News tagged with drug concentrations
Tools for more accurate dosage of drugs against HIV/AIDS and malaria
Mar 06, 2009 |
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A doctoral thesis presented at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that it is possible to describe and quantify the relationships between dose, concentration and effectiveness of several drugs ...
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Drug-resistant bacteria can be controlled
Apr 05, 2007 |
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U.S. medical scientists have discovered a technique that might allow them to control drug-resistant bacteria.
Self-assembling nano-fiber gel delivers high concentrations of clinically approved drugs
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 21, 2008 |
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Two teams of scientists from Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology (HST) at Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed a new self-assembling hydrogel drug delivery system that is biocompatible, efficient ...
Wide variability in rheumatoid arthritis drug suggests alternative dosing should be considered
Nov 04, 2008 |
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Methotrexate (MTX) is commonly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is suggested as the "anchor" drug in treating the disease. Despite its widespread use, the understanding of its mechanism of action and pharmacokinetics ...
Scientists Explore Brain's Reaction to Potent Hallucinogen
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Brain-imaging studies performed in animals at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory provide researchers with clues about why an increasingly popular recreational drug that causes hallucinations ...
Paradox of cancer drugs gives clue to why some treatments fail
Mar 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have found that some types of cancer drugs called angiogenesis inhibitors can encourage tumour growth rather than stunt it - according to research published in Nature Medicine* yesterday.
Doctors may be giving the wrong dosage of adrenaline in an emergency because of labelling
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 01, 2008 |
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A new study by Cambridge University reveals that doctors treating life-threatening emergencies such as allergy attacks may give the wrong dosage of adrenaline (epinephrine) because of confusing labelling.
Learning addiction: Dopamine reinforces drug-associated memories
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 09, 2009 |
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New research with mice has provided some fascinating insight into how addictive drugs hijack reward signals and influence neural processes associated with learning and memory. The research, published by Cell Press in the ...
Tamiflu Metabolite Found in Sewage Discharge, River Water
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a study published September 28th ahead of print in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers measured oseltamivir carboxylate (OC), the active metabolite of the popular anti-i ...
Rifampin kinetics poor in children
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Rifampin (RMP), a first-line antituberculosis drug, reaches serum concentrations well below suggested lower limits when a standard dose of 8-12mg/kg body weight is given to children. A pharmacokinetic study, published in ...
Extending the shelf life of antibody drugs
Jun 29, 2009 |
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A new computer model developed at MIT can help solve a problem that has plagued drug companies trying to develop promising new treatments made of antibodies: Such drugs have a relatively short shelf life because they tend ...
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