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Angina: New drug gets right to the heart of the problem
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 07, 2009 |
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A compound designed to prevent chest pains in heart patients has shown promising results in animal studies, say scientists. In the second issue of the British Journal of Pharmacology to be published by Wiley-Blackwell, resear ...
New platinum-phosphate compounds kill ovarian cancer cells
Nov 19, 2008 |
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A new class of compounds called phosphaplatins can effectively kill ovarian, testicular, head and neck cancer cells with potentially less toxicity than conventional drugs, according to a new study published this week in the ...
Short-term use of antipsychotics in older adults with dementia linked to serious adverse events
May 27, 2008 |
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Older adults with dementia who receive short-term courses of antipsychotic medications are more likely to be hospitalized or die than those who do not take the drugs, according to a report in the May 26 issue of Archives of ...
Gene signature for cancer stem cells may provide drug targets
Aug 03, 2009 |
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A subset of tumor cells that remain after a woman with breast cancer undergoes treatment with either anti-cancer or anti-hormone therapy shows a "gene signature" that could be used to define targets for developing new drugs ...
Getting to the roots of breast cancer
Apr 29, 2008 |
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The lesson learned in eradicating dandelions from your yard could apply in treating breast cancer as well, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in a report that appears online today in the Journal of ...
Antiangiogenic drugs impede chemotherapy-stimulated tumor recovery
Sep 08, 2008 |
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Scientists have gained new insight into a mechanism whereby chemotherapy may actually assist the rapid regrowth of tumors after treatment. The research, published by Cell Press in the September issue of the journal Cancer Ce ...
FDA concerned about some STD medications
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 10, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned six companies to stop marketing unapproved drugs for treating and preventing sexually transmitted diseases.
Mucin found as barrier to pancreatic cancer drug
Jan 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Current treatments for pancreatic cancer have failed to effectively manage the disease and improve the grim survival rate. A Northeastern University study found that the thick layer of mucin covering the ...
Toward cancer drugs that penetrate 10 times deeper into the brain
Nov 12, 2007 |
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A new drug-delivery system for cancer of the brain — one of the most difficult cancers to treat — has the potential to carry anticancer drugs 10 times deeper into tumors than conventional medications, researchers in Connecticut ...
New 'microcapsules' put more medication into the bloodstream to treat disease
May 27, 2009 |
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Scientists are reporting a potential solution to a problem that limits the human body’s ability to absorb and use medications for heart disease, Type-2 diabetes, cancer and other conditions. It is a “nano-hybrid ...
Scientists develop new drug to outflank cancer resistance
Dec 11, 2007 |
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A new drug has shown promising results against breast and prostate cancer cells and tumours that are resistant to conventional hormone-based treatments, according to research published in the British Journal of ...
Safer and more effective way to treat Crohn's disease
Feb 21, 2008 |
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An international research study, published in The Lancet, has thrown into question the current method of treating Crohn’s disease – opening the door to a safer and more effective treatment option for sufferers of the chroni ...
Post-transplant combo can replace toxic immune-suppressing drugs in monkeys
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Transplant patients rely on drugs to prevent graft rejection, but at the cost of serious side effects. The class of immunosuppressive drugs known as calcineurin inhibitors (examples are cyclosporine and tacrolimus) can damage ...
Novel polymer could improve protein-based drugs
Aug 19, 2009 |
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A new method for attaching a large protective polymer molecule to a protein appears to improve protein drugs significantly.
Ceramic hybrid needles take the sting out of shots
Jan 07, 2008 |
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New polymerization technology may one day take the pain out of injections and blood draws. A team of researchers at the University of North Carolina and Laser Zentrum Hannover have recently used two-photon polymerization ...
