News tagged with therapeutic efficacy


Drugs found to both prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease in mice

Researchers at USC have found that a class of pharmaceuticals can both prevent and treat Alzheimer's Disease in mice.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created May 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Engineered oncolytic herpes virus inhibits ovarian and breast cancer metastases

A genetically reprogrammed Herpes simplex virus (HSV) can cure metastatic diffusion of human cancer cells in the abdomen of laboratory mice, according to a new study published January 31 in the Open Access journal PLOS Pa ...

Cancer created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

New study points to potential new therapies for cancer and other diseases

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TRSI) are fueling the future of cancer treatment by improving a powerful tool in disease defense: the body's immune system. By revealing a novel but widespread cell signaling ...

Medical research created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New way to weed out problem stem cells, making therapy safer

Mayo Clinic researchers have found a way to detect and eliminate potentially troublemaking stem cells to make stem cell therapy safer. Induced Pluripotent Stem cells, also known as iPS cells, are bioengineered from adult ...

Medical research created Sep 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Placebo response, pain experience occur at nonconscious level: study

With the discovery that the unconscious mind plays a key role in the placebo effect, researchers have identified a novel mechanism that helps explain the power of placebos and nocebos.

Medical research created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

pH-sensitive liposomal cisplatin improves peritoneal carcinomatosis treatment without side-effects

Scientists at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation and Federal University of Minas Gerais, led by Dr. Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho and Dr. Mônica Cristina de Oliveira, have developed and characterized a circulating and pH-sensitive ...

Medical research created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New 'smart' nanotherapeutics can deliver drugs directly to the pancreas

A research collaboration between the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Children's Hospital Boston has developed "smart" injectable nanotherapeutics that can be programmed to selectively ...

Medical research created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hypoglossal nerve stimulation increases airflow during sleep in obstructive sleep apnea

Hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HGNS) produced marked dose-related increases in airflow in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients without arousing them from sleep, according to a new study from the Johns Hopkins Sleep Disorders ...

Sleep apnea created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

AMP opposes exclusive licensing of NIH proteomics patent

The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) opposed the National Institutes of Health (NIH) proposal to exclusively license the subject matter of a cancer-related proteonomics patent application filed by the Agency. AMP's ...

Other created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Researchers demonstrate efficacy of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma vaccine

An experimental vaccine developed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine is the first veterinary cancer vaccine of its kind that shows an increase in survival time for ...

Cancer created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Reducing the side effects of a multiple sclerosis drug

The drug FTY720 is approved for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. Although highly effective it can have serious side effects, including reduced lung function and fluid accumulation in the eye.

Medications created May 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0