Archive: 16/07/2014
Fundamental research is paving the way for development of first vaccine for heart disease
Researchers at Wayne State University have made a fundamental discovery and, in subsequent collaboration with scientists at La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology (LIAI), are one step closer to the goal of developing ...
Jul 16, 2014
NIH turns to crowdsourcing to repurpose drugs
Experimental drugs proven safe but perhaps not sufficiently effective in initial testing or against a first disease target may sit gathering dust on the shelves of pharmaceutical companies. An NIH-sponsored effort based on ...
Jul 16, 2014
Promising medication counteracts constipation caused by opioid painkillers
Opioids – strong morphine-based painkillers – are widely prescribed to patients experiencing chronic severe pain. While these drugs are very effective for treating and managing pain, they have one particularly bothersome ...
Jul 16, 2014
Breast cancer: DMP is largely consistent with guidelines
On 16 July 2014 the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) published the results of a literature search for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on the treatment of people with breast cancer. ...
Jul 16, 2014