Antimicrobe marinade: a protein from cow's milk may become a weapon in the fight against the killer hambuger

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Several researchers have created methods that can kill the deadly E. coli bacteria in meat. The use of lactoferrin, a milk protein, prevents E. coli and other bacteria from attaching to meat, while a genetically engineered bacteria is ingested by an animal that kills the deadly bacteria in the body.

Production management, Usage, Meat industry, Prevention, Escherichia coli infections, Milk proteins

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The mice that warred: natural selection picks the best antibodies to fight invading microbes - and it also determines who survives to sell these molecules as drugs

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Monoclonal antibody research progressed well in the 1990s at Cell Genesys and GenPharm, and when the two companies agreed to share their research results to end opposing lawsuits, both companies were producing mice that created monoclonal antibodies. Use of the antibodies is examined.

Biochemistry, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Research, Biotechnology industry, Biotechnology industries, Monoclonal antibodies, Medarex Inc., MEDX, Cell Genesys Inc., CEGE

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A toxin against pain

Article Abstract:

Prialt, a synthetic copy of a toxin from the Magician's cone snail, Conus magnus, a mollusk from the Indo-Pacific region, is one of the first pharmaceutical that demonstrates the promise that marine life, particularly invertebrates, holds for drug developers. Scientists made attempts to understand the way ion channels function in the nervous system and how these toxins might be deployed in neuroscientific studies and drug development.

Product development, Pharmaceutical preparations, Pharmaceutical industry, Pain, Pain management, Prialt (Medication)

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