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Sirtris' review of sirtuin therapeutics for diseases of aging in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 01, 2008 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Sirtris, a GSK company focused on discovering and developing small molecule drugs to treat diseases of aging such as Type 2 Diabetes, announced today that it published a new review article on the growing body of sirtuin research ...





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Syphilis survey reveals need for accurate testing for early infection

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although syphilis is one of the oldest known diseases, most health professionals do not have access to the tests necessary to reliably diagnose it in its earliest and most infectious stage. A recent survey of infectious ...


Study finds those with more difficult to treat forms of HCV are half as likely to get treated

Medicine & Health / Health

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

A new study by Mount Sinai researchers has for the first time found that patients with more difficult to treat forms of hepatitis C are half as likely to initiate treatment for the disease, when compared to patients with ...


Aspirin misuse may have made 1918 flu pandemic worse

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (18) | comments 6

The devastation of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic is well known, but a new article suggests a surprising factor in the high death toll: the misuse of aspirin. Appearing in the November 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Di ...


Scientists use blood-brain barrier as therapy delivery system

Scientists use blood-brain barrier as therapy delivery system

Medicine & Health / Research

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

The blood brain barrier is generally considered an obstacle to delivering therapies from the bloodstream to the brain. However, University of Iowa researchers have discovered a way to turn the blood vessels ...


Drug industry, nonprofits join forces to fight world's neglected diseases

Chemistry / Other

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drug companies and nonprofit organizations are joining forces to develop new drugs and vaccines to target so-called "neglected" diseases that claim millions of lives in the developing world each year. Those hard-to-treat ...


Designing probiotics that ambush gut pathogens

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

Researchers in Australia are developing diversionary tactics to fool disease-causing bacteria in the gut. Many bacteria, including those responsible for major gut infections, such as cholera, produce toxins that damage human ...


Scientists discover cells that control inflammation in chronic disease

Scientists discover cells that control inflammation in chronic disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new type of immune cell that can be out of control in certain chronic inflammatory diseases, worsening the symptoms of conditions like psoriasis and asthma, is described for the first time ...


Researchers link inflammatory diseases to increased cardiovascular risk

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created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients suffering from two serious autoimmune disorders which cause muscular inflammation are at increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, says a group of Montreal researchers. Dr. Christian A. Pineau and his ...


Researchers design new strategy to find drugs to treat neglected infection

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using an unconventional approach that they designed, University of Pittsburgh drug discoverers and their collaborators at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research have identified compounds that hold promise for treating leishmaniasis, ...


Taking the pee? Cranberry juice fails to cut it

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created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Current clinical evidence for using cranberry juice to combat urinary tract infections is 'unsatisfactory and inconclusive', according to Raul Raz.



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