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Study illuminates role of cancer drug decitabine in repairing damaged cells

A Purdue University study sheds light on how cell damage is reversed by the cancer drug decitabine and identifies a potential biomarker that could indicate a patient's stage of cancer and response to treatment.

January 30, 2015

Purdue researchers identify possible drug candidate which inhibits EV-D68 enterovirus

Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) is a causative agent of recent outbreaks of respiratory illness in children in the United States. Purdue researchers have shown that pleconaril, a capsid-binding compound that had been developed as an anti-rhinovirus drug, binds and inhibits EV-D68, suggesting that pleconaril may be a possible drug candidate to alleviate EV-D68 outbreaks. The results were reported in the January issue of the journal Science.

January 12, 2015

Purdue University researchers receive $150,000 in funding to advance innovations

Five Purdue University researchers received nearly $150,000 from the Trask Innovation Fund to further develop their technologies. The innovations originate from multiple disciplines and range from water purification to a drug-delivery technology.

December 18, 2014

Three Purdue professors elected as fellows of National Academy of Inventors

Three Purdue University professors have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.

December 5, 2014

Challenge offers Purdue postdoctoral researchers $5,000 translational research grant opportunity

Postdoctoral researchers at Purdue University will have a chance to gain valuable proposal writing and reviewing experience in translational research, as well as the chance to win $5,000 for their own research, through the Purdue Postdoc Challenge.

September 5, 2014

Dedication celebrates new Drug Discovery, Bindley Multidisciplinary Cancer Research facilities

Purdue University marked the opening of new Discovery Park interdisciplinary research facilities in drug development and cancer, key components of the Purdue Moves initiative, during a dedication ceremony on Friday (Sept. 5).

September 3, 2014

Purdue to mark opening of new cancer buildings

Purdue University is planning a ceremony to mark the opening of a nearly $29 million facility that will consolidate drug research centers at the school and a $16 million expansion of a cancer research center.

New Purdue-designed tool aims to aid brain surgeons

Moments after Dr. Jeff Crecelius completes a surgery, hopeful family members typically want to know if he was able to "get it all," or remove all of the cancerous tumor from the brain of a loved one. It's their emotional plea for reassurance. They want to know that the ordeal is completed and that the brain tumor has met its match the hands of a skilled surgeon.

Indiana CTSI-Purdue retreat focuses on new opportunities, future directions

A new alliance focused on aligning resources to advance early stage drug development at top research universities across the state announced its first request for proposals during a retreat hosted by the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute at Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind.

Gold nanoparticles help target, quantify breast cancer gene segments in a living cell

Purdue University researchers have developed a way to detect and measure cancer levels in a living cell by using tiny gold particles with tails of synthetic DNA.