Oncology & Cancer
Antiviral drug may extend brain cancer survival, researchers say
(HealthDay)—A drug used against a common virus may lengthen the lives of people with a deadly form of brain cancer, a preliminary study suggests.
Sep 5, 2013
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Medical research
Thwarting herpes, scientists open antiviral drug path
While herpesviruses infect most animals – including humans – with incurable disease, Cornell researchers have found a genetic trail to thwart its reproductive powers, cutting its infective powers by a factor of up to ...
Sep 5, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
Protease inhibitor resistance involves multiple stages of the HIV-1 life cycle
HIV-1 protease inhibitors are very effective antiviral drugs. These drugs target HIV-1 proteases, which are required for viral replication. Despite the success of protease inhibitors for suppressing HIV-1, some patients do ...
Aug 27, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Inherited virus can cause cognitive dysfunction and fatigue
Many experts believe that chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) has several root causes including some viruses. Now, lead scientists Shara Pantry, Maria Medveczky and Peter Medveczky of the University of South Florida's Morsani ...
Jul 26, 2013
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Medical research
Biophysicist obtains first experimental evidence of pressure inside the herpes virus
Herpes viruses are like tiny powder kegs waiting to explode. For more than 20 years scientists suspected that herpes viruses were packaged so full of genetic material that they built up an internal pressure so strong it could ...
Jul 24, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study lays groundwork for norovirus anti-viral treatments
An animal model of the human norovirus created at the University of Michigan Health System lays the groundwork for understanding the biology of the pesky virus and developing antiviral drug treatment.
Jul 22, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
H7N9 influenza strain resistant to antivirals, but tests fail to identify resistance
Some strains of the avian H7N9 influenza that emerged in China this year have developed resistance to the only antiviral drugs available to treat the infection, but testing for antiviral resistance can give misleading results, ...
Jul 16, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Double dose of antiviral drug offers no added benefit in severe influenza
Giving double doses of the antiviral drug oseltamivir, or Tamiflu, offers no clinical or virological advantages over a standard dose for patients admitted to hospital with severe influenza infection, according to a randomised ...
May 30, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New flu strains prompt review of current research, call to redouble flu fight
Despite numerous medical advances over the past century, the flu—a seasonal rite of passage for many around the world—still remains deadly and dangerous. An estimated 150,000 to 200,000 are hospitalized from influenza ...
May 30, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
Gender, race, and HIV therapy: Insights from the GRACE study
Enrollment of women in clinical trials of new anti-HIV drugs is extremely low, representing only about 15% of all treatment-experienced patients. For women of color it is even lower. Why women, and especially women of color, ...
May 30, 2013
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