Potential heart disorder cause, treatment identified
A novel therapy tested by University of Guelph scientists for treating a fatal heart disorder in dogs might ultimately help in diagnosing and treating heart disease in humans.
View ArticleA new tool improves the diagnosis of frailty syndrome
The Telecommunications Engineer Millor-Muruzábal has designed a new measuring tool that provides objective, quantifiable data to improve the diagnosis of frailty syndrome, a set of symptoms that render...
View ArticleHair sampling shows unintended 'bath salt' use
Ecstasy—or MDMA, the active chemical ingredient—is one of the most prevalent party drugs; it is estimated to be used by at least one out of ten young adults in the United States.
View ArticleNew drug combination shows promise against childhood brain cancer
Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) have identified a new combination therapy for the most aggressive form of medulloblastoma, a fast growing type of pediatric brain...
View ArticleResearchers to explore ability of compounds to protect brain against HIV...
Antiretroviral drugs can greatly increase life expectancy for patients infected with HIV, the AIDS-causing virus, but one thing the drugs cannot do is completely eliminate the virus from the body....
View ArticleNeuronal structures associated with memory sprout in response to novel molecules
Chemists at the University of California San Diego have designed a set of molecules that promote microscopic, anatomical changes in neurons associated with the formation and retention of memories....
View ArticleOpinion: More accountability needed in how drugs are priced and reimbursed
Approving new medicines that hit the market is the responsibility of the EU, but it is left up to individual member states to decide which ones they wish to subsidise. New prescription medicines can be...
View ArticleFDA approves vaccine for cholera
In a milestone years in the making, a vaccine to prevent cholera, invented and developed by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Vaccine Development, was approved...
View ArticleStudy IDs two novel loci linked to insulin sensitivity
(HealthDay)—Two novel loci have been identified that are associated with insulin sensitivity, according to a study published online July 14 in Diabetes.
View ArticleNovel therapy holds promise of remission in relapsed patients with diffuse...
A phase 2 clinical trial of a novel therapy for patients who have experienced a relapse of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) resulted in extended remission, averaging 14.5 months, and longer than...
View ArticleNovel schistosomiasis vaccine: New phase of clinical studies
The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will start the phase II clinical trials of a vaccine for schistosomiasis, called 'Sm14 Vaccine'. The initiative is one of the health...
View ArticleFewer cardiovascular drugs being studied in clinical trials
The number of cardiovascular drugs in the research pipeline has declined across all phases of development in the last 20 years even as cardiovascular disease has become the number one cause of death...
View ArticleDrug targeting tumor metabolism enters clinical trial
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Institute for Applied Cancer Science (IACS) has initiated the first clinical study of a novel drug designed to starve cancer cells, IACS-10759. The...
View ArticleDNA-based Zika vaccine showed protection from infection, brain damage and death
As the global spread of the Zika virus continues, efforts are underway to halt the disease's transmission. While no licensed therapies or vaccines to protect against the Zika virus are currently...
View ArticleNew drug for heart disease shows promise for cats and humans
A new drug shows promise for treating heart disease in cats and humans, according to research by a team including veterinarians at the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine.
View ArticleMarijuana compounds show promise in treatment of cardiac disease
A Nevada company is hoping to develop new medicines for heart failure using compounds in marijuana and a novel therapy identified by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researcher.
View ArticleResearchers discover cancer treatment for transplant patients
Kenar D. Jhaveri, MD, and Richard Barnett, MD, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research scientists and Northwell Health Department of Internal Medicine nephrologists, published a Letter to the Editor...
View ArticleGenetic defect found to cause disease in multiple organs
New research from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has identified a novel syndrome in patients with kidney and adrenal disease.
View ArticleElimination of specific neurons outside the brain triggers obesity
A research team led by Ana Domingos, from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC; Portugal) has developed a new genetic technique that eliminates specific neurons of the peripheral nervous system without...
View ArticleGonorrhoea treatment reaching crisis point
The threat of increased antibiotic resistance is often in the headlines. Now two Massey University researchers argue that in the case of sexually-transmitted gonorrhoea, this is inevitable, and we had...
View ArticleAfrican plant extract offers new hope for Alzheimer's
A plant extract used for centuries in traditional medicine in Nigeria could form the basis of a new drug to treat Alzheimer's disease, researchers at The University of Nottingham have found.
View ArticlePotential new treatments and tools for understanding depression
ANSTO Human Health researchers have co-led an international team investigating new treatments for depression. This research, recently published in the European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, by a...
View ArticleNo dye: Cancer patients' gray hair darkened on immune drugs
Cancer patients' gray hair unexpectedly turned youthfully dark while taking novel drugs, and it has doctors scratching their heads.
View ArticleScientists identify a possible therapeutic target for regulating body weight
A new study published online in The FASEB Journal reveals a novel gene involved in maintaining body weight. Specifically, the study suggests that GTRAP3-18 interacts with pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) in...
View ArticleResearchers find mechanism involved in novel drug design with potential to...
A team of researchers from Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM) Lisboa successfully used a new method to chemically modify a protein's components. Their results have potential medical applications and...
View ArticleScientists observe tremors associated with Parkinson's disease in fruit flies
Scientists say they have a better understanding of the tremors commonly associated with Parkinson's disease after observing the movements in fruit flies.
View ArticleDomestic travel key to distribution of flu across Australia
New scientific research on the spread of flu across Australia has revealed that all major cities appear to experience outbreaks of flu around the same time each year, published today in PLOS Pathogens.
View ArticleA new ecosystem approach to fight antibiotic resistance
The World Health Organization (WHO) has deemed antibiotic resistance to be one of the three greatest threats to human health today, as bacteria become increasingly resistant and too few treatments are...
View ArticleBacteria block transmission of Zika and Dengue viruses
Scientists at the University of Glasgow's MRC Centre for Virus Researchopens (CVR) have found a bacterial strain which blocks dengue and Zika virus transmission from mosquitoes.
View ArticleNew drug target emerges for a dangerous fungal pathogen
Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen usually affecting immunocompromised patients, particularly AIDS and organ transplant patients, and is one that can be lethal. Current treatments against...
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