Life Sciences
New life sciences study results reported from S.M. Larson et al
Published in Pharma Investments, Ventures and Law Weekly, August 9th, 2009
"We take advantage of the special characteristics of human tumors to image tumor response including predicting susceptibility to specific cancer therapies. The metabolic phenotype of malignancy, includes increased glycolysis (2-[F-18]fluoro-2-D-deoxyglucose [FDG]), increased proliferation (2[F-18]fluoro-L-thymidine [FIT]), increased amino acid transport, as well as other functions such as fatty acid synthesis which have yet to be fully exploited," investigators in the United States report.
"The endocrine dependent malignancies offer rich opportunities for selective imaging, including radioligands that have high affinity for hormone receptors, like androgen receptor (AR)...
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