Diabetes
FDA allows automatic 'generic' swap for brand-name insulin
U.S. regulators took action Wednesday that will make it easier to get a cheaper, near-copy of a brand-name insulin at the drugstore.
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Anti-inflammatory drugs could help treat symptoms of depression, study suggests
Anti-inflammatory drugs similar to those used to treat conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis could in future be used to treat some cases of depression, concludes a review led by the University of Cambridge, ...
Oct 18, 2016
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Preventing cell death as novel therapeutic strategy for rheumatoid arthritis
A collaborative study has identified a new molecular mechanism causing rheumatoid arthritis. The researchers found that death of macrophages, an immune cell type, can trigger the disease. Moreover, they discovered how the ...
May 14, 2019
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Medications
Arthritis drug used to limit antibiotics in blood cancer patients
Researchers from the University of Adelaide and the Radboud University Medical Centre in the Netherlands have repurposed an arthritis drug to restrict the use of antibiotics in the treatment of side effects caused by blood ...
May 12, 2022
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Medications
3-D printing could give you a better pill to swallow
In March 2017, 13-year-old Joseph was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis. He has been undergoing treatment at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool ever since.
Jan 29, 2019
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Medical research
New study shows genes can predict response to arthritis treatment, paves the way for future drug development
New research from Queen Mary University of London, published in Nature Medicine, has shown that molecular profiling of the diseased joint tissue can significantly impact whether specific drug treatments will work to treat ...
May 19, 2022
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Genetics
Defect in A20 gene expression causes rheumatoid arthritis
Researchers from VIB (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) and Ghent University have shown that a defective gene can contribute to the onset of rheumatoid arthritis, an often-crippling inflammation of the joints that afflicts ...
Aug 16, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Drug compound makes pancreatic cancer cells more vulnerable to chemo
Pancreatic cancer is extremely difficult to treat. By the time it is detected, the cancer often has reached an advanced stage, and patients usually do not survive longer than one year after diagnosis. An aggressive chemotherapy ...
Dec 1, 2021
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Medical research
Progress in search for alopecia areata treatment for adolescents
A medication that has been found to effectively treat the skin disease alopecia areata in adults is also successful in treating adolescent patients, according to a Yale-led clinical trial.
Apr 17, 2023
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Medications
Japan first nation to approve Novartis psoriasis drug
Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis said Friday it has won approval to market its Cosentyx psoriasis treatment in Japan, making it the first country to authorise commercialisation of the drug.
Dec 26, 2014
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