Cyclodextrins – Recipes To Make Edible Nanostructures and CD MOFs To LifeSaving Drug Treatments
September 6, 2010 by Chris Hempel
Filed under Cyclodextrin
Kenneth Chang of the New York Times reports on researchers creating edible nanostructures with gamma cyclodextrin which researchers are calling edible CD MOF (metal-organic frameworks). Of course, another amazing discovery with cyclodextrin that was found by accident! Potential applications with this gamma cyclodextrin (CD MOF) could include storing hydrogen in future fuel cells in cars. […]
FDA Grants Orphan Drug Status For Cyclodextrin Compound To Treat Fatal Genetic Cholesterol Disease
May 16, 2010 by Chris Hempel
Filed under Featured Stories
Drum roll, please! Dr. Caroline Hastings at Children’s Hospital Oakland and Research Center received a call on Friday afternoon from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding the orphan drug submission we made at the end of February. While we have not received the official letter by mail (probably next week), it appears our Orphan […]