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Controversial drug shown to act on brain protein to cut alcohol use

Medicationagainst nicotine addiction is nowadays readily available. However, asimilar and equally dangerous addiction, alcoholism, can't yet becontrolled by drugs. Or can it be? Researchers from the University ofCalifornia in San Diego identified a natural compound able to blockalcohol addiction in rodents. We can only hope that anti-alcoholismpatchs or gum...

UCLA Study Shows One-Third of Drug Ads in Medical Journals Do Not Contain References Supporting Medical Claims

UCLA investigators reviewed pharmaceutical ads in American medical journals and found that nearly one-third contained no references for medical claims; while the majority of references to published material was available, only a minority of company data-on-file documents were provided upon request; and the majority of original research cited in the ads was funded by or had authors affiliated with...

Drug That 'Tags' Decision-making Areas Of The Brain May Aid

Along with aiding efforts to study addictedsmokers, a new drug that attaches only to areas of the brain that havebeen implicated in may help studies of people battling other disorders such as Alzheimer’sdisease and schizophrenia.Developed by UC Irvine Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Centers...

Computers to be used to find blueprint for new influenza drug

Researchers at the University of Bath have won a £261,000 grant to use the latest software to produce a blueprint of a designer drug that could stop influenza and some other diseases from replicating in humans. Professor Ian...

HIV Patients May Be at Risk of Heart Problems When Taking Protease Inhibitor Drugs

A widely-used class of drugs that keep the HIV-virus infection from progressing to AIDS may cause serious and potentially lethal heart rhythm disturbances in some patients. The finding of a Mayo Clinic-led investigation appears in the current edition of The Lancet. In collaboration with colleagues from the HIV Program of Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis; the University of Minn...

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Multidrug Resistance Fluorometric (Calcein AM) Assay Kit, Vybrant® from Molecular Probes (Invitrogen)

Description:Vybrant® Multidrug Resistance Assay Kit...
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SkanIt Software for Varioskan, Drug Discovery Edition from Thermo Scientific

Description:SkanIt™ Software is the ultimate tool for both microplate reader control and data handling. There are two editions of SkanIt Software available; a Research Edition for scientists working in life science research, and a Drug Discovery Edition offering features needed for compliance with FDA's 21 CFR Part 11, for the drug discovery industry....
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FDSS6000 System from Hamamatsu Photonic Systems - Drug Discovery

Description:The FDSS6000 System is an imaging based plate reader for cellular assays, assay development and high throughput screening which can utilize both fluorescence and luminescence modalities. The Hamamatsu light sources and cameras in the FDSS6000 highlight our companys decades-long experience in photon detection technology. It is a modular, upgradable, and fully integrated system. Versa...
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LabChip 3000 Drug Discovery System from Caliper Life Sciences

Description:The LabChip 3000 drug discovery system miniaturizes, integrates and automates enzymatic and cell-based assays. Using LabChip technology, the LabChip 3000 performs screening experiments in a serial, continuous flow fashion. LabChip assays are separations-based, so the quality of results exceeds what is achievable in homogenous, well-based assays. No other screening system identifies weak enzyme...
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HIV Volume 2 (Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Drug Discovery) from Promega

Description:J. Karn (1995) This volume provides excellent background information, detailed practical information and methods for the study of major HIV proteins including: the HIV growth cycle; reverse transcriptase, ribonuclease H, integrase and protease. Expression of HIV proteins using baculoviruses; RNA binding assays; Tat and Rev assays; HIV/CD4 interactions; transient assays for Nef-induced down regu...
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High-throughput gene expression analysis to screen for anti-asthma drugs

Andreas Pahl, Uwe Oelmller,* and Susanne Ullmann Department of Pharmacology, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany * QIAGEN GmbH, Hilden Germany Drug library screening based on gene expression analysis requires reliable and reproducible methods of RNA pu...

Drug innovation beats marketing, patents and mergers

While Genentech had revenues of $4.6 b...

Exploiting the Life Science Data Explosion to Speed New Drug Discovery

This paper discusses key problems and opportunities created by the explosion in both the degree (volume) and complexity of life science data available today, and presents a strategic and technological approach to data integration that enables r...

Simultaneous Screening of 23 Drugs of Abuse in Oral Fluid Using an LC/MS/MS Method

They are not as commonly available for novel sample matrices such as saliva as...

A simple and rapid LC-MS/MS method for the simultaneous determination of nine antiretroviral drugs commonly used in Europe (protease Inhibitors and non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors)

In clinical research, the monitoring of protease inhibitor (PI) and non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) antiretroviral drugs is of significant interest due to the importance of assessing inter-individual and intra-individual metabolism variability. To be of practical use, it is essential that the analytical method used to mon...

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New Drug in Diabetic Neuropathy

Diabetic Neuropathy can be a painful condition which is a very agonizing nighttime pain seen in diabetics. However, new hope lies with experimental drug, memantine, which blocks NMDA receptors, which are believed to mediate pain effects in diabetic neuropathy being researched by Central Arkansas Research, Arkansas. This drug showed a definite reduction of pain compared to placebo....

New Drug for Bronchial Asthma

Well, we thought that we had antibodies for just about everything well, we have an anti-IgE antibody now for bronchial asthma. This is particularly useful in bronchial asthma where an attack can be brought by a number of noxious and non-noxious stimuli. This has also been proven to induce symptomatic relief.How does that apply to the Indian context? Well, first we can try by ridding ourse...

Lean Protein Could Be Key to Obesity Drugs

A protein that lets mice eat more but weigh less could prove the magic ingredient for diet drugs of the future.British scientists from drug giant SmithKline Beecham and the University of Cambridge have created mice with a human protein known as Uncoupling Protein 3 (UCP3) that increases their metabolism.In what is every dieter's dream, the mice were able to eat more than normal mice but s...

Drug May Make Breathing Easier for Millions

An experimental drug could make millions of people suffering from smoker’s lung breathe much easier. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or smoker’s lung, is an irreversible progressive illness caused by narrowing of the airways. It encompasses emphysema and chronic bronchitis. In tests involving 500 people who had suffered from COPD for more than a decade, the drug appeared...

Life Saving Cancer Drugs – From Chicken! Possible Says 'Dolly’ Creatos

In what can be a watershed in cancer research, Scottish scientists along with US Biotech Company Viragen Inc., have used nuclear transfer technology to harvest life saving drugs to treat many serious diseases including cancer. The same team had earlier cornered world wide fame and glory (and a lot of criticism!) for creating Dolly – the world’s first cloned mammal: Using the same nuclear...

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QuickScreen™ At Home Drug Test

Description:The QuickScreen™ At Home Drug Test is the first rapid drug test kit cleared by the FDA for home use. The kit includes a rapid drug-screening device, a wide-mouth collection container, easy to read instructions, a handbook with frequently asked questions and all the materials needed to ship the sample to the laboratory if the screening device indicates the presence of drugs in the sample....
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HOME MULTI-DRUG TEST

Description:Accu-Stat Home Drug Test for Marijuana (THC), Cocaine (COC), Amphetamine (AMP), Methamphetamine (mAMP), Opiates (OPI), and Phencyclidine (PCP)....
Company:Accu-Stat Diagnostics Inc.

SureStep™ Drug Screen Tests - One-Step Immunoassays (Morphine II)

Description:The SureStep™ Drug Screen Tests are available in 14 configurations including the newest assay for MDMA (Ecstasy). Designed using Microgenics Antibody Technology, the SureStep™ MDMA (Ecstasy) test is the only point of care immunoassay targeted to detect MDMA that has an affinity for both MDA and MDEA but no cross-reactivity to any isomer of methamphetamine or amphetamine.The SureStep&t...
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SureStep™ Drug Screen Tests - One-Step Immunoassays (Morphine)

Description:The SureStep™ Drug Screen Tests are available in 14 configurations including the newest assay for MDMA (Ecstasy). Designed using Microgenics Antibody Technology, the SureStep™ MDMA (Ecstasy) test is the only point of care immunoassay targeted to detect MDMA that has an affinity for both MDA and MDEA but no cross-reactivity to any isomer of methamphetamine or amphetamine.The SureStep&t...
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SureStep™ Drug Screen Tests - One-Step Immunoassays (Cocaine)

Description:The SureStep™ Drug Screen Tests are available in 14 configurations including the newest assay for MDMA (Ecstasy). Designed using Microgenics Antibody Technology, the SureStep™ MDMA (Ecstasy) test is the only point of care immunoassay targeted to detect MDMA that has an affinity for both MDA and MDEA but no cross-reactivity to any isomer of methamphetamine or amphetamine.The SureStep&t...
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Monitoring Options Expand for Therapeutic Agents and Drugs of Abuse

In keeping with the recent proliferation of rapid, easy-to-use diagnostic tests, many assays and collection products have entered the marketplace to help clinicians assess dosage appropriateness of therapeutic drugs and to screen for the presence of drugs of abuse. Some of these products require laboratory support while many simple test kits are suitable for point of care use by medical profe...

Clinical Study Shows Regenecare Relieves Pain and Itching of Skin Rashes Caused by Widely Used Cancer Drugs

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 11, 2007 - The Journal of theAmerican Society of Clinical Oncology has published the earlyresults of a clinical study conducted by Dr. Siu-Fun Wong, and hercolleagues, which concluded that the topical gel, Regenecare(R),caused a statistically significant reduction in the pain anditching of a rash that results from the use of anti-cancer drugsknown as EGFR...

Samaritan's Alzheimer's Drug Caprospinol Suggests Brain May be Able to Heal From Alzheimer's Disease

Animal Study Confirms Caprospinol's (SP-233) Ability to Clear BrainPlaque and Empower Rat Brain Cells to Recover Memory Function In Vivo 'Proof of Concept' Study Proposes Direct CorrelationBetween Removing Beta Amyloid Plaque and Memory Recovery LAS VEGAS, July 10, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- SamaritanPharmaceuticals Inc. (AMEX:LIV), a developer of innovative drugs,is ple...

New Drugs in Multinational Study Show Promise in Fighting Drug-Resistant HIV

Phase III clinical trial provides hope that HIV patients can livelonger lives PASADENA, Calif., July 05, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- A newinvestigational drug used in combination with a second newer agenthas proven to be effective in fighting drug-resistant HIV,according to a Lancet article to be published in its July 7thspecial HIV/AIDS issue. The multinational phase III clinical trial,...

Clinical Data From Nymox BPH Drug To Be Presented at American Urological Association Meeting

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 3, 2007 - NymoxPharmaceutical Corporation (NASDAQ: NYMX) today announced thatfurther clinical results from the Company's studies of NX-1207 forbenign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) will be presented at the NewEngland Section of the American Urological Association Meeting inBoston in September. The paper is authored by leading clinicalresearch inves...

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