Almost all counterfeit oxycontin pills contain fentanyl, finds study
Lab tests of counterfeit oxycodone (Oxycontin) pills seized by police in Rhode Island in 2022 found 99.3% also contained dangerous fentanyl.
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Lab tests of counterfeit oxycodone (Oxycontin) pills seized by police in Rhode Island in 2022 found 99.3% also contained dangerous fentanyl.
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In 2016, University of Pittsburgh researchers Dr. Farzad Esni, Ph.D., and Jing Hu, Ph.D., did an experiment in mice where they deleted one of two copies of the gene encoding an enzyme called focal adhesion kinase (FAK). They ...
May 6, 2024
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Eleven million U.S. adults use e-cigarettes to vape nicotine, and about half of them say that they want to stop, but many have trouble doing so because nicotine is an addictive drug.
May 6, 2024
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Starving out tumor cells may be a promising therapy for treatment-resistant lung cancer, according to a new study published in Science Advances.
May 6, 2024
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A preclinical study from Karolinska Institutet offers hope for treating severe neurodegenerative diseases with an existing drug. The study suggests that the leprosy drug clofazimine may be effective in the treatment of Huntington's ...
May 3, 2024
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A drug that targets a protein known as phosphatidylserine boosted the response rate for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients receiving immunotherapy without compromising their safety, according to results of a phase two ...
May 3, 2024
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Scientists have discovered a new snakebite treatment to prevent the devastating tissue damage caused by African spitting cobra venom.
May 1, 2024
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A combination of two antiviral compounds may be a promising alternative to Paxlovid when treating COVID-19 in immunocompromised patients, according to Karen S. Anderson, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and of molecular biophysics ...
Apr 30, 2024
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Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say that an experimental monoclonal antibody drug called mAb43 appears to prevent and reverse the onset of clinical type 1 diabetes in mice, and in some cases, to lengthen the animals' ...
Apr 29, 2024
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The early use of azithromycin does not prevent the development of chronic lung disease in premature babies, finds new research by Cardiff University.
Apr 26, 2024
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