CURRENT ISSUE

Genetic Engineering " Biotechnology News - Current Issue

(view larger image)

SUBSCRIBE

AD LINK

Visit GEN on Twitter!

PODCAST: Archived Interview (June 05, 2008)

  • LISTEN*
  • Download
  • Comment
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • Share

*Podcasts play in a popup window. Please make sure your popup blocker is off.

INTERVIEW: NOVEL COMPOUND MIGHT LEAD TO NEW THERAPY FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE --- Interview with Dr. David Ostrov, from the University of Florida College of Medicine.

University of Florida scientists have identified a drug compound that dramatically lowers blood pressure, improves heart function and, in a remarkable finding, prevents damage to the heart and kidneys in rats with persistent hypertension.

Dr. Ostrov, an assistant professor in the department of pathology at the University of Florida College of Medicine, discusses the details of the study. Noting that it has only recently come to be appreciated that angiotensin converting enzyme or ACE and ACE2 play an important role in balancing the activity of each other to maintain normal blood pressure, Dr. Ostrov talks about the search by his team for a compound to boost the activity of ACE2, which the researchers believed would have a beneficial effect on the heart.

He goes on to explain how the use of a supercomputer to process 140,000 prospective drug compounds in a matter of weeks ultimately led to the discovery of the promising lead compound.

  • LISTEN*
  • Download
  • Comment
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • Share

Comment on this Podcast:

Name:
Title:
Comment:

HELP US FIGHT SPAMMING ROBOTS by answering the following simple question. It will verify you as a legitimate user wishing to post a comment. Thank you for your cooperation.

Comments:

Novel Compound for High Blood Pressure

by: Achyut Sinha

6/6/2008

Very good. Interesed to know Dr. Ostrov is interesed to collaborate with Pharma company

Fantastic Research

by: Gafar Zamry

6/10/2008

We would like to meet you in Bio San Diego 2008 to further discuss on cancer drugs development, Protein's Role and Stem cell issues.



I want to explore the businesss opportunities by doing R&D at Melaka Biotechnology Corporation, Melaka, Malaysia with you.



Kindly to contact me +006060136207313

Superb rendition

by: martin.gordon@yale.edu

6/11/2008

Concise, knowledgeable and unencumbered presentation !


Podcast Archive

CAREER CENTER

Visit the GEN Career Center

for the latest biotech employment opportunities.
Start your search HERE!

visit the Career Center

WEBINARS


view all webinars

GEN and Scintellix bring you the Cryptogram Challenge: ELISA REDUX!

PODCASTS

INTERVIEW: (BIO) BANKING IN LUXEMBOURG - Interview with Robert Hewitt, Ph.D., CEO, Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg, and European Editor, Biopreservation and Biobanking (published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.) ...MORE

MOST POPULAR

News

Articles

Blogs