Medications
Injectables for high blood pressure are in the works. Could they mean no more daily pills?
About one-third of adults have high blood pressure. Two-thirds of these have uncontrolled high blood pressure.
Jul 15, 2024
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News tagged with drug candidate
Immunology
New drug shows promise in easing chronic pain, study finds
A team of researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Virginia have made progress toward developing a drug candidate for treating chronic pain more safely.
Jun 3, 2024
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Cardiology
Researchers create human aortic aneurysm model to advance disease understanding, treatment testing
Using human cells in laboratory rats, Michigan Medicine researchers have developed a functional model of thoracic aortic aneurysm, creating opportunities for more effective understanding of disease development and treatments ...
May 13, 2024
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
AI speeds up drug design for Parkinson's by ten-fold
Researchers have used artificial intelligence techniques to massively accelerate the search for Parkinson's disease treatments.
Apr 17, 2024
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Medications
Researchers race to develop Paxlovid replacement
Researchers from Rutgers believe they are among the leaders in a race to find an oral COVID-19 treatment to supplement or replace Paxlovid—an antiviral medication that helps keep high-risk patients out of the hospital.
Mar 28, 2024
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HIV & AIDS
Drug candidate may 'unmask' latent HIV-infected cells, mark them for destruction
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists have identified drug candidates that show promise to reverse the ability of HIV to escape detection by the immune system.
Mar 19, 2024
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Medical economics
America worries about health costs: Voters want to hear from Biden and Republicans
President Joe Biden is counting on outrage over abortion restrictions to help drive turnout for his reelection. Former President Donald Trump is promising to take another swing at repealing Obamacare.
Mar 5, 2024
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Other
This election year, health care costs top voter concerns: Poll
Unexpected medical bills and high health care costs are dominating an election where kitchen table economic problems weigh heavily on voter's minds, a new KFF poll has found.
Feb 21, 2024
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Medical research
Research team discovers potential Alzheimer's drug
A potential new drug to prevent Alzheimer's disease in people with the so-called Alzheimer's gene has been discovered by a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team led by Sue Griffin, Ph.D.
Feb 6, 2024
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Medical research
The fate of drug discovery in academia: Why is it so difficult?
A new editorial paper titled "The fate of drug discovery in academia; dumping in the publication landfill?" has been published in Oncotarget.
Feb 5, 2024
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