News tagged with sustained release drug

NanoViagra

Apr 28, 2009 | 3.8 / 5 (11) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new generation of anti-impotency drugs based on nanoparticles might be coming quickly. Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York presenting at the 104'th Annual Meeting ...

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Novel nanotechnology heals abscesses caused by resistant staph bacteria

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Dec 22, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a new approach for treating and healing skin abscesses caused by bacteria resistant to most antibiotics. The study ...

Study redefines placebo effect as part of effective treatment

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 22, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

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 create new 'smart' nanocapsule delivery system for use in protein therapy

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Dec 18, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 1

the delivery of healthy proteins directly into human cells to replace malfunctioning proteins — is considered one of the most direct and safe approaches for treating diseases. But its effectiveness has been limited by low ...

Studying how black holes grow

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Dec 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

Black holes are some of the most exotic objects in the universe. They are the final evolutionary stage of giant stars much larger than the sun. When these stars explode, their cores collapse down to the size ...

MO-SCI to manufacture SRNL's unique porous walled hollow glass microspheres

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A licensing agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and specialty glass provider Mo-Sci Corporation will make SRNL's unique Porous Walled Hollow Glass Microspheres available ...

Glutamate can play key role in drug impact on brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Addiction disorders of various kinds are a major health and social problem, and our knowledge of how the brain’s reward system functions needs to be enhanced. Uppsala researchers now shows an unexpected effect ...

Scientists Uncover Protective Mechanism Against Liver Cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

Dec 14, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from the UC San Diego School of Medicine and Osaka University in Japan have identified a protein switch that helps prevent liver damage, including inflammation, fibrosis and cancer. The ...

Nanoprobes hit targets in tumors, could lessen chemo side effects

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Dec 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny nanoprobes have shown to be effective in delivering cancer drugs more directly to tumor cells - mitigating the damage to nearby healthy cells - and Purdue University research has shown that the nanoprobes ...

New biosensors reveal workings of anti-psychotic drugs in the living brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 13, 2009 | 4 / 5 (3) | 0

Scientists have resolved a question about how a popular class of drugs used to treat schizophrenia works using biosensors that reveal previously hidden components of chemical communication in the brain.