Nevada Entertainer of The Year and ICONMAN Star Greg London To Perform For Kids Striken By Childhood Alzheimer’s
July 30, 2009 by Chris Hempel
Filed under Featured Stories
Greg London, the master musical impressionist who pays hilarious homage every night to scores of today’s top icons will be bringing his popular and critically acclaimed show "ICONMAN" to the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, on Saturday, October 3, 2009. London will be giving a special performance at "An Evening of Stars," a […]
NIH Announces Therapeutic Trial With Supplement N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) To Treat Fatal Children’s Cholesterol Disease
July 13, 2009 by Chris Hempel
Filed under NPC News, Research
You’ve got to LOVE supplements especially one called N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) when it can possibly help treat children afflicted with a rare and fatal cholesterol disease called Niemann Pick Type C (NPC). Considering there has only been only one clinical trial for Niemann Pick Type C ever conducted at the NIH (for a drug called […]
Wacker Chemie Expands US Based Cyclodextrin Facility – Sugar Compound Poses No Known Health Risks
June 12, 2009 by Chris Hempel
Filed under Cyclodextrin News
Wacker Chemie, the Munich-based chemical company, announced that is has expanded its US based cyclodextrin facility in Eddyville, Iowa. According the the press release issued by Wacker, the new cyclodextrin facility increases the company’s capacity for alpha (α) and beta (β) cyclodextrins by 50 percent and doubles its capacity for gamma (γ) cyclodextrins. Investment in […]
Anthrax Bacteria Killed By Simple Sugar Compound Called Cyclodextrin. Is CDC Looking Into This?
June 9, 2009 by Chris Hempel
Filed under Cyclodextrin
We all remember the Anthrax-laced letters that killed five people and severely rattled the country post-9/11. Just when you thought there might not be a way to stop this lethal infectious disease along comes beta cyclodextrin, a non toxic sugar compound. A researcher by the name of Vladimir Karginov at a company called Innovative Biologics […]
Crossing The Blood Brain Barrier – Does Cyclodextrin Make Its Way Into The Brain?
May 2, 2009 by Daddy
Filed under Cyclodextrin
Dr. David Begley, one of the world’s leading blood brain barrier experts at Kings College London is working on a research project we are currently funding on cyclodextrin and the blood brain barrier. We want to answer the following question. Does hydroxy propel beta cyclodextrin (HPBCD) cross the blood brain barrier? Since less than 5% […]
