Neem Tree Bark Extract May Protect Against COVID – Including Future Variants
New research reveals Neem-based drugs may help fight future coronavirus variants. Extract from the bark of the Neem tree may help treat and reduce the…
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Medication Shows Benefits Treating Type 1 Diabetes – Delayed Disease Progression, Lowered Insulin Requirements
Benefits of the blood pressure medication verapamil include delayed disease progression, lowered insulin requirements, and preservation of some beta cell function. Use of the drug…
Common Medications Are Affecting Our Immune Response to Infections Like COVID-19
Some common drugs can help and others hinder immune responses. The largest clinical review of immune responses to paracetamol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and opioid…
Repurposing FDA-Approved Drugs To Combat All COVID-19 Variants – Including Delta and Omicron
Several FDA-approved drugs — including for type 2 diabetes, hepatitis C and HIV — significantly reduce the ability of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 to…
Scientists Design a Molecule With Great Potential for Treatment of COVID-19
Uppsala researchers have succeeded in designing a molecule that inhibits the replication of coronaviruses and that has great potential for development into a drug suitable…
World-First Antibody-Drug Delivery System Developed Using Supercharged Man-Made Crystals
It sounds like the stuff of science fiction: a man-made crystal that can be attached to antibodies and then supercharge them with potent drugs or…
Accelerating Development of New Medicines: Artificial Intelligence System Rapidly Predicts How Proteins Will Attach
The machine-learning model could help scientists speed the development of new medicines. Antibodies, small proteins produced by the immune system, can attach to specific parts…
Cancer Drug Shows Promise in Treating Infants With Incurable Disease That Causes Tissue Overgrowth
PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) is a group of rare, incurable disorders caused by mutations in the PIK3CA gene that result in the malformation and overgrowth of…
Physicists Discover a New Photonic Effect That Could Accelerate the Discovery of Life-Saving Medicines
Keeping up with the first law of robotics: a new photonic effect for accelerated drug discovery. Physicists at the University of Bath and the University…
Generic Drug Hydroxychloroquine Delays Disability for Least Treatable Form of Multiple Sclerosis
Research results open door for potential larger scale study of generic drug for MS. A University of Calgary study has found promising results for the…
Repurposing a Familiar Drug for COVID-19 – May Cut Severe Infection & Reduce Risk of Dying
Disulfiram, a treatment for alcoholism, may cut severe SARS-CoV-2 infection, reduce likelihood of dying from COVID-19. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, there’s a need for…
Stopping Dementia at the Nose – Nasal Spray To Treat, Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease
Via drug repositioning, Osaka City University creates combination of rifampicin and resveratrol and have shown in mouse models that the nasal administration improves cognitive function…
Plant Scientists Find Recipe for Anti-Cancer Compound in Herbs Like Thyme and Oregano
Thyme and oregano possess an anti-cancer compound that suppresses tumor development, but adding more to your tomato sauce isn’t enough to gain significant benefit. The…
Weight-Loss Drugs, Revisited: New Molecules To Help People Safely Shed Extra Pounds
Drugs that promise to help people lose weight have had a checkered past, such as the infamous fen-phen that was pulled from the market in…
COVID-19 and Beyond: Year in Pharma 2021
Not surprisingly, COVID-19 vaccines and antiviral treatments dominated headlines in 2021. But in addition to these breakthroughs, pharmaceutical and biotech companies continued to work on…
Alternative Strategy Discovered for Stalling Alzheimer’s Neurodegeneration
Boosting norepinephrine reduces neuroinflammation markers in MCI. Boosting levels of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine with atomoxetine, a repurposed ADHD medication, may be able to stall neurodegeneration…
Depressed COVID Patients Respond Much Better Than Expected to SSRI Antidepressants
The COVID pandemic has led to a significant increase in mental health problems. Now, in some good news, a pilot study has shown that depressed…
Cannabis Use Could Cause Harmful, Toxic Drug Interactions With Prescription Medications
Using cannabis alongside other drugs may come with a significant risk of harmful drug-drug interactions, new research by scientists at Washington State University suggests. The…
