Sentences with phrase «make therapeutic agents»

Another interesting aspect to the work is that it demonstrates the possibility of adding new machinery to human cells to enable them to make therapeutic agents in response to disease signals.»

Researchers are focused primarily on three ways to make a therapeutic agent out of CRISPR, in which a guide RNA directs the Cas9 enzyme to a specific location in DNA for precise editing.

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For the past two decades, scientists have been developing nanoparticles made from a broad range of materials and adding compounds such as cholesterol to help carry these therapeutic agents into cells.

Knowing that Notch governs vessel permeability makes it a candidate for new drugs to treat cardiovascular diseases as well, and the team is also investigating the TMD as a potential therapeutic agent itself, as cell models that were exposed to leak - inducing inflammation displayed a dramatic reduction in leakage when they were engineered to express the TMD.

We review progress with the receptor tyrosine kinases (growth factor receptors EGFR, VEGFR, and FGFR) and nonreceptor tyrosine kinases (Bcr - Abl), where advances have been made with cancer therapeutic agents such as Herceptin and Gleevec.

Scientists have developed a new RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutic agent that safely blocked ocular inflammation in mice, potentially making it a new treatment for human uveitis and diabetic retinopathy.

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