News tagged with drug combination
Leap in leukemia treatment reported by Dartmouth researchers
Doctors at Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) have found a combination of drugs to potentially treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) more effectively. The research was published online on May 3, 2013, ...
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May 13, 2013 |
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Geneticists find causes for severe childhood epilepsies
(Medical Xpress)—Using a state-of-the-art DNA sequencing technique, UA researchers have discovered genetic mutations underlying seizure disorders in previously undiagnosed children.
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May 07, 2013 |
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Searching for therapeutic synergy in primary effusion lymphoma
Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) is a rare, fatal form of aggressive B-cell lymphoma caused by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). The disease most commonly occurs in immunocompromised patients, such as those with ...
Cancer
May 01, 2013 |
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Nanomal smartphone-like malaria detection device to be field tested one year earlier than scheduled
A pioneering mobile device using cutting-edge nanotechnology to rapidly detect malaria infection and drug resistance will be ready for field testing this year, one year ahead of schedule.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 26, 2013 |
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Treatment for novel coronavirus shows promise in early lab tests
National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists studying an emerging coronavirus have found that a combination of two licensed antiviral drugs, ribavirin and interferon-alpha 2b, can stop the virus from replicating ...
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Apr 18, 2013 |
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New drug combination therapy developed to treat leukemia
A new, pre-clinical study by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center suggests that a novel drug combination could lead to profound leukemia cell death by disrupting the function of two major pro-survival ...
Cancer
Apr 17, 2013 |
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Interactions between drugs can also be measured at lowest doses
Clinical pharmacologists at Heidelberg University Hospital have achieved major progress for improving the reliability of drugs. In a pharmacological study, they showed for the first time that interactions between drugs can ...
Medications
Apr 11, 2013 |
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Cell-destroyer that fights and promotes TB reveals what's behind its split identity
Tumor necrosis factor—normally an infection-fighting substance produced by the body—can actually heighten susceptibility to tuberculosis if its levels are too high. University of Washington TB researchers ...
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Apr 11, 2013 |
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Launch of semi-synthetic artemisinin a milestone for malaria, synthetic biology
Twelve years after a breakthrough discovery in his University of California, Berkeley, laboratory, professor of chemical engineering Jay Keasling is seeing his dream come true.
Medications
Apr 11, 2013 |
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Two-drug combo more effective in treating sarcomas, study shows
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at the University of South Florida have found that when given together, a two-drug combination acts synergistically in test animals modeled with sarcoma tumors. They report ...
Cancer
Apr 09, 2013 |
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New technology spots drugs' early impact on cancer
A new preclinical technology enables researchers to quickly determine if a particular treatment is effective against gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), providing a boost to animal research and possibly patient care, ...
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Apr 09, 2013 |
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Biomarkers discovered that may help predict response to drugs targeting KRAS-mutated NSCLC
Scientists have identified biomarkers that may help predict whether patients with KRAS-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) will respond to concurrent treatment with an MEK inhibitor and a PI3 kinase inhibitor, a drug ...
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Apr 08, 2013 |
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Combo therapy helps knock out fungal meningitis
(HealthDay)— A drug regimen containing two powerful antifungal medicines—amphotericin B and flucytosine—reduced the risk of dying from cryptococcal meningitis by 40 percent compared to treatment with ...
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Apr 03, 2013 |
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Japanese P2 study shows potential of combined vaccine and steroid drug in castration resistant PCa
Multi-peptide vaccination therapy combined with the low-dose steroid drug dexamethasone shows promise in treating chemotherapy-naive castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) patients.
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Mar 15, 2013 |
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Computer models predict how patients will respond to HIV drugs
Results of a study published online in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy today (Thursday), demonstrate that computer models can predict how HIV patients whose drug therapy is failing will respond to a new treatment. Crucia ...
HIV & AIDS
Mar 13, 2013 |
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Drug combination
Terms ending in "flip" refer to drug combinations involving MDMA (Ecstasy). Substitute the word "trip" and the drug combination involves LSD.
Candy Flip or Candy Trip: MDMA and LSD Flower Flip or Hippie Flip: MDMA and Magic Mushrooms Kitty Flip: MDMA and Ketamine Sugar Flip: MDMA and Cocaine Poppy Flip: MDMA and Opiates Gamma Flip: MDMA and GHB Twilight Flip:MDMA and LSD and Magic Mushrooms Trailer Flip:MDMA and Methamphetamine Many more 'Flip'-combinations are filed under the article Candy_flipping(/Etymology) which was the first MDMA Flip to be recorded as a standardized term.
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