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Gabapentin – Causes of Gabapentin
- By Richard James
- Published 05/12/2008
- Medicine
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Gabapentin affects chemicals and nerves in the body that are involved in the cause of seizures and some types of nerve pain. The exact way that gabapentin works to prevent seizures and nerve pain is unknown.Gabapentin is used with other drugs in the treatment of some types of seizures associated with epilepsy and for the management of postherpetic neuralgia (nerve pain caused by the herpes zoster virus or shingles infection).
Drug Delivery System
- By Marcia Henin
- Published 04/10/2008
- Medicine
- Unrated
About drug delivery systems and how it can develop drugs in a more efficient and safe way.
Cyclosporine and Paclitaxel
- By Marcia Henin
- Published 04/10/2008
- Medicine
- Unrated
About Paclitaxel and Hydrophobic compounds – Definition and uses Cyclosporine is a strong immunosuppressant medication considered as a disease modifying anti rheumatic drug (DMARD). Medical terms for this drug are Gengraf, Neoral and Sandimmune. Cyclosporine not only reduces the soreness and inflammation of arthritis, but it also minimizes the risk of long-term immobility.
Transcriptional Factors And Regulators
- By Stephen Jones
- Published 02/14/2008
- Medicine
- Unrated
All the cellular processes in living cells such as growth, development, morphogenesis and cellular differentiation are a product of gene expression programs involving complicated transcriptional regulation of several genes. This process of transcriptional regulation is tightly controlled and coordinated by proteins called transcriptional regulators.
Toll-Like Receptor(TLR) : Unique Antibody from Imgenex
- By Stephen Jones
- Published 02/14/2008
- Medicine
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Toll-like Receptor (TLR) family is a phylogenetically conserved mediator of innate immunity that is essential for microbial recognition. TLRs are evolutionarily conserved and their congeners have been found in insects, plants, and mammals.
Data Validation through Tissue Analysis
- By Stephen Jones
- Published 02/14/2008
- Medicine
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IMGENEX History-Array tissue array slides are a simple, powerful, inexpensive, yet highly efficient method for expression analysis or localization studies of molecular targets at the DNA, RNA or protein level.
Improved RNA interference kits launched by Imgenex
- By Stephen Jones
- Published 02/14/2008
- Medicine
- Unrated
RNA interference (RNAi) is the process of mRNA degradation that is induced by double-stranded RNA in a sequence-specific manner. RNAi has been observed in all eukaryotes, from yeast to mammals. The RNAi pathway is thought to be an ancient mechanism for protecting the host and its genome against viruses and rogue genetic elements that use double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) in their life cycles.
Regulatory T Cells (Treg)
- By Stephen Jones
- Published 02/14/2008
- Medicine
- Unrated
Early development and differentiation of nascent T cells inside the thymus is a complex and remarkable mechanism.These types of T-cells require a different strategy to tame their autoimmune potential. One of many immunotolerance mechanisms that immune system has developed to distinguish between self and non-self antigens is regulatory T cells or Tregs.
NF-kB Activation: Elucidating Upstream Events
- By Stephen Jones
- Published 02/14/2008
- Medicine
- Unrated
NF-kB (Nuclear Factor-KappaB) is a heterodimeric protein composed of different combinations of members of the Rel family of transcription factors. The Rel/NF-kB family of transcription factors are involved mainly in stress-induced, immune, and inflammatory responses.
GPCRs: Exploring New Paradigms
- By Stephen Jones
- Published 02/14/2008
- Medicine
- Unrated
As one of the largest and most diverse protein families in nature, the G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) superfamily play important roles in a variety of biological and pathological processes such as development and proliferation, neuromodulation, angiogenesis, metabolic disorders, inflammation, and viral infection. Not surprisingly, it is one of the most targeted protein families in pharmaceutical research today(Schlyer 2006).