News tagged with therapeutic drug


Scientists develop potential new treatment for autoimmune diseases

Scientists at Montana State University have developed a therapeutic that has potential as a biological drug or probiotic food product to combat many of the more than 80 autoimmune disorders that affect some 23.5 million people ...

Medical research created May 17, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

New drug targets skin cancer

A new class of drug targeting skin cancer's genetic material has been successfully tested in humans for the first time, opening the way to new treatments for a range of conditions from skin cancers to eye ...

Cancer created May 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Will green tea help you lose weight?

Evidence has shown that green tea extract may be an effective herbal remedy useful for weight control and helping to regulate glucose in type 2 diabetes. In order to ascertain whether green tea truly has this potential, Jae-Hyung ...

Overweight and Obesity created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Novel therapeutic approaches to cure chronic HBV infection

Exciting new data presented today at the International Liver Congress 2013 include results from early in vitro and in vivo studies targeting covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA), which may form the basis of a cure for ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Firefly protein lights up degenerating muscles, aiding muscular-dystrophy research

Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have created a mouse model of muscular dystrophy in which degenerating muscle tissue gives off visible light. The observed luminescence occurs only in damaged muscle tissue ...

Medical research created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New agent might control breast-cancer growth and spread

A new study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) suggests that an unusual ...

Cancer created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identify pathway that may protect against cocaine addiction

(Medical Xpress)—A study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health gives insight into changes in the reward circuitry of the brain that may provide resistance against cocaine addiction. Scientists ...

Neuroscience created Apr 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genetic biomarker may help identify neuroblastomas vulnerable to novel class of drugs

An irregularity within many neuroblastoma cells may indicate whether a neuroblastoma tumor, a difficult-to-treat, early childhood cancer, is vulnerable to a new class of anti-cancer drugs known as BET bromodomain inhibitors, ...

Cancer created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Blood tests can provide fuller picture of mutations in cancer than traditional biopsies do

A new blood test revealed more of the gene mutations that sustain certain digestive-tract tumors than did a DNA analysis of a traditional tumor biopsy, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators will report at a special symposium ...

Cancer created Apr 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers say one specific microrna promotes tumor growth and cancer spread

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have determined that the overexpression of microRNA-155 (miR-155), a short, single strand of ribonucleic acid encoded by the miR-155 host gene, promotes the growth of blood vessels in ...

Cancer created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers see more realistic tumor growth and response to anti-cancer drugs using polymer scaffolds   

(Medical Xpress)—Porous polymer scaffolds fabricated to support the growth of biological tissue for implantation may hold the potential to greatly accelerate the development of cancer therapeutics.

Cancer created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Breast cancer researchers find new drug target companion prognostic test for hormone therapy resistance

A team of international cancer researchers led by Dr. Mathieu Lupien at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, has identified the signalling pathway that is over-activated in estrogen receptor (ER)-positive ...

Cancer created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | 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

Pathologists identify patterns of mutations to help inform design of future trials

Molecular driven therapeutic targets have resulted in a paradigm shift in the treatment of advanced lung adenocarcinoma. However, in early non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), surgical resection remains the treatment of choice ...

Cancer created Mar 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0