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Developmental drug may help bone fractures heal after radiation exposure

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A drug currently under development by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine may help bone fractures heal more quickly after radiation exposure, according to a study by Pitt researchers. The study's results will ...


New chemical reaction offers opportunities for drug development

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at University College Dublin have solved a chemistry problem which has stumped researchers worldwide for more than a decade. The results have earned the group the cover story of the leading scientific ...


It's time for a 'third wave' of malaria activism to tackle drug shortages

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In this week's PLoS Medicine, the journal's editors call for concerted international action to address the crisis of malaria drug shortages across Africa.


New chemical reaction offers opportunities for drug development

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Researchers led by Conway Fellow, Professor Pat Guiry have solved a chemistry problem that has stumped researchers worldwide for more than a decade. The results have earned the group the cover story of the leading scientific ...


Slowing evolution to stop drug resistance

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Infectious organisms that become resistant to antibiotics are a serious threat to human society. They are also a natural part of evolution. In a new project, researchers at the University of Gothenburg are attempting to find ...


Study finds stroke risk from anemia drug Aranesp

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A new study raises fresh safety concerns about widely used anemia medicines, finding that the drug Aranesp nearly doubled the risk of stroke in people with diabetes and chronic kidney problems who are not yet sick ...


Forget all about it: Traumatic memories can be erased

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

It is well known that fear memories are permanent. However, a recent paper in Science, evaluated by three Faculty Members for F1000, reports an extraordinary finding that supports the use of a drug to control recollections of tra ...


A coating for life: Biodegradable fibers advance stent technology and brain surgery, then disappear

A coating for life: Biodegradable fibers advance stent technology and brain surgery, then disappear

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Stents that keep weakened and flabby arteries from collapsing have been true life-savers. But after six months, those stents are no longer needed -- once the arteries are strengthened, they become unnecessary. ...


Vardenafil: A potential drug to protect gastric mucosa

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Indomethacin has been proved by epidemiological and experimental studies to be closely associated with peptic ulcer development. Vardenafil is a potent phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor and its effects on the gastric mucosa havenot ...


Switching immunosuppressants reduces cancer risk in kidney

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Switching to a newer type of immunosuppressant drug may reduce the high rate of skin cancer after kidney transplantation, according to research being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd Annual Meeting and ...



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