Tag: "toxicities" at biology news

Combination therapy improves AIDS-related lymphoma outcome

...sitant to expose HIV patients to hypothetical drug toxicities related to combining the therapies. Researchers led by Rudolf Weiss, M.D., of Specialist Practice for Hematology, Oncology and Infectious Diseases in Bremen, Germany, treated 72 HIV-patients with ARL divided into high-risk and standard-risk cohorts w...

New type of rejection blocker protects kidneys after transplant

...ect transplanted organs from rejection without the toxicities associated with today's standard drugs," Vincenti said. Since standard immunosuppressants damage the kidneys, the new class of drugs also promises to reduce the number of patients who need a re-transplant. "This is one of the exciting results of thi...

Newly discovered genetic disease sheds light on body's water balance

... in the kidneys, as these can have side effects or toxicities in young children. Instead, with Feldman and pediatric endocrinology fellow Eric Huang, MD, Gitelman administered urea, a natural nitrogen compound that encourages urination by acting as an osmotic agent. As water flowed out of their bodies and sodiu...

Nanoparticle Breast Cancer Drug Approved by FDA

...astatic breast cancer no longer need to endure the toxicities associated with solvents and will no longer need s... Because Abraxane is solvent-free, solvent-related toxicities are eliminated and premedication is not required. In the clinical studies, the response rate for al...

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