Emulsion Definition. An emulsion is a colloid of two or more immiscible liquids where one liquid contains a dispersion of the other liquids. In other words, an emulsion is a special type of mixture made by combining two liquids that normally don't mix. The word emulsion comes from the Latin word meaning to milk (milk is one example of an emulsion of fat and water). The process of turning a liquid mixture into an emulsion is called emulsification.
During the drug testing process, the medicine in Saxenda Â® caused rats and mice to develop tumors of the thyroid gland. Some of these tumors were cancers. It is not known if Saxenda Â® will cause thyroid tumors or a type of thyroid cancer called medullary thyroid cancer in people.
To develop components of a virus that will be designed to kill neuroendocrine cancer cells. The virus will be modified to attach to somatostatin receptors on pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor cells, limiting negative effects on healthy tissues. Research Objectives: 1  Design and construct octreotide-targeted AAVP gene delivery vector containing TNF-Î±. 2  Verify specific binding and gene delivery to evaluate the targeting properties of octreotide in a bacteriophage system. 3  Assess anti-tumor activity of octreotide-targeted AAVP delivering TNF-Î± in pancreatic NETs using the MEN1 mouse model.