News tagged with toxic drugs
Using PET/CT imaging, researchers can tell after a single treatment if chemotherapy is working
Apr 14, 2009 |
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Oncologists often have to wait months before they can determine whether a treatment is working. Now, using a non-invasive method, researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have shown that they can determine ...
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Researchers determine toxic levels of Alzheimer's clusters in brain
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Scientists have long suspected that Alzheimer's disease (AD) is caused by a small protein called the amyloid β-protein (Aβ). This protein clumps or binds to itself, eventually changing chemically to create brain ...
New method to efficiently produce less toxic drugs using organic molecules
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Nanyang Technological University (NTU)'s Associate Professor Zhong Guofu has made a significant contribution to the field of organic chemistry, in particular the study of using small organic molecules as catalysts, in the ...
Kill the cancer, not the patient: New toxicity testing approach could make chemo drugs safer
Nov 18, 2009 |
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For cancer patients on chemotherapy, the "cure" can be as deadly as the disease itself. Adverse drug reactions are one of the leading causes of death among patients receiving cancer treatment.
Fresh pot of tea strikes anti-cancer gold
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Researchers might one day brew up a cancer treatment in their afternoon cuppa, says a study in a Royal Society of Chemistry journal.
Safer nanoparticles spotlight tumors, deliver drugs
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Small is promising when it comes to illuminating tiny tumors or precisely delivering drugs, but many worry about the safety of nano-scale materials. Now a team of scientists has created miniscule ...
Discovery of enzyme structure points way to creating less toxic anti-HIV drugs
Oct 15, 2009 |
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By discovering the atomic structure of a key human enzyme, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have pointed the way toward designing anti-HIV drugs with far less toxic side effects.
High urea levels in chronic kidney failure might be toxic after all
Dec 02, 2009 |
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It is thought that the elevated levels of urea (the byproduct of protein breakdown that is excreted in the urine) in patients with end-stage kidney failure are not particularly toxic.
Nanotubes sniff out cancer agents in living cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 14, 2008 |
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MIT engineers have developed carbon nanotubes into sensors for cancer drugs and other DNA-damaging agents inside living cells.
Strong immune response to new siRNA drugs in development may cause toxic side effects
May 20, 2009 |
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Small synthetic fragments of genetic material called small interfering RNA (siRNA) can block production of abnormal proteins; however, these exciting new drug candidates can also induce a strong immune response, causing toxic ...
New approach promises greater success for predicting drug safety
May 04, 2009 |
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Adverse reactions to drugs represent one of the leading causes of death in the United States. But there may be a way to predict who is most likely to suffer a toxic side effect to a drug before they have even taken it.
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