The DNA Protection Cream : A Far Cry From Granny’s Cold Cream
By Dr. Gifford Jones Sunday, April 21, 2013
Would you believe it’s possible to have a DNA anti-aging cream that treats the whole range of skin problems? Would you think it’s too good to be true? A small Canadian company has developed a cream called “Reversa Multi-Tasking Care (RMTC)”. Clinical studies show this new Tepronone DNA based anti-aging cream attacks wrinkles, dryness, loss of firmness, dilated pores and redness.
Advance in re-engineering photosynthesis to make drugs, compounds or ingredientsBy American Chemical Society Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Scientists are reporting an advance in re-engineering photosynthesis to transform plants into bio-factories that manufacture high-value ingredients for medicines, fabrics, fuels and other products. They report on the research in the journal ACS Synthetic Biology.
First mobile app for green chemistry fosters sustainable manufacturing of medicinesBy American Chemical Society Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Mention mobile applications, or mobile apps, and people think of games, email, news, weather, productivity and other software for Apple, Android and other smart phones and tablet computers. But an app with broader impact — the first mobile application to foster wider use of the environmentally friendly and sustainable principles of green chemistry — is the topic of a report in the American Chemical Society’s new journal, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.
Resurrection of 3-billion-year-old antibiotic-resistance proteinsBy American Chemical Society Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Scientists are reporting “laboratory resurrections” of several 2-3-billion-year-old proteins that are ancient ancestors of the enzymes that enable today’s antibiotic-resistant bacteria to shrug off huge doses of penicillins, cephalosporins and other modern drugs. The achievement, reported in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, opens the door to a scientific “replay” of the evolution of antibiotic resistance with an eye to finding new ways to cope with the problem.
How to Decrease the Risk of Pain Relievers
By Dr. Gifford Jones Sunday, February 24, 2013
“Remember, you never get anything for nothing”. That’s a caution I’ve repeated over and over to patients. Why? Because some people naively believe it’s possible to get health benefit without risk. Today, millions are popping a variety of over-the-counter pain relievers while ignoring important red flags warning they may result in death.
First mobile app for green chemistry fosters sustainable manufacturing of medicinesBy American Chemical Society Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Mention mobile applications, or mobile apps, and people think of games, email, news, weather, productivity and other software for Apple, Android and other smart phones and tablet computers. But an app with broader impact — the first mobile application to foster wider use of the environmentally friendly and sustainable principles of green chemistry — is the topic of a report in the American Chemical Society’s new journal, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.
Microdosing: Updating its role in developing new medicinesBy American Chemical Society Wednesday, January 23, 2013
One of yesterday’s most promising new tools for speeding the development of new medicines — “microdosing” — has found niches in that process today, and they include uses unanticipated a decade ago. That topic, an update on microdosing, is the cover story in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News. C&EN is the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society.
New method for uncovering side effects before a drug hits the marketBy American Chemical Society Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Side effects are a major reason that drugs are taken off the market and a major reason why patients stop taking their medications, but scientists are now reporting the development of a new way to predict those adverse reactions ahead of time. The report on the method, which could save patients from severe side effects and save drug companies time and money, appears in ACS’ Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling.
A step toward minute factories that produce medicine inside the body
By American Chemical Society Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Scientists are reporting an advance toward treating disease with minute capsules containing not drugs — but the DNA and other biological machinery for making the drug. In an article in ACS’ journal Nano Letters, they describe engineering micro- and nano-sized capsules that contain the genetically coded instructions, plus the read-out gear and assembly line for protein synthesis that can be switched on with an external signal.
A new genre of diagnostic tests for the era of personalized medicineBy American Chemical Society Wednesday, July 25, 2012
A new genre of medical tests – which determine whether a medicine is right for a patient’s genes – are paving the way for increased use of personalized medicine, according to the cover story in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News. C&EN is the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society.
Alcohol could intensify the effects of some drugs in the bodyBy American Chemical Society Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Scientists are reporting another reason — besides possible liver damage, stomach bleeding and other side effects — to avoid drinking alcohol while taking certain medicines. Their report in ACS’ journal Molecular Pharmaceutics describes laboratory experiments in which alcohol made several medications up to three times more available to the body, effectively tripling the original dose.
Sorry, But What We Told You Is WrongBy Dr. Gifford Jones Sunday, July 15, 2012
Winston Churchill, Britain’s wartime Prime Minister, once remarked, “To every question there is a clear, concise, coherent answer that is wrong”. In medicine there are also many questions, and all too often the answers from experts are found years later to be wrong, sometimes with devastating consequences.
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