http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Pharmacy researchers at the University of Florida have isolated a new marine compound they believe may lead to improved drug therapies for pulmonary diseases by inhibiting their progression rather than managing their symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-marine-compound-discovery-drug-treatment.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:20:02 EST news281262909 A Basque research consortium has managed to stop the development of colon cancer and its liver metastasis in an experimental model using mice. This breakthrough, which could open new avenues for the future treatment of these pathologies, has been achieved by creating molecules that interfere with the tumour cells adhering to other cells in the body. In this way, these molecules stop both the tumour growth and the spreading of tumour cells to other organs and their subsequent proliferation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-molecules-colon-cancer-metastasis.html Cancer Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:50:05 EST news280052957 (Medical Xpress)—The work of a team of Wake Forest researchers developing a novel drug for prostate cancer treatment is featured on the cover of the Nov. 26 issue of the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-treatment-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:42:07 EST news273397310 Scientists are reporting development of a new malaria drug that, in laboratory tests, has been twice as effective as the best current medicine against this global scourge and may fight off the disease with one dose, instead of the multiple doses that people often fail to take. A report on the drug appears in ACS' Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-malaria-drug-requires-dose-effective.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:10:01 EST news269701073 Scientists at USC have discovered a new type of drug for the treatment of ovarian cancer that works in a way that should not only decrease the number of doses that patients need to take, but also may make it effective for patients whose cancer has become drug-resistant. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-drug-resistant-ovarian-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:48:24 EST news268494489 (Medical Xpress)—A new molecule designed to treat Alzheimer's disease has significant promise and is potentially the safest to date, according to researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-purdue-designed-molecule-closer-alzheimer-treatment.html Medical research Wed, 03 Oct 2012 07:51:20 EST news268469464 When Linda Tuttle was diagnosed with breast cancer, she never imagined her experience would inspire her colleagues to design new treatments to tackle the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-trojan-horse-drug-therapy-approach.html Cancer Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:20:01 EST news268330092 With the cost of putting a single new drug on the pharmacy shelves topping a staggering $1 billion, scientists are reporting development of a way to determine if an already-approved drug might be used to treat a different disease. The technique for repurposing existing medicines could cut drug development costs and make new medicine available to patients faster, they report in ACS' Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-drugs.html Medications Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:59:54 EST news263048385 An international team of scientists, led by researchers from the Department of Pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have identified the first reported inhibitors of a key enzyme involved in survival of the parasite responsible for malaria. Their findings, which may provide the basis for anti-malarial drug development, are currently published in the online version of the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-anti-malarial-drug.html Medical research Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:18:35 EST news261937109 University of Granada researchers have tested melatonin analogues in rats that inhibit the enzyme nitric oxide synthase, which is involved in the development of the diseases referred above. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-substances-alzheimer-parkinson-disease.html Medical research Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:33:16 EST news258802352 Most people understand that serious weight loss requires changing attitudes toward what they eat and how often they exercise. But, what if the process could be aided by simply chewing a stick of gum after meals? That's the question a team of scientists, led by Syracuse University chemist Robert Doyle, is trying to answer. In a groundbreaking new study, Doyle's team demonstrated, for the first time, that a critical hormone that helps people feel "full" after eating can be delivered into the bloodstream orally. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-gum-weight.html Medical research Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:01:10 EST news241113656