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A new study of living cells could revolutionize the way we test drugs
...o the system that could be applied long before the drug was tested on animals or even humans. In addition, the electrical activity test could be used to monitor the effects of pollution on naturally occurring micro-organisms in the environment. To detect a cell’s normal activity, Andre Geim and fellow...Chemo combination improves survival in asbestos-related cancer
...sothelioma who were treated with either the single drug or the combination. "Pemetrexed used in combination with cisplatin significantly increases the length of survival, when compared with cisplatin alone," the researchers say. "Further research is needed into the optimum treatment regimen for pleural...Technology reveals 'lock and key' proteins behind diseases
...g Resistance Protein (MRP), which normally removes drug metabolites and toxins from cells in our bodies but when overzealous can contribute to the drug resistance of tumours, thereby thwarting chemotherapy. __IMAGE_2 "All the cells in our bodies c...Molecular differences between early and advanced melanomas could provide new drug targets
... provide us with promising targets for anti-cancer drug therapy. We will continue to work on refining the exact mechanisms of how Akt influences the aggressive growth of melanomas."...First-degree fetal heart block may be reversible
...tal heart block may be reversible with the steroid drug dexamethasone, the condition could advance within as little as one week to a third-degree block, which is irreversible even with further intervention. "Given the high recurrence rate we confirmed in this study, close monitoring and the earliest p...Blame the brain for high blood pressure
...and finding new therapeutic targets to drive fresh drug development. Professor Paton said: “We are look...hin the vessels in the brain, so that we know what drug to use, and how to target them. JAM-1 could provide us with new clues as to how to deal with this di...Insomnia drug can improve brain function
A new study reported that zolpidem, a drug normally used to treat insomnia, temporarily impro...lk, and eat without assistance after receiving the drug for a bout of insomnia. The study was published in the March 2007 issue of Annals of Neurology ( htt...Turning green gunk to gold, anti-cancer gold
...tophycin 1, held so much promise as an anti-cancer drug that organic chemists got busy trying to find ways...ds and their analogs is often an essential step in drug development. With drugs such as penicillin and tetracycline, it can easily be done, but cryptophycin...Scientists use nanoparticle to discover disease-causing proteins
...ase and cancer and also be useful in diagnosis and drug development. In future research, Tao plans to investigate how dendrimers are able to enter the cell so easily, what happens to them once they are in the cell and whether there are any long-term effects. ...Scientists find new genes for Crohn's disease
...g the disease. These will be important targets for drug development to improve therapy of Crohn's disease in the future," he said. Stephen P. James, M.D., director of the division of digestive diseases and nutrition at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) agreed,...Putting an old drug to a new use
...ts make nifedipine a promising candidate for a new drug to treat hereditary hemochromatosis and other iron...ts with high blood pressure. From this we know the drug and its side-effects." An important step on the way from laboratory to clinic will be targeted ph...Darwin's famous finches and Venter's marine microbes
...f eukaryotic cell biology and are important cancer drug targets. They control the activity of proteins and small molecules by attaching tiny phosphate groups to them. By contrast, much less has been known about their bacterial counterparts. Again and again, the researchers combed the GOS data for bacte...Migration played key role in HIV spread in South Africa
...icine. Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug in the United States, and abuse of the drug is on the rise. The study is published in today's Archives of Internal Medicine. First author Jeanet...Long-term marijuana smoking leads to respiratory complaints
...icine. Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug in the United States, and abuse of the drug is on the rise. The study is published in today's Archives of Internal Medicine. First author Jeanet...Scientists sequence genome of parasite responsible for common sexually transmitted infection
...ues as to why the parasite has become increasingly drug resistant and suggesting possible pathways for new...dazole and tinidazole usually cure trichomoniasis, drug resistance has become an increasing concern. T. vaginalis is pear-shaped with thread-like flagell...Scientists find potential 'off-switch' for HIV virus
...l applications to HIV might be an improvement over drug cocktails, which are the mixtures of antiviral age...ic circuits work so that we can enter a new age of drug design," he said. "Rather than just giving a static drug, we might one day design therapies that are...Homing pigeons get their bearings from their beaks
...oncerning their potential application for accurate drug targeting and even as a data storage device. The main problem, however, lies in their synthetic production. According to Gerta Fleissner and her colleagues, "Even though birds have been producing these particles for millions of years, the main prob...Protein discovery targets antibiotic-resistant bacteria
...mp; Immunology has opened up possibilities for new drug development. “Our group is the first to solve the structure and to begin to understand the function of this particular protein,?says Dr. Nancy Martin (Microbiology & Immunology), who coordinated the study with Dr. Zongchao Jia (Biochemistry)....UCSF brain tumor vaccine trial shows promising results
...y. Vitespen has been granted fast-track and orphan drug designations from the Food and Drug Administration for both metastatic melanoma (skin cancer) and renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer). Reviewing the presentation at AANS, Henry Brem, MD, director of neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Medical Inst...New study may show how to forestall a fatal, virus-caused immune-system meltdown
...ick said. “If we can go straight from discovery to drug candidates, that’s quite a big leap for us, and on...ery helpful, since there’s really no incentive for drug companies to go out and develop new antiviral compounds for viruses that may or may not ever make it...Other Tagsdesperately 2desperately 3extension 2extension 3extension 4extension 5tracks 2models 2models 3models 4models 5models 6models 7models 8models 9models 10deeper 2deeper 3deeper 4Other Contentsconsensusconsensusconsensusconsensusconservationconservationconservationconservationconservationconsumersconsumersconsumersconsumersconsumersconsumerscontigcontractilecontractilecontractilecontractilecontiguous
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