Recent news on Carbonic Anhydrase

Response to Intraocular Pressure Reduction Varies According to ...  -  May 10, 2007
DG News...open angle glaucoma for a total of 17 weeks while they used beta blockers, prostaglandin analogues, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, or alpha2 agonists.

Diagnosis within spitting distance  -  May 13, 2007
separationsNOW.com (subscription),One major change was the total disappearance of carbonic anhydrase VI in the disease saliva. This enzyme converts salivary bicarbonate into carbon dioxide

Report On Kidney Cancer Symposium - Algorithm For Systemic ...  -  May 20, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Patients with > 85% expression of carbonic anhydrase IX (CA9), clear cell histology, lack of granular elements, have been shown to have an increased

Regulators unconvinced by Dendreon's prostate cancer therapy  -  May 10, 2007
LabTechnologist.com,Dendreon is also conducting preclinical research on the carbonic anhydrase IX (CA9) antigen and the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA).

Mouthwash for a smokestack  -  May 1, 2007
Globe and Mail,Working backward from a final goal of extracting CO{-2}, they found that a complex protein called human carbonic anhydrase II could do the work required.

A slimming treatment for artificial lungs  -  Apr 4, 2007
New Scientist (subscription),Federspiel has discovered that by coating the porous fibres with the enzyme carbonic anhydrase, which catalyses bicarbonate breakdown inside red blood cells

Patent Term Extension is OK, Even With a Terminal Disclaimer  -  Mar 30, 2007
Patent Baristas,Merck had filed a patent application covering carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, including dorzolamide, which is the active ingredient in Trusopt®,

Iodine-Labeled PET Detects Aggressive Renal Carcinoma  -  Mar 7, 2007
MedPage Today,Antibody cG250 reacts against carbonic anhydrase-IX, which is over-expressed in clear-cell renal carcinomas. All nine non-clear-cell renal masses were

Capturing Carbon with Enzymes  -  Feb 21, 2007
MIT Technology Review,The enzyme, called carbonic anhydrase, ordinarily processes carbon dioxide produced in organisms. In E. coli it plays an essential role in metabolism.

P21 Is A Prognostic Marker For Renal Cell Carcinoma: Implications ...  -  Feb 12, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Several molecules (carbonic anhydrase IX, the B7 family, etc.) have been identified that can predict patient outcome over and above current clinical staging

Research Yields Clues to Diabetic Eye Disease  -  Feb 9, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),The team concluded that a protein called carbonic anhydrase 1 (CA-1) causes leakage of retinal blood vessels, which contributes to the retinal swelling

Joslin Researchers Discover Protein that Causes Blood Vessel ...  -  Feb 5, 2007
exduco,One of the proteins that was particularly interesting was carbonic anhydrase 1, or CA-1. “This is an enzyme that is normally found in red blood cells;

Discovery of Protein That Causes Blood Vessel Leakage And Swelling ...  -  Jan 31, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),One of the proteins was carbonic anhydrase 1, or CA-1, an enzyme that is normally found in red blood cells. "We suspected that high levels of this protein

Glaucoma and ADHD reimbursement criticised  -  18 Jan 2007
Polish Market,Both medicines are from the carbonic anhydrase inhibitor class and the new price limit for both of them was calculated on the basis of the Defined Daily

Type IV carbonic anhydrase is present in the gills of spiny ...  -  Dec 29, 2006
AJP-Regul Integr Comp Physiology (subscription)Physiological and biochemical studies have provided indirect evidence for a membrane-associated carbonic anhydrase (CA) isoform, similar to mammalian type

Low zinc intake may sap exercisers` energy  -  Jan 8, 2007
PakTribune.com,The reason appears to be related to an enzyme in the body called carbonic anhydrase, which relies on zinc for proper functioning. The carbonic anhydrase

Look out for glaucoma  -  Jan 8, 2007
New Haven Register (subscription),Medications include beta blockers, prostaglandins, alpha-adrenergic agonists, and carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. If the drugs are not effective or cannot be

Advanced Kidney Cancer - Recent Advances With Anti-Angiogenic And ...  -  Dec 24, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),Carbonic anhydrase IX expression is correlated with a good response to immunotherapy. A survival association could be found in patients who expressed CAIX

Mechanisms of mitochondrial response to variations in energy ...  -  Jan 11, 2007
AJP - Cell Physiology (subscription)In this regard, a new role of spatially arranged intracellular enzyme networks, catalyzed by creatine kinase, adenylate kinase, carbonic anhydrase,

Advanced Kidney Cancer - Recent Advances With Anti-Angiogenic And ...  -  Dec 24, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),Evaluation of TAMC histologically can be used to make this prediction. Carbonic anhydrase IX expression is correlated with a good response to immunotherapy. ...

Maren Foundation endows faculty, research at UF College of ...  -  Nov 29, 2006
University of Florida,He gained international recognition for his pioneering investigation of an enzyme called carbonic anhydrase and its role in fluid production and flow in the ...

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