Read about our newest research results at New Earth BioMed. A summary of our work with natural compounds and cancer, as well as our laser bioassay work with CARS is now available. A pdf file of the March-June, 2011 activity report can be found here.
HerbalEGram interviews Dr. Boik
February 3, 2011 – 12:38 pm
HerbalGram, the newsletter for the American Botanical Council, interviewed Dr. Boik for its February 2011 issue. The article is entitled: A Botanical Look at the Changing Face of Drug Discovery and Development. Read more at: American Botanical Council
Dr. Boik interviewed by Dr. Susan Kolb on Temple of Health Radio
December 30, 2010 – 3:01 pm
John Boik, PhD, President of New Earth BioMed was interviewed on the Temple of Health radio show by Dr. Susan Kolb on December 11, 2010. This one-hour show is available by download.
Dr. Boik interviewed on WOR-AM radio, NYC
August 4, 2010 – 5:24 pm
John Boik, PhD, President of New Earth BioMed was interviewed on WOR-AM news radio New York City on the August 6 show Health Talk with Dr. Ronald Hoffman. The syndicated one-hour show is available via podcast on the WOR web site.
New Earth BioMed launches natural-product-based cancer drug discovery program
July 28, 2010 – 6:22 pm
Irvine, California August 4, 2010 – New Earth BioMed, a new 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, has launched a long-term drug discovery program to identify mixtures of nontoxic plant compounds useful in treating cancer. An estimated 77 percent of approved cancer and anti-infective drugs in the United States are either natural products or are derived from them. [...]
Types of Chemotherapy Drugs
July 28, 2010 – 6:21 pm
The current arsenal of chemotherapy drugs consists primarily of cytotoxic agents, targeted therapy drugs, sex hormones, and immunostimulants. Each are discussed briefly below. The actions of some cytotoxic drugs are cell-cycle specific, and so we start with a quick review of cell division. Most cells in adults do not divide frequently. Cell division is only [...]
Lasers and CARS
July 28, 2010 – 6:20 pm
A core technology in the New Earth BioMed mixture discovery program is a laser-based analytical tool based on choerent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) [1,2,3]. This article describes some technical concepts behind Raman scattering and CARS. Scattering is a process by which molecules cause an incident photon to change direction. Scattering can be elastic, where the [...]
Roadmap Chapter 1
July 28, 2010 – 6:09 pm
New Earth BioMed (NEBM) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation dedicated to the discovery of useful therapeutic agents from natural products. Contingent on adequate funding, this roadmap describes an ambitious long-term drug discovery program focused on identifying personalized mixtures of therapeutic agents that are effective against cancer. Mixtures will consist primarily or solely of natural products, will contain numerous components, and will be designed for oral administration. The basis for this program is rapidly mounting evidence that suggests:
Roadmap Chapter 2
July 28, 2010 – 6:08 pm
This chapter provides a very brief review of protein biology and a short history of cancer drug discovery. The background information in this chapter and the next provides a basis for understanding the strategy that NEBM is adopting in its mixture discovery program.
Roadmap Chapter 3
July 28, 2010 – 6:07 pm
This chapter further discusses background material that will help describe the NEBM mixture discovery program. It provides a brief overview of the structure of biological networks, discusses how drugs can interact to affect the network, and discusses some molecular targets other than classic protein targets.