Drug Development for Rare Diseases

The economics of any industry relies on a large demand for a particular product; this applies to the pharmaceutical industry where efforts are focused on big and relatively straight-forward diseases...

Orphan Diseases

The European Organization for Rare Diseases considers orphan diseases to be those that are rare (occur in 1 in 1500 to 1 in 2500 patients, according to US Rare Disease Act 2002 and European Commissi...

Toxic Shock Syndrome TSS

Toxic shock syndrome is a rare but very serious illness that can develop rapidly in anyone From a UK population of around 60 million there were about 40 cases reported each year, half of which are a...

Vitamin E Deficiency

Frank vitamin E deficiency is rare and overt deficiency symptoms have not been found in healthy people who obtain little vitamin E from their diets. Premature babies of very low birth weight (<1,...

Biopharmaceuticals - news, views, blogs and reports

Biopharmaceuticals are medical drugs (see pharmacology) produced using biotechnology. They include proteins (including antibodies), nucleic acids (DNA, RNA or antisense oligonucleotides) and living...

Rare Earth Metals Market - New Industry Research Report is Now Available for Pre Order at Transparency Market Research

Albany, NY (PRWEB) February 09, 2013 Rare earth metals are a group of 17 elements with similar chemical structures with distinct properties. They are used in a wide range of electronic items and in...

DOE launches rare earth metals research hub

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a research hub that focuses on solutions to the domestic shortages of rare earth metals and other materials critical for U.S. energy security.Read mor...

Rare earth metals make water-repellent surfaces that last

Water-shedding surfaces that are robust in harsh environments could have broad applications in many industries including energy, water, transportation, construction, and medicine.Read more about Rare...

Reclaiming rare earths

Recycling keeps paper, plastics, and even jeans out of landfills. Could recycling rare-earth magnets do the same? Perhaps, if the recycling process can be improved. Scientists at the U.S. Department o...

Council updates deal for chemical plant

The Ascension Parish Council has approved revising an incentive proposal for a proposed $300 million chemical facility set to locate in the parish.Canadian mineral development company Avalon Rare Met...

Texas Rare Earth Resources Co-Sponsors the 2013 World Rare Earth Summit on April 19th at Stanford University

SIERRA BLANCA, Texas, April 4, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Texas Rare Earth Resources Corp. (OTCQX:TRER) ("Texas Rare Earth"), a heavy rare earths exploration company, is pleased to announce the co-spon...

Texas Rare Earth Resources Further Defines Heavy Rare Earth Mineralogy and Initial Leaching Characteristics of Round Top Deposit

Independent lab testing continues to see recoveries as high as 94% in heavy and critical rare earth minerals Mineralogy continues to suggest possible, simple sulfuric acid leaching process...

Texas Rare Earth Resources Defines Heavy Rare Earth Mineralogy and Discloses Initial Leaching Characteristics of Round Top Deposit

Yttrium recoveries as high as 94% as tested by independent lab Mineralogy suggests possible, simple sulfuric acid leaching process SIERRA BLANCA, Texas, March 20, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --...

Hydrothermal stability enhancement by sequential ion-exchange of rare earth metals on Fe/BEA zeolites used as NO reduction catalysts.

An addition of rare earth metals with trivalent cation radii of 1.05-1.15 Å to Fe/BEA zeolites improves hydrothermal stability for selective catalytic reduction of NO by NH(3).

Material efficiency: rare and critical metals.

In the last few decades, progress in electronics, especially, has resulted in important new uses for a number of geologically rare metals, some of which were mere curiosities in the past. Most of them...

High pressure phase transitions in the rare earth metal erbium to 151 GPa.

High pressure x-ray diffraction studies have been performed on the heavy rare earth metal erbium (Er) in a diamond anvil cell at room temperature to a pressure of 151 GPa and Er has been compressed t...

Accumulation of rare earth elements by siderophoreforming Arthrobacter luteolus isolated from rare earth environment of Chavara, India.

In this study, Arthrobacter luteolus, isolated from rare earth environment of Chavara (Quilon district, Kerala, India), were found to produce catechol-type siderophores. The bacterial strain accumulat...

Directional self-assembly of rare-earth hydroxocation nanosheets and paradodecatungstate anions.

Simply mixing layered rare-earth hydroxide colloidal solutions and paratungstate solution at pH > 7 led to directional self-assembly of rare-earth hydroxide nanosheets and paradodecatungstates. These...