Addiction
Juul can keep selling e-cigarettes as court blocks FDA ban
Juul can continue to sell its electronic cigarettes, at least for now, after a federal appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a government ban.
Jun 25, 2022
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News tagged with toxic drugs
Health
Juul seeks to block FDA ban on e-cigarette sales in US
Juul on Friday asked a federal court to block a government order to stop selling its electronic cigarettes.
Jun 24, 2022
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Health
Home COVID tests can cause harm if not stored safely: FDA
At-home COVID-19 tests are a key tool in containing the spread of the coronavirus. But a few safety precautions are in order to prevent serious injury, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns.
Mar 22, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Method for delivering immune system-stimulating drugs may enhance cancer immunotherapy
Stimulating the body's immune system to attack tumors is a promising way to treat cancer. Scientists are working on two complementary strategies to achieve that: taking off the brakes that tumors put on the immune system; ...
Jan 11, 2022
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Medications
Cancer therapy using on-site synthesis of anticancer drugs
An international research group at the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR) has successfully treated cancer in mice using metal catalysts that assemble anticancer drugs together inside the body. Published in the scientific ...
Jan 10, 2022
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Biomedical technology
Mimicking nature to provide long-lasting local anesthesia
Site 1 sodium channel blockers such as tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin are small-molecule drugs with powerful local anesthetic properties. They provide pain relief without toxic effects on local nerves and muscles, and are an ...
Sep 13, 2021
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Medical research
A comparison of drugs that cause injury via mitochondrial or other mechanisms
Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a leading reason for preclinical safety attrition and post-market drug withdrawals. Drug-induced mitochondrial toxicity has been shown to play an essential role in various forms of DILI, ...
Sep 3, 2021
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Medical research
Overcoming obstacles to promote repair in multiple sclerosis
In the nearly 1 million Americans living with multiple sclerosis, the fatty substance that insulates the nerves of the central nervous system—called myelin—is damaged. This slows the transmission of signals from their ...
Aug 24, 2021
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Medical research
PDMS-based liver-on-a-chip naturally absorbs some drugs, affecting toxicity results
Liver-on-a-chip devices capture the physiological and mechanical properties of the liver. They are commonly used by researchers to study how the liver metabolizes different compounds and drugs. In a new study seen in ACS ...
Jul 28, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
New anti-cancer immunotherapy drug: Fewer side effects, more therapeutic
Unlike conventional cancer drugs that attack and kill cancer cells directly, anti-cancer immunotherapy, which kills cancer cells by strengthening the body's immunity, is a novel type of cancer treatment currently attracting ...
Jun 28, 2021
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