News tagged with pharmaceutical drug


Drug discovery process more accurate, less expensive using novel mass spectrometry application

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cancer and cell biology experts at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have developed a new mass spectrometry-based tool they say provides more precise, cost-effective data collection for drug discovery efforts.


Scientists develop nano-hydrogels capable of detecting cancer cells

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg PR) -- One of the problems in the treatment of cancers continues to be the lack of ability when it comes to discriminating between healthy and unhealthy cells, with the result being that all cells are affected non-specifically ...





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Feds mull regulating drugs in water

Space & Earth / Environment

created 19 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Federal regulators under President Barack Obama have sharply shifted course on long-standing policy toward pharmaceutical residues in the nation's drinking water, taking a critical first step toward regulating some ...


Study redefines placebo effect as part of effective treatment

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Researchers used the placebo effect to successfully treat psoriasis patients with one quarter to one half of their usual dose of a widely used steroid medication, according to an early study published online today in the ...


Researchers creating model of HIV care for developing nations

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Expanding Michigan State University's global health outreach, a team of researchers is working in the Dominican Republic to establish a model for HIV/AIDS care that can be exported to other resource-limited ...


What's in health care proposals for 5 Americans (AP)

What's in health care proposals for 5 Americans

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 8

(AP) -- As Congress gets closer to a final health care bill, many Americans want to know: What's in it for me?


Cold war - Fighting the threat of latent TB

Cold war - Fighting the threat of latent TB (w/ Podcast)

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are making breakthroughs in studying the latent form of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This work could revolutionise the treatment of TB.


Drug industry embraces new business strategies after tough year

Drug industry embraces new business strategies after tough year

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As they pop the champagne corks to celebrate New Year's Eve, drug industry executives will likely be glad to put 2009 behind them. That's because pharmaceutical companies who make top-selling drugs for heart ...


Many dialysis patients undergoing PCI receive improper medication, with higher risk of bleeding

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Approximately 20 percent of dialysis patients undergoing a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI; procedure such as angioplasty) are given an antithrombotic medication they should not receive, which may increase their risk ...


New international study targets rare cancer bringing hope for advanced thymic cancer patients

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dec. 8, 2009 — The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Scottsdale Healthcare are testing a new drug specifically for thymic cancer based on early promising results at Scottsdale Healthcare.


Gene Hijacked By HIV Ancestor Suggests New Way to Block Viral Reproduction

Gene Hijacked By HIV Ancestor Suggests New Way to Block Viral Reproduction

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An ancestor of the AIDS virus hijacked an entire gene, perhaps from some prehistoric cat it had infected, a gene that makes it much better able to infect humans, according to a study published ...


Drug shows promise for T315I-mutated chronic myeloid leukemia

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Results from a phase II clinical trial indicate a novel drug may provide a treatment option for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients who do not respond to current therapies, researchers from The University of Texas M. ...



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