Archive for August, 2007

Fall Semester and the Hunt for Graduate School Begin

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

It has been a very busy and hectic late summer, and the blog activity reflects that.
On a brighter note, I just started my final year of undergraduate work at Washington State University. This semester I am taking Biochemistry, Perspectives in Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, and Human Genetics. The course load is about average, and after attending the [...]

MethylGene and Pharmion Expand Collaboration on Epigenetic Therapies

Monday, August 20th, 2007

MethylGene Inc. (TSX:MYG) and Pharmion Corporation (NASDAQ:PHRM) today announced a “research collaboration for the development of novel small molecule inhibitors targeting sirtuins, a separate and distinct class of histone deacetylase enzymes (Class 3 HDACs) implicated in cell survival and death.”
MethylGene and Pharmion’s Class I specific HDAC inhibitor, MGCD0103, has demonstrated efficacy in a number of [...]