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Researchers Train The Immune System To Deliver Virus That Destroys Cancer In Lab Models

donpat...@gmail.com (donpat@donpatent.com) — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:46:25 UT

Researchers Train The Immune System To Deliver Virus That Destroys
Cancer In Lab Models

ScienceDaily (Dec. 18, 2007) -- An international team of researchers
led by Mayo Clinic have designed a technique that uses the body's own
cells and a virus to destroy cancer cells that spread from primary

Eliminating disease

donpat...@gmail.com (donpat@donpatent.com) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:04:42 UT

Eliminating disease
12/10/2007 05:55 AM
By: Ivanhoe Newswire

BOSTON -- What if you could pop a pill and kill cancer before you even
knew you had it? Or destroy diabetes before it destroys you? Would you
let doctors inject a tiny robot into your body that targets disease
without you even realizing it? These innovations could add decades to

Biotech company gets funding for avian flu vaccine/Inviragen

donpat...@gmail.com (donpat@donpatent.com) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:01:15 UT

Biotech company gets funding for avian flu vaccine/InViragen

By Coloradoan staff

InViragen, a small biotechnology company in Fort Collins, received a
two-year $600,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to work
with the University of Wisconsin to develop a safe and effective avian

Infectious enthusiasm - MSU scientists discover new microbes in Yellowstone - Viruses delivering drugs

donpat...@gmail.com (donpat@donpatent.com) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:30:04 UT

Infectious enthusiasm - MSU scientists discover new microbes in
Yellowstone

By GAIL SCHONTZLER Chronicle Staff Writer

Scientist Mark Young brought out a small bag of green- and yellow-
coated chocolate candies to explain something cool about viruses.

"A virus is an M&M," Young said. "It has a hard shell on the outside

Anticancer drug - highlighting tumor cells in MRI images + antibody Herceptin to shrink tumor.

donpat...@gmail.com (donpat@donpatent.com) — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:46:09 UT

1-18-2007 17:53

Smart Drug Developed to Show, Treat Cancer

Yonsei University's nano-drug team poses for a photo on Thursday. From
left: medical professors Hur Yong-min and Suh Jin-suck, and chemical
engineering professor Haam Seung-joo. / Courtesy of Ministry of
Science and Technology

By Cho Jin-seo

Viruses can cause -- and fight -- cancer

donpat...@gmail.com (donpat@donpatent.com) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:39:16 UT

Viruses can cause -- and fight -- cancer

By KEVIN CRUSH, SUN MEDIA

Viruses are being linked to certain types of cancer, say medical
officials.

But people shouldn't be too concerned because chances are slim, said
Capital Health medical officer of health Dr. Gerry Predy.

"Most of the common viruses that are around don't cause people to be

Magnetic nanoparticles detect and remove harmful bacteria

donpat...@gmail.com (donpat@donpatent.com) — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:38:53 UT

Magnetic nanoparticles detect and remove harmful bacteria
Toledo, OH | Posted on November 14th, 2007
Abstract:
Researchers in Ohio report the development of magnetic nanoparticles
that show promise for quickly detecting and eliminating E. coli,
anthrax, and other harmful bacteria. In laboratory studies, the

Different takes on targeted treatment

donpat...@gmail.com (donpat@donpatent.com) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:52:50 UT

Different takes on targeted treatment
Nov 9, 2007
Targeted cancer therapy involves delivery of a tumouricidal agent - be
it heat, radiation, cytotoxic drugs or antibodies - directly to the
tumour cells in order to effect selective cancer destruction with
minimal damage to healthy tissue. In research published last week, two

Remote magnetic field triggers nanoparticle drug release

donpat...@gmail.com (donpat@donpatent.com) — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:38:15 UT

Remote magnetic field triggers nanoparticle drug release
Posted: November 8, 2007
(Nanowerk News) Magnetic nanoparticles heated by a remote magnetic
field have the potential to release multiple anticancer drugs on
demand at the site of a tumor, according to a study published in the
journal Advanced Materials. Moreover, say the investigators who

Gold nanorods/Cancerous cells/Pierced by nanorods/Influx of calcium kills cancer cell

donpat...@gmail.com (donpat@donpatent.com) — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:30:14 UT

Scientists' discovery may lead to cancer treatment
By Emily Fata
Publication Date: 11/08/07
Staff Reporter
Recent discoveries in the biomedical engineering lab at Purdue show
that a potential treatment for cancer may loom in the future.
Ji-Xin Cheng, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering, and

'Fossil DNA' in our cells could be key to effective AIDS vaccine: researchers

donpat...@gmail.com (donpat@donpatent.com) — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:06:55 UT

'Fossil DNA' in our cells could be key to effective AIDS vaccine:
researchers
9 hours ago [Nov. 9, 2007]
TORONTO - Canadian and U.S. scientists have identified a potential new
"Trojan Horse" method for creating a vaccine against AIDS, even as
repeated efforts by researchers to prevent HIV infection using

Rossi/Dicerna/Will it Rain RNAi Companies? Dicerna Co-Founder John Rossi Says New IP Opens Avenues

donpat...@gmail.com (donpat@donpatent.com) — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:31:11 UT

Will it Rain RNAi Companies? Dicerna Co-Founder John Rossi Says New IP
Opens Avenues
Malorye Allison 11/6/07
If all goes as planned, Cambridge-based RNAi pioneer Alnylam (NASDAQ:
ALNY) will be celebrating Thanksgiving with a new competitor in its
backyard, in the form of Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, a brand-new startup

On beating cancer (with nanotechnology)

donpat...@gmail.com (donpat@donpatent.com) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:20:15 UT

On beating cancer (with nanotechnology)
(Right up our alley!)
Posted: October 31, 2007
[SNIP]
A still simpler responsive-material approach is to use micron size
particles functionalized with antibodies to capture cancer cells in
the blood, or the particles could sample fluids from certain areas of
the body based on capillarity:

Belcher/Virus builders

donpat...@gmail.com (donpat@donpatent.com) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:37:45 UT

If we can use a ligand on a nano-bit of polymer to search out and
attach to a virus would it not be a logical next step to do the
targeting of something OTHER than viruses to remove the polluting
ingredient in water perhaps or reclaim some valuable ingredient - like
minerals (gold) from a mixture in which it is mixed or any other

Do You Have an Obesity Virus?

donpat...@gmail.com (donpat@donpatent.com) — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:52:37 UT

Reported October 24, 2007
Do You Have an Obesity Virus?
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Is the obesity epidemic caused by more than just
people eating too much and exercising too little? Some researchers are
theorizing viruses may be to blame.
Researcher Richard Atkinson, M.D., director of Obetech Obesity
Research Center in Richmond, Va., reports there is mounting evidence