Amino

Vitacost.com, Inc. Successfully Completes New FDA Inspection of Manufacturing Facility.
Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA; 1/3/2010; 604 words; ...marketer of health and wellness products, including dietary supplements such as vitamins, minerals, herbs or other botanicals, amino acids and metabolites, as well as cosmetics, organic body and personal care products, sports nutrition and health foods...

Scripps Research scientists crack mystery of protein's dual function.
NewsRx Health; 1/3/2010; 1336 words; ...ancient enzymes that attach the correct amino acid to a tRNA as the first step in the...synthetase (TyrRS), did more than adding the amino acid tyrosine to a protein chain during...function. In addition to its role adding the amino acid tryptophan to a protein chain during...

Drug for Alzheimer's disease does not appear to slow cognitive decline.
NewsRx Health & Science; 1/3/2010; 969 words; ...beta) (A(beta); a peptide of certain amino acids that appear to be the main constituent...of patients with AD), particularly 42 amino acid peptide A(beta)42. "Tarenflurbil...org) Keywords: Alzheimer Disease, Amino Acids, Clinical Trial Research, Drugs...

New data from D. Campoccia et al illuminate research in artificial organs.
Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week; 1/3/2010; 716 words; ...strains. From nucleotide translation, the corresponding encoded protein was found to lack an entire peptide segment of 60 amino acids," wrote D. Campoccia and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "From nucleotide sequence translation, this modification...

RegeneRx Announces Final Clinical Results from Phase I Trial with RGN-352.
Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA; 1/3/2010; 1512 words; ...ophthalmic, and cardiovascular tissue repair, respectively. These product candidates are based on Tb4, a synthetic copy of a 43-amino acid, naturally occurring peptide, in part, under an exclusive world-wide license from the National Institutes of Health...