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HEALTH TIPS - Tuesday, April 3, 2007
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Hormone-based blood pressure pill possible
ROCHESTER, Minn., -- U.S. researchers have created a
promising cardiovascular treatment approach based on
clusters of amino acids called peptides. The Mayo Clinic
scientists said the study supports the feasibility of
developing a peptide-based drug that can be given in pill
form to lower blood pressure and that is based on a hormone
originating in the heart, called B-type natriuretic peptide.
Our formulation of an oral peptide is a technological
accomplishment that really can advance the field," said Dr.
John Burnett Jr., director of the Mayo Clinic's Cardiorenal
Research Lab, who led both studies. "Prior to this, it was
unheard of that a peptide could be given orally because it
is so rapidly degraded by stomach enzymes. Yet we overcame
this significant constraint. This is the first report
demonstrating that a peptide -- in this case, BNP -- can
be developed by innovative technology to be absorbed
orally." The study was presented last week in New Orleans,
during a meeting of the American College of Cardiology.
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Breakthrough could end blood shortages
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, -- An international research team led
by a Danish scientist has developed a process to change
blood types, which could spell the end of blood shortages.
Henrik Clausen of the University of Copenhagen and his group
used bacterial enzymes to turn blood types A, B and AB into
the universal donor, type O blood, The Times of London
reported. Writing in the journal Nature Biotechnology, the
researchers explain how an enzyme found in fungi can be used
as a kind of biological "scissors" to cut sugar molecules
from the surface of red blood cells. It is the sugar
molecules, or antigens, in blood types A, B and AB that
trigger what can be a fatal immune response if a patient
is given the wrong blood type. Type O blood doesn't have the
sugar molecules and won't cause an immune response if given
to people with other blood types. People inherit blood type
from their parents' genes.
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A sweet step toward new cancer therapies
ANN ARBOR, Mich.,-- A University of Michigan study suggested
that a technique that analyzes certain sugars might lead to
new cancer diagnosis and treatment options. The technique
developed by University of Michigan analytical chemist
Kristina Hakansson is based on a growing body of evidence
that points to assemblies of sugars called glycans attached
to proteins on cancer cell surfaces as accomplices in the
growth and spread of tumors. Researchers have been keen to
characterize such glycans but traditional analytical methods
have not been sufficient. Hakansson's research group has
demonstrated a technique that can identify and structurally
characterize glycans. "The work is in very early stages but
we hope that by measuring unique sugars it may be possible
to develop diagnostic tools or therapeutic agents to
specifically target them," Hakansson said. The research is
described in the journal Analytical Chemistry.
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