Harnessing a pervasive type of cellular messenger shows early experimental promise as a routine way of sampling and monitoring the body's response to prescription drug exposure.
Mar 5, 2024
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New research in the June 2023 issue of Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network has found that when alectinib—a safe and effective small molecule kinase inhibitor used to treat some types of advanced lung cancer—was ...
Jun 12, 2023
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The brain is the most advanced organ with various complex structural and functional microregions. It is often challenging to understand what and where the molecular events would occur for a given drug treatment in the brain.
Sep 5, 2022
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The environment in which breast cancer arises—the interplay between the patient's BMI, tumor size and cancer-specific proteins—is of importance for the prognosis. This is shown in a study from Lund University in Sweden. ...
Aug 25, 2022
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Although current product labels and treatment guidelines recommend that patients take thyroid hormone replacement therapy on an empty stomach, new research suggests drinking coffee does not affect the absorption of a liquid ...
Jun 11, 2022
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When prescribing medicine to children, doctors often rely on guidelines that simply scale down the dosage that adults receive. This imprecise and common practice fails to capture the nuances of childhood, which include rapid ...
Jun 28, 2021
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MIT engineers have devised a way to speed up the development of new drugs by rapidly testing how well they are absorbed in the small intestine. This approach could also be used to find new ways to improve the absorption of ...
Apr 27, 2020
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While oral cannabidiol (CBD) capsules were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in patients with seizures in 2018, very little was known about the effect of food on CBD absorption.
Aug 13, 2019
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An investigational drug that blocks intestinal phosphate absorption may help reduce the dangerously high blood levels of phosphate commonly seen in patients with kidney failure. The findings appear in an upcoming issue of ...
Mar 7, 2019
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A new recipe for pills and tablets that includes oils and tiny porous particles can help your body absorb medicines more than twice as effectively.
Feb 13, 2019
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