Monthly Archives: July 2014

Surfactant-like PEG derivatives for drug delivery

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Creative PEGWorks

Creative PEGWorks developed a series of amphiphilic, surfactant-like PEG derivatives and they are now available for purchase at http://www.creativepegworks.com. PEG surfactants and pegylated lipids can be used for drug delivery and formulation, to enhance drug solubility, improve bioavailability and pharmacokinetics, … Continue reading →

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Fluorescent or Radioactive PEG-like Nanoprobes

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Creative PEGWorks

Researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School developed novel “PEG-like Nanoprobes’’ with controllable pharmacokinetics and  tunable fluorescence. The “PEG-like Nanoprobes’’ nanoparticles feature a unique design where a single PEG polymer surrounds a short fluorochrome and radiometal bearing … Continue reading →

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Designer Proteins Trigger Cell Death – a new cancer therapy?

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Creative PEGWorks

Researchers from University of Washington and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute use an innovative computational design approach coupled with in-vitro-targeted evolution to produce a potent polypeptide inhibitor that triggers apoptosis of virus-infected cancer cells, suppresses tumor growth and extends survival … Continue reading →

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