Medications
Mapping mechanisms to medications
By charting shifts in gene expression, researchers can gain deeper insights into drug mechanisms and side effects.
Nov 8, 2013
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Page 13 - News tagged with drug candidates
Medical research
Two peptides better than one in targeting diabetes, obesity
Researchers at Indiana University and international collaborators have published results showing that a molecule combining the properties of two endocrine hormones is an effective treatment for adult-onset diabetes. The research ...
Oct 30, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists identify potential new drug for inherited cancer
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified a new drug candidate for an inherited form of cancer with no known cure.
Oct 3, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Adding blood pressure drug to standard antibiotics speeds up TB treatment
Infectious disease experts at Johns Hopkins have found, in studies in mice, that a drug better known as a treatment for high blood pressure and headaches effectively speeds up treatment of TB when added to the standard, daily ...
Aug 29, 2013
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Medical research
New findings could help improve development of drugs for addiction
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have described findings that could enable the development of more effective drugs for addiction with fewer side effects.
Aug 2, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Anti-antibiotics
Antimicrobial peptides are natural antibiotics found in all multicellular organisms. These molecules are viewed as potential drug candidates in the post-antibiotic era because widespread microbial resistance against them ...
Jul 22, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer biology: Targeting tumors with 'stapled' peptides
(Phys.org) —Designer peptides containing chemically stabilized helices emerge as a potent way to activate anti-tumor proteins inside cells.
Jul 17, 2013
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Medical research
Drug candidate leads to improved endurance
An international group of scientists has shown that a drug candidate designed by scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) significantly increases exercise endurance in animal models.
Jul 14, 2013
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Medical research
Technological breakthrough paves the way for better drugs
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed the first method for directly measuring the extent to which drugs reach their targets in the cell. The method, which is described in the scientific journal Science, ...
Jul 4, 2013
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Other
Royalty Pharma lets Elan takeover bid expire
Royalty Pharma has let its latest takeover bid for Irish drugmaker Elan lapse as it decided against pressing ahead with a court challenge of a requirement that it withdraw the offer.
Jun 18, 2013
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