FDA Clears Stem Cell Clinical Trial

Image via Wikipedia FDA‘s decision “marks the dawn of a new era in medical therapeutics,” Thomas B. Okarma, president and CEO of Geron, said during a teleconference briefing. GRNOPC1 is intended to “permanently reverse disease pathology, not merely to temporarily relieve symptoms,” he noted. via FDA Clears Stem Cell Clinical Trial | Chemical & Engineering … Read more

Met Prof. Dr. Erik de Clercq

It was the annual New Year’s Lunch Party for Rega Institute’s Med Chem Team at Groot Begijnhof. As we were leaving after finishing our lunch, he was curious to see five indians in the team and asked, if I am from Pune (India). I told that I am from Lucknow, if he knows..He said he … Read more

Orphan Drugs & Orphan Disease

Today,  there was a PhD seminar on Orphan drugs in University Hospital. Let’s have a look on what the term orphan exactly refers to, when used in context to Drugs and Disease. Orphan Drugs Doctoral Seminar – Upload a Document to Scribd Related articles by Zemanta Stromedix Drug Gets Orphan Status Terguride Receives FDA Orphan … Read more

Resigned from Rega Institute, KU Leuven

Image via Wikipedia This evening (20th Feb 2009), I resigned from Rega Institute for Medical Research (KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium) as a Researcher (Post Doctoral). I actually didn’t enjoy my stay there due to below par lab conditions, yet it was my decision to work with Prof. Piet and in the Medicinal Chemistry Lab of … Read more