The Next Treatment for COVID-19 Could Already Be at Your Local Pharmacy
Existing Drugs Kill SARS-CoV-2 in Cells Since the beginning of the pandemic, researchers worldwide have been looking for ways to treat COVID-19. And while the…
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Researchers Tell Doctors: “Stop Prescribing Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19”
In 2021, in the United States alone, there have been more than 560,000 prescriptions of hydroxychloroquine for the prevention, post-exposure and treatment of COVID-19. Since…
Leaky Sewers Contaminating Streams With Substantial Amounts of Medications
Pharmaceutical compounds can harm the environment. However, in waterways that don’t receive treated wastewater, these pollutants aren’t expected to be present. Now, researchers reporting in…
Drug Used To Fight Tumors in Animals May Be Effective in Treating COVID-19
Scientists using the Advanced Photon Source have discovered that a drug used to fight tumors in animals might be effective against many types of coronaviruses,…
COVID-19: Achilles’ Heel of SARS-CoV-2 Viral RNA Identified
Certain regions of the SARS-CoV-2 genome might be a suitable target for future drugs. This is what researchers at Goethe University, together with their collaborators…
Dosing the Coast: Leaky Sewer Pipes Are Medicating the Chesapeake Bay
In Baltimore, Maryland, leaky sewage infrastructure delivers tens of thousands of human doses of pharmaceuticals to the Chesapeake Bay every year. So reports a new…
Room for Improvement in Inhalers Revealed by Computational Evaluation of Drug Delivery
Size of drug particles plays key role in effectiveness of medicine. Increased air pollution in recent years has not only contributed to deteriorating environmental conditions…
Discovery Could Help Improve Therapy and Prolong Survival for Patients With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Researchers identify mechanisms of resistance to drug for triple-negative breast cancer. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have identified for the first time how a highly…
New Immunotherapy Drug Combo Shows Early Potential for Treating Pancreatic Cancer
Researchers find three immunotherapy drugs given together can eliminate pancreatic tumors in mice. Pancreatic cancer, which affects about 60,000 Americans every year, is one of…
Biological Engineers Find a New Target for Malaria Drugs – Could Kill Drug-Resistant Parasites
Blocking a key enzyme could kill parasites that have evolved resistance to existing drugs. Every year, more than 200 million people are infected with malaria,…
Research Shows Drug Reduces COVID Infection by Up to 70% – Already FDA Approved for Cholesterol
A licensed drug normally used to treat abnormal levels of fatty substances in the blood could reduce infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes…
SARS-CoV-2 Nanobodies Are Remarkably Active Against Mutations Found in COVID Variants – Including Delta
Near-Atomic Look at Three Ways To Thwart SARS-CoV-2 Variants SARS-CoV-2 nanobodies—microscopic molecules developed at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine that neutralize the virus…
Two Types of Blood Pressure Medicine Prevent Heart Events Equally, but Side Effects Differ
In an analysis of almost 3 million patients taking a single high blood pressure medication for the first time, angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) were as…
Most Seizure Medications Carry a Life-and-Death Warning – Here’s the Problem
An FDA warning on epilepsy drugs may pose greater risk to patients. Most seizure medications carry a life-and-death warning: Taking this drug may increase suicide…
Investigation Reveals FDA Allows Drugs Without Proven Clinical Benefit to Languish for Years on Accelerated Pathway
Process plagued by missing efficacy data and questionable evidence; Some experts argue that FDA’s standards for evidence are too low. Since the US Food and…
Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic: Progress Toward One Drug To Treat All Coronaviruses
Safe and effective vaccines offer hope for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the possible emergence of vaccine-resistant SARS-CoV-2 variants, as well as novel…
Enhancing Drug Delivery With Ultrasound – Boosts Treatment of Gastrointestinal Tract Disorders
Suono Bio, founded by two MIT professors and an alumnus, is using a proven technology to boost the treatment of gastrointestinal tract disorders. It can…
New Gene Therapy Developed That Could Be Effective Against Many Types of Cancer
Mount Sinai researchers have developed a therapeutic agent that shows high effectiveness in vitro at disrupting a biological pathway that helps cancer survive, according to…
