He notes that in the June 6th meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago, the ZIOPHARM-Intrexon synthetic biology partnership presented promising study results for patients with melanoma.
Understanding the mechanism of cannabinoid-induced analgesia has been increased through the study of cannabinoid receptors, endocannabinoids, and synthetic agonists and antagonists.
The study of a sustained release oral formulation of the synthetic form of prostacylin showed that patients treated for pulmonary arterial hypertension did not achieve a statistically significant improvement in how far they were able to walk within six minutes by week 16 of the trial.