A scientist from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute has devised a new method of analyzing and quantifying changes in proteins that result from a common chemical process.

Canadian researchers believe the hydroxylase enzyme -- found in vitamin D -- plays an important role in human cell functions. When vitamin D drugs are used in an attempt to arrest certain types of cancer, for example, the tumor responds by making more of this enzyme, according to study leader Dr.

FibroGen has received a phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant from the US National Institutes of Health that provides continued support for the development of FibroGen hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors as therapeutic agents to treat sickle cell disease.