Is there really a compound that can make someone appear dead yet allow them to revive days later apparently unharmed?
They do this by singling out a defective gene or protein, for example, and then they search for a compound that can fight it.
In the treatment, chemical agents injected into the bloodstream bond with lead ions, forming a compound that can be excreted in urine.
Then they try to either design or find a compound that can attach itself to the target protein, thereby changing the course of the disease.
Because it is converted into a compound that can cause birth defects, it should be avoided by women who are pregnant or likely to become pregnant.
The Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, based in East Hanover, N.J., says it owns four patents for a cyclosporine compound that can be taken orally by kidney, liver and heart transplant patients.
This o-quinone is a highly reactive compound that can polymerize spontaneously to form melanin [1].
When antibodies fight a virus under normal conditions, Polack says, they call in C4d, a compound that can destroy viruses.
Now, researchers have developed a highly stable compound that can inactivate nerve agents like sarin in a matter of minutes.
Some of these reactions produce hydrogen peroxide, a toxic compound that can harm the sperm and egg.
Two more genes, these from parasitic protozoa, direct the manufacture of a compound that can ward off cellular damage.
