Researchers from the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Copenhagen have developed a cell line, which may be used to investigate new drugs and help predict whether they are able to enter the brain.
Jan 14, 2016
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Researchers from the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have developed the first animal-free screening platforms capable of predicting the toxic effects of compounds on the human kidney accurately. Their ...
Oct 12, 2015
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The stuffy noses and sinus pressure of head colds are uncomfortable, but for most people, they go away within days. For those with chronic sinusitis, however, those symptoms and others drag on for weeks. Now scientists are ...
Jun 10, 2015
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Ten-year-old Matty Hayes is among the 90 percent of kids who are still alive five years after being treated for leukemia. But he's also among the 60 percent who suffer severe side effects from the intense chemotherapy that ...
May 7, 2015
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In their decades-long search for vaccines against drugs of abuse, scientists have hit upon a new approach to annul cocaine's addictive buzz. They report in the ACS journal Molecular Pharmaceutics that their strategy, which ...
Jan 21, 2015
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Scientists have demonstrated for the first time that a single-dose, needleless Ebola vaccine given to primates through their noses and lungs protected them against infection for at least 21 weeks. A vaccine that doesn't require ...
Nov 12, 2014
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Sufferers of eye disorders have new hope after researchers at the University of Reading discovered a potential way of making eye drops more effective.
Oct 7, 2014
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Individuals who are squeamish about injections or are looking for a way to let collagen penetrate deeper into the skin may soon have a solution that is faster, more effective and painless. The key lies in a small adhesive ...
Sep 5, 2014
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To determine whether new medicines are safe and effective for humans, researchers must first test them in animals, which is costly and time-consuming, as well as ethically challenging. In a study published in ACS' journal ...
Apr 2, 2014
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A team led by Fengzhi Li, PhD, of Roswell Park Cancer Institute has reported significant new findings regarding the chemical structure of the novel anticancer agent FL118. The research, which included comparative analysis ...
Jan 2, 2014
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