Heinrich Emanuel Merck Award for Analytical Science Goes to Professor Francesco Ricci

Recognition of young researchers who develop new methods in chemical analysis

04-Sep-2017 - Merck announced that Professor Francesco Ricci from the University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Italy, will receive the 2017 Heinrich Emanuel Merck Award for Analytical Science. The Italian chemist will receive the recognition worth €15,000 for his ground-breaking development of nature-inspired ...

Fast synthesis could boost drug development

20-Mar-2014 - Small protein fragments, also called peptides, are promising as drugs because they can be designed for very specific functions inside living cells. Insulin and the HIV drug Fuzeon are some of the earliest successful examples, and peptide drugs are expected to become a $25 billion market by ...

New drug candidates from genome sequence

As proof-of-principle, the team designs potent anti-cancer compound

11-Feb-2014 - In research that could ultimately lead to many new medicines, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a potentially general approach to design drugs from genome sequence. As a proof of principle, they identified a highly potent compound that ...

Molecular robots can help researchers build more targeted therapeutics

Study demonstrates technique to create better anti-cancer agents, arthritis drugs, and more

31-Jul-2013 - Many drugs such as agents for cancer or autoimmune diseases have nasty side effects because while they kill disease-causing cells, they also affect healthy cells. Now a new study has demonstrated a technique for developing more targeted drugs, by using molecular "robots" to hone in on more ...

Luminous bacterial proteins detect chemicals in water

13-Jun-2013 - While residual medications don’t belong in the water, trace metals from industrial process waters handled by the recycling industry are, in contrast, valuable resources. Scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have developed a simple color sensor principle which facilitates ...

Link Technologies secures exclusive license for ultra sensitive diagnostic probes

Deal marks the start of ongoing collaboration between Link and The University of Manchester

01-Dec-2009 - Link Technologies Ltd has announced an exclusive license deal with The University of Manchester Intellectual Property Limited (UMIP). Under the terms of the license for the University’s “exciplex” technology, Link will manufacture and sell highly sensitive exciplex-based diagnostic reagents ...

CSHL scientists harness logic of 'Sudoku' math puzzle to vastly enhance genome-sequencing capability

'DNA Sudoku' pools multitude of DNA samples for sequencing in manner analogous to solving a Sudoku grid

30-Jun-2009 - A math-based game that has taken the world by storm with its ability to delight and puzzle may now be poised to revolutionize the fast-changing world of genome sequencing and the field of medical genetics, suggests a new report by a team of scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). The ...

Complex Mixtures of Targeting Oligonucleotides Unlock the Power of Next-Generation DNA Sequencers

22-Oct-2007 - A group of researchers at Harvard Medical School, Virginia Commonwealth University, Agilent Technologies Inc., Codon Devices Inc., and Stanford University has used complex mixtures of oligonucleotides in the form of oligonucleotide library synthesis to overcome a major bottleneck in realizing the ...

Eurofins enters Japanese Genomics market by taking a stake in Fasmac

11-Jul-2006 - Eurofins has recently become one of the major shareholders in Fasmac Co. Ltd. located in Kanagawa, Japan. This allows the Group to enter into the Japanese Genomics markets. Fasmac (an abbreviation for Food Assessment and Management Center), a subsidiary of Nippon Flour Mills Co., is the leading ...

Sigma-Genosys Enters Agreement With Novatia

28-Jul-2005 - Sigma-Genosys, a division of Sigma-Aldrich has incorporated into its quality control (QC) lab an LC-MS system from Novatia. The system improves the molecular weight determination of larger synthetic oligonucleotides (>50 bases) as well as synthetic peptides. Novatia specializes in developing an ...