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August 20, 2016

Designer Agent Blocks Pain in Mice

Nanorobots Target Cancerous Tumors

How New HIV Drugs Lock Virus in Immaturity

Eye Technology Detects Alzheimer's Pre-Symptoms

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Aggressive Lung Cancer's Aggressiveness May Be Its Achilles' Heel

Aug. 17, 2016 — Researchers have discovered a flaw in the armor of the most aggressive form of lung cancer, a weakness that doctors may be able to exploit to slow or even stop the disease. ... read more

Recently Approved Cholesterol Medication Not Cost-Effective

Aug. 16, 2016 — Although the recently FDA-approved cholesterol-lowering drugs, PCSK9 inhibitors, could substantially reduce heart attacks, strokes, and cardiovascular deaths, they would not be cost-effective for use ... read more

Molecule Prevents Effect of Chemotherapy

Aug. 16, 2016 — For the last three years a research team has been working on the development of a so-called biomarker to predict treatment effectiveness in colorectal cancer. Now the ... read more

Gene Variant Explains Differences in Diabetes Drug Response

Aug. 16, 2016 — A large international study of metformin, the world’s most commonly used type 2 diabetes drug, reveals genetic differences among patients that may explain why some respond much better to the drug ... read more

Researchers Discover the Hidden Potential of Disordered Proteins

Aug. 16, 2016 — Scientists have rediscovered the utility of disordered regions of proteins as drug targets. These results pave the way towards identifying new therapeutic targets for many ... read more

Study of Chinese Teens Examines Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs, Suicidal Behaviors

Aug. 15, 2016 — The nonmedical use of prescription drugs and the misuse of sedatives and opioids were associated with subsequent suicidal thoughts or attempts in a ... read more

Intestinal Flora Effects Drug Response

Aug. 12, 2016 — Intestinal flora has multiple influences on human health, but research has new revealed that it is also likely to have an effect on the body's response to drugs. Individual ... read more

Drug Sensitivity Restored in Breast Cancer Tumors

Aug. 11, 2016 — A team of cancer researchers has uncovered one way certain tumors resist vital ... read more

New Treatment Option for Alzheimer's Disease Possible, Say Researchers

Aug. 11, 2016 — A research project has shown that an experimental model of Alzheimer's disease can be successfully treated with a commonly used anti-inflammatory ... read more

Targeting the Gut-Brain Connection Can Impact Immunity

Aug. 11, 2016 — The brain and the gut are connected through neural networks that signal hunger and satiety, love and fear, even safety and danger. These networks employ myriad chemical ... read more

One New Discovery Could Treat 3 Neglected Diseases

Cancer Drug Boosts Pfizer's Sales

Authorities Warn Brazilians, Tourists of Super-Bacteria in Water

Indonesia Starts Re-Vaccinating Children After Fake Drug Scandal

Flesh-Eating Infections in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Spur New Discovery

Aug. 19, 2016 — Rheumatoid arthritis patients taking medications that inhibit interleukin-1beta, a molecule that stimulates the immune system, are 300 times more likely to experience invasive Group A Streptococcal ... read more

Harms Reporting in Trials of Orlistat

Aug. 16, 2016 — The reporting of trials of orlistat in the 1990s appears to have understated harms, both in the summarized results and in published papers, warn ... read more

New Maths to Predict Dangerous Hospital Epidemics

Aug. 16, 2016 — Mathematicians are now developing completely new statistical calculations on the world’s fastest computers in order to be able to predict how epidemics of dangerous hospital bacteria ... read more

Study Charts Provide Picture of Drug Use in the United States

Aug. 15, 2016 — An extensive and easy-to-use collection of charts that present findings from decades of government survey data of drug use in the United States is now available to the ... read more

Disrupting Mitochondrial Function Could Improve Treatment of Fungal Infections

Aug. 11, 2016 — By identifying new compounds that selectively block mitochondrial respiration in pathogenic fungi, scientists have identified a potential antifungal mechanism that could enable combination therapy ... read more

Combining Forces Against Influenza A

Aug. 12, 2016 — Influenza A is one of the most prolific and diverse viruses on Earth; its ability to rapidly mutate to resist treatment challenges the management of future pandemics. Effective antiviral drugs for ... read more

Cancer Drug for Mums-to-Be May Curb Baby Girls' Future Fertility

Aug. 10, 2016 — Chemotherapy treatment during pregnancy may affect the future fertility of unborn baby girls, a study suggests. Researchers have found that a drug called etoposide can damage the development of mouse ... read more

Molecule in Brain May Drive Cocaine Addiction, Scientists Show

Aug. 10, 2016 — Increased levels of a molecule in the brain, called hypocretin, may contribute to cocaine addiction, a new study suggests. The research shows that blocking hypocretin may reduce compulsive ... read more

New Technology Enlisted in Battle Against Hepatitis B

Aug. 10, 2016 — A method for "silencing" RNA that has recently emerged is in clinical trials in Europe, Asia and the United States against hepatitis B, an infection that can destroy the ... read more

Simplified Approach to Drug Development With Upsalite

Aug. 10, 2016 — For the first time, researchers have revealed the nanostructure of the mesoporous magnesium carbonate Upsalite and pore size control was achieved without organic templates or swelling agents. By ... read more

A Spoonful of Fat Makes the Medicine Go Down

Aug. 10, 2016 — One of the key goals of drug development has long been to produce a therapy that can be taken orally (therefore cheap and easy to deliver) and is absorbed as directly and quickly into the blood ... read more

New Class of Artificial Proteins Created

Aug. 9, 2016 — Researchers report that they have developed a new class of artificial proteins. In the long term, the results could lead to better treatment of cancer and ... read more

Outdated Assessment of Treatment Response Makes Good Cancer Drugs Look Bad

Aug. 9, 2016 — Patients are missing out on successful treatments because current measures make them seem ... read more

Adaptive Pathways: EMA Still Leaves Open Questions Unanswered

Aug. 9, 2016 — A current report on the pilot project of a new accelerated path for drug approval again documents the perplexity regarding the use of real world data. It appears that even experts lack a conclusive ... read more

HIV Not a Super-Spreader of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Aug. 9, 2016 — While the human immunodeficiency virus pandemic fuels tuberculosis outbreaks, it does not drive the development and transmission of multidrug-resistance in TB patients as previously suspected, ... read more

Promising New Treatment for Lupus on the Horizon

Aug. 9, 2016 — A drug originally used to boost the immune system is showing promise as a potential new treatment for lupus. Lupus is an autoimmune disease, where the immune system attacks the body's own organs ... read more

Highly Curative Hep C Treatment Safe, Effective for Drug Users

Aug. 9, 2016 — Hep C patients being treated for opioid addiction achieved high rates of sustained virologic response after 12 weeks of therapy with elbasvir-grazoprevir compared to those taking placebo for 12 weeks ... read more

A Single Compound Could Treat Chagas Disease, Leishmaniasis and Sleeping Sickness

Aug. 8, 2016 — Scientists have identified a compound that can kill the parasites responsible for three neglected diseases: Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and sleeping ... read more

New Drugs Hope to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases

Aug. 8, 2016 — Scientists say they are a step closer to providing effective treatments for three 'neglected' diseases after making a chemical which can kill the parasites that cause the ... read more

Asthma Pill Could Reduce Symptoms in Severe Sufferers

Aug. 5, 2016 — The first new asthma pill for nearly 20 years has the power to significantly reduce the severity of the condition, a new study has ... read more

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