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NIH-funded research reveals clinical trial candidate for those with genetic risk. A commonly available oral diuretic pill approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
Bio-inspired slow-release system for site 1 sodium channel blockers mimics the anesthetics’ natural receptors in the body. Site 1 sodium channel blockers such as tetrodotoxin…
A new study shows a link between patient survival and changes in tumor cell mass after glioblastoma treatment. Researchers at MIT and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute…
Deep learning identifies synergistic drug blends for treating viruses like SARS-CoV-2. The existential threat of Covid-19 has highlighted an acute need to develop working therapeutics…
Hungry microbes found responsible for stealing from Shedd Aquarium’s animals. For months, veterinarians put medicine into the animals’ quarantine habitats at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, ensuring…
Scientists have found that the psychedelic drug psilocybin, in development as an anti-depressive treatment, changes the emotional state of people listening to music. Psilocybin is…
In 2014, the European Medicines Agency approved the drug Tecfidera for the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis, a neurodegenerative disease that affects millions of people…
Hookworms have evolved to evade all FDA approved medications veterinarians use to kill them. Hookworms are one of the most common parasites plaguing the companion…
A new drug has shown promise in slowing the regrowth of tumors among some bowel cancer patients, according to new findings of a major trial…
Benefits are consistent at different blood pressure levels, cholesterol levels, and with or without diabetes, but larger benefits may occur in older people. A combination…
A new Covid-19 treatment for people with diabetes has shown promising results in a trial led by UCL researchers. The trial was conducted by St…
COVID-19. We’ve been living with it for what sometimes seems like forever. Given the number of deaths that have occurred from the disease, it’s perhaps…
Study is first to report comparison between an oral SERD and a standard aromatase inhibitor. Findings Early results from a UCLA-led clinical trial found treating…
There may be good news for the nearly 1 million people battling ulcerative colitis, a type of inflammatory bowel condition with no real cure: Statins,…
Study suggests some medications might inhibit virus replication in human cells. Despite the development of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, effective therapeutics are needed until worldwide immunity has…
Researchers from the group of Hans Clevers in collaboration with the group of Bart Haagmans (Erasmus MC) established an organoid biobank to search for the…
Discovery represents significant advance in developing treatments for cognitive impairment in a broad spectrum of neurological and psychiatric disorders including Alzheimer’s. Bristol-led research has identified…
As the third-most lethal cancer in the United States, with only a 1% five-year survival rate for people with its most aggressive form, pancreatic cancer…