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Heroin vaccine blocks relapse in preclinical study

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have reported successful preclinical tests of a new vaccine against heroin. The vaccine targets heroin and its psychoactive breakdown products in the bloodstream, preventing ...

Medical research created May 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers seek to treat protein-based diseases

Scientists at the University of Essex have made a further step towards the potential future development of medicines to help combat a range of diseases currently considered "undruggable".

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Making a window for drug delivery in the blood-brain barrier

(Medical Xpress)—The blood-brain barrier (BBB) prevents most large or hydrophilic (polar) molecules from getting into the brain. For many neurological diseases, like Parkinson's, the presence of the BBB ...

Medical research created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Drugs without side effects: Researchers explore novel ways to classify proteins

Janelle Leuthaeuser is on the cutting edge of biophysics. A molecular genetics and genomics Ph.D. student, she is part of a nationwide effort to create a more efficient generation of protein-based drugs.

Medical research created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Video reveals cancer cells' Achilles' heel (w/ Video)

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists from the Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR) have discovered why a particular cancer drug is so effective at killing cells. Their findings could ...

Cancer created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Signature of circulating breast tumor cells that spread to the brain found

Some breast tumor circulating cells in the bloodstream are marked by a constellation of biomarkers that identify them as those destined to seed the brain with a deadly spread of cancer, said researchers led by those at Baylor ...

Cancer created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Key pathway to stop dangerous, out-of-control inflammation discovered

A potential new strategy to developing new drugs to control inflammation without serious side effects has been found by Georgia State University researchers and international colleagues.

Inflammatory disorders created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Will cell therapy become a 'third pillar' of medicine?

Treating patients with cells may one day become as common as it is now to treat the sick with drugs made from engineered proteins, antibodies or smaller chemicals, according to UC San Francisco researchers. They outlined ...

Medical research created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research team uncovers shape of transmembrane protein partly responsible for antibiotic resistance

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the University of Tokyo have uncovered the physical layout of a transmembrane protein that the tiny organism Archaea relies on to keep toxins out of its cells. The protein, ...

Medical research created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

New research looks at novel ways to combat drug resistance

University of Southampton biological scientists are leading a major research project aimed at making drugs more effective.

Medical research created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | 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

New discovery could lead to powerful new anti-malaria drugs

An international study has discovered a molecule which could form the basis of powerful new anti-malaria drugs. The paper "Quinolone-3-Diarylethers: a new class of drugs for a new era of malaria eradication" has been published ...

Medical research created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New monoclonal antibody developed that can target proteins inside cancer cells

Researchers have discovered a unique monoclonal antibody that can effectively reach inside a cancer cell, a key goal for these important anticancer agents, since most proteins that cause cancer or are associated with cancer ...

Cancer created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Molecule's structure reveals new therapeutic opportunities for rare diabetes

Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute have determined the complete three-dimensional structure of a protein called HNF-4α. HNF-4α controls gene expression in the liver and pancreas, ...

Medical research created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research team breakthrough in delivering drugs to the brain

Researchers at UCL have made a breakthrough in the way that drugs could be delivered to the brain.

Medical research created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast