	Iron Chelates Beat Cancer Cancer cells need more iron than normal body cells to sustain their abnormally rapid growth. Researchers have now identified one particularly potent chelate complex that helps deplete tumors of iron.
Science News September 16, 2006 Janet Raloff	Sea Turtles--What Not To Eat Wildlife scientists hope to reduce widespread consumption of sea turtle meat and other products by pointing out the health risks they pose.
Reactive Reports Issue 58	Drug Discovery at a Snail's Pace Researchers isolated a toxin from the venomous cone sea snail. This nerve poison latches on to brain receptors and its chemical structure could be used to design new drugs that interact with these receptors and treat psychiatric and brain diseases.
Reactive Reports Issue 58	Anthrax Detector Researchers have developed a detector for anthrax spores based on a monoclonal antibody that recognizes a specific sugar on the bacterium. It might be possible to use this discovery to develop a passive immunization method.
Chemistry World September 13, 2006 Victoria Gill	Treating Post Traumatic Stress with Stress Hormones The human body's own natural stress hormone, corticosterone, could be developed into a treatment for post traumatic stress disorder, report researchers.
Chemistry World September 12, 2006 Mark Peplow	Bacteria Silenced by Conversation Stoppers Molecules that interrupt the chemical conversations of bacterial communities are showing early promise in beating the bugs.
Fast Company September 2006 Tonya Garcia	Miracle Microbes In the labs of Amyris Biotechnologies, molecular manipulation may yield cheap and effective malaria drugs.
Chemistry World September 11, 2006	Iron Chelator Offers Sun-Burn Relief A sun cream that mops up sun-generated free iron in the skin could heal sun burn and help prevent skin cancer, claim UK chemists.
Wired September 2006 Gary Greenberg	Back From the Dead A small but passionate group of doctors say that electricity applied deep in the brain can jolt patients out of irreversible comas. That's when the real problems begin.
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