Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Potential treatment of autoimmune diseases revealed in new study

Scientists in Japan have revealed a chemical compound that could be used for the treatment of various autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. These diseases occur when the body's immune response ...

Medications

How AI can help design drugs to treat opioid addiction

Approximately three million Americans suffer from opioid use disorder, and every year more than 80,000 Americans die from overdoses. Opioid drugs, such as heroin, fentanyl, oxycodone and morphine, activate opioid receptors. ...

Medical research

Extracts from two wild plants inhibit COVID-19 virus, study finds

Two common wild plants contain extracts that inhibit the ability of the virus that causes COVID-19 to infect living cells, an Emory University study finds. Scientific Reports published the results—the first major screening ...

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