News tagged with drug interaction


Drug shows some benefit for kids with autism

(HealthDay)—An experimental drug for autism did not improve levels of lethargy and social withdrawal in children who took it, but it did show some other benefits, a new study finds.

Autism spectrum disorders created May 02, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

FDA announces new network to focus exclusively on patients

(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced the launch of a new interactive tool for educating patients, their advocates, and consumers about the processes involved in medication development.

Medications created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using internet search logs can help identify drug interactions

(HealthDay)—Search logs can be used to inexpensively mine for anonymized signals that may alert authorities to potential drug interactions and add new Web-scale pharmacovigilance capabilities, according ...

Medications created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers design small molecule to disrupt cancer-causing protein

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at the University of South Florida have developed a small molecule that inhibits STAT3, a protein that causes cancer. This development could impact the treatment of several ...

Cancer created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Want to get rid of that old tattoo? You're not alone

(HealthDay)—It seems that tattoos are everywhere these days, but along with the increase in people getting inked, the number of Americans undergoing procedures to have a tattoo removed is also on the rise, ...

Health created Feb 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Providing brain cells with the 3rd dimension to grow outside the body

Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy in collaboration with Chalmers University of Technology developed a unique Bioactive3D culture system for brain cells. This system gives new possibilities to study cell-cell ...

Medical research created Jan 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Breakthrough in understanding of how cancer treatment drugs affect cells

(Medical Xpress)—A young Victoria University scientist is part of a team whose work has been published in the prestigious international magazine Science, for research that will open doors to developing much more effect ...

Cancer created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researcher investigate 2-drug synergy to treat drug-resistant chronic myeloid leukemia

(Medical Xpress)—An interdisciplinary team of researchers has dissected a case of synergy in drug-resistant chronic myeloid leukemia to understand the mechanism by which two drugs, danusertib and bosutinib, work together ...

Cancer created Oct 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New online tool helps industry identify drug interactions

Drug interactions and drug side effects occur all-too-often in patients' lives. Now there's a new online resource to help guide pharmaceutical developers as they endeavor to improve testing for potentially ...

Medications created Sep 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A possible target for broad-range HPV therapeutics emerges

(Medical Xpress) -- Among viruses, human papilloma virus (HPV) stands out: with more than 180 distinct isotypes or variations catalogued to date, it presents an extremely difficult target for broad-range treatments. And while ...

Cancer created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Americans support medicare reform, but not on their dime: poll

(HealthDay) -- Medicare, the federal health insurance program for older and disabled Americans, may be hurtling toward the critical list, but most people don't want to pay for needed reforms from their own wallets, a new ...

Health created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Molecule serves as a key in some protein interactions

Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists has identified an unexpected mechanism facilitating some protein interactions that are the workhorses of cells and, in the process, identified ...

Medical research created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Finding pathways to cancer progression may lead to identification of targeted therapies

Researchers are working to discover how genes interact with each other to lead to cancer progression. This research is expected to lead the way toward the discovery of new targeted therapies against breast cancer, according ...

Cancer created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers provide means of monitoring cellular interactions

Using nanotechnology to engineer sensors onto the surface of cells, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have developed a platform technology for monitoring single-cell interactions in real-time. ...

Medical research created Jul 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast