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McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Barbecue legend Ed Mitchell, co-owner of Raleigh's The Pit restaurant, got a little surprise Friday: a throwdown with celebrity chef Bobby Flay. A Food Network crew had ...

Researchers discover new way to deliver DNA-based therapies for diseases Polymers could be used to create less expensive gene therapies or vaccines for diseases Reineke Group and Frontiera Group, University of Minnesota The above image shows cells illuminated by quinine (fluorescent blue) and green fluorescent protein. This allows the U of M researchers to for the first time observe how polymers interact with human cells when delivering medicines. The discovery could be used in advancing DNA an...

 E-Mail University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers in the Department of Chemistry have created a new polymer to deliver DNA and RNA-based therapies for diseases. For the first time in the industry, the researchers were able to see exactly how polymers interact with human cells when delivering medicines into the body. This discovery opens the door for more widespread use of polymers in applications like gene therapy and vaccine development. The research is published in the Proceedings of...