Medications
HIV drug could prevent cervical cancer
A widely used HIV drug could be used to prevent cervical cancer caused by infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV), say scientists.
May 3, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Both acupuncture and massage can benefit those with cancer-related pain: Study
Research has suggested that acupuncture and massage can help relieve some of the pain felt by people with advanced cancer, but studies have not compared the two modalities to each other. Now a multicenter, randomized clinical ...
Nov 27, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mimicking the body's own defenses to destroy enveloped viruses
Just as bacteria can develop antibiotic resistance, viruses can also evade drug treatments. Developing therapies against these microbes is difficult because viruses often mutate or hide themselves within cells. But by mimicking ...
Aug 2, 2023
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Medications
Penile HIV infection is effectively prevented by antiretroviral treatment, finds study
Of the 38 million people worldwide living with HIV, approximately 700,000 are newly infected men, primarily via sexual transmission. Sexually transmitted HIV infections in exclusively heterosexual men are acquired through ...
Jun 12, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How to achieve a functional cure for chronic hepatitis B
More than half of people with chronic hepatitis B have a form of the disease in which the immune system almost never achieves sustained control, despite many years of treatment. According to current knowledge, those affected ...
Mar 30, 2023
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Medications
Could these antiviral pills treat long COVID?
Could Paxlovid solve one of the pandemic's biggest puzzles? A new study at Stanford University aims to find out.
Nov 25, 2022
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Medications
Researchers identify compounds that inhibit monkeypox virus replication
Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis (a virus transmitted to humans from animals) with symptoms similar to those seen in smallpox patients, although clinically less severe. With the eradication of smallpox in 1980 and subsequent ...
Oct 13, 2022
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Immunology
Immune therapies against chronic hepatitis B
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is global in nature and induces several liver diseases, such as chronic hepatitis B (CHB), cirrhosis of the liver (LC) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A total of 882,000 patients died ...
Sep 5, 2022
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Medications
New target structure against coronavirus
Fluoxetine, a common antidepressant, inhibits the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in cell cultures and in preparations from human lung tissue. This was demonstrated by researchers at Julius-Maximilians-Universität (JMU) Würzburg ...
Aug 17, 2022
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Medications
Identification of effective combination therapies for COVID-19 that may reduce the formation of novel variants
COVID-19 is anticipated to keep causing regular outbreak waves for the foreseeable future. The recent COVID-19 waves have caused fewer hospitalizations and deaths than the initial ones, which is largely due to the immunity ...
Aug 8, 2022
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