Neuroscience
Crucial step in formation of deadly brain diseases discovered
For the first time, researchers have pinpointed what causes normal proteins to convert to a diseased form, causing conditions like CJD and Kuru.
Mar 15, 2021
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Medications
New method facilitates development of antibody-based drugs
In recent years, therapeutic antibodies have transformed the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. Now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new, efficient method based on the 'genetic scissors' ...
Mar 5, 2021
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Medications
Popular breast cancer drugs don't work the way we thought they did
Some of the most commonly used drugs for treating hereditary breast and ovarian cancers may not work the way we thought they did, according to new University of Colorado Boulder research.
Feb 3, 2021
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Medications
Scientists discover how remdesivir works to inhibit coronavirus
More effective antiviral treatments could be on the way after research from The University of Texas at Austin sheds new light on the COVID-19 antiviral drug remdesivir, the only treatment of its kind currently approved in ...
Jan 28, 2021
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Medications
Simple new testing method aims to improve time-release drugs
When you take a time-release drug, you count on it doing what the package says: release the drug slowly into your bloodstream to provide benefits over the specified period of time. When the drug dissolves too slowly or too ...
Nov 24, 2020
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Medications
Antimalarial drug no better than standard coronavirus care: study
Hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug dubbed a "gift from God" by US President Donald Trump for its potential ability to fight the new coronavirus, was found to be no more effective than standard treatment in a small Chinese ...
Mar 25, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New drug can ease the side effects of medication against severe depression
About one in five Danes are affected by depression at some point in their lives. The severe depressions may be treated with the so-called 'tricyclic antidepressants,' an antidepressant drug that is more effective than the ...
Mar 20, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus drugs: Who's doing what, and when they might come
Pharmaceuticals and research labs across the world are racing to find vaccines and treatments for the new coronavirus, using a variety of different technologies.
Mar 16, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Alzheimer's study shows promise in protecting brain from tau
In the wake of recent disappointments over clinical trials targeting amyloid plaque build-up in Alzheimer's disease, researchers are focusing more attention on misfolded tau protein, another culprit in brain diseases that ...
Dec 18, 2019
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Medical research
Investigators build a better targeted drug therapy using the power of computation
Antibody drug conjugates (ADCs)—cancer drugs that are designed to target and destroy cancerous tissue while leaving healthy cells intact—represent a long sought-after advancement in cancer therapy. ADCs work by attaching ...
Nov 8, 2019
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