Medications
Existing drug is shown to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 virus
A new University of Chicago study has found that the drug masitinib may be effective in treating COVID-19.
Jul 21, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The long view on COVID-19 vaccine safety and efficacy
The mRNA vaccines for COVID-19, made by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, are among the most powerful vaccines the world has ever seen. According to clinical trial data, they are more than 94% effective at preventing symptomatic ...
Jul 14, 2021
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Neuroscience
Crucial step in formation of deadly brain diseases discovered
For the first time, researchers have pinpointed what causes normal proteins to convert to a diseased form, causing conditions like CJD and Kuru.
Mar 15, 2021
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Medications
New method facilitates development of antibody-based drugs
In recent years, therapeutic antibodies have transformed the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. Now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new, efficient method based on the 'genetic scissors' ...
Mar 05, 2021
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Medications
Popular breast cancer drugs don't work the way we thought they did
Some of the most commonly used drugs for treating hereditary breast and ovarian cancers may not work the way we thought they did, according to new University of Colorado Boulder research.
Feb 03, 2021
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Medications
Scientists discover how remdesivir works to inhibit coronavirus
More effective antiviral treatments could be on the way after research from The University of Texas at Austin sheds new light on the COVID-19 antiviral drug remdesivir, the only treatment of its kind currently approved in ...
Jan 28, 2021
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Medications
Simple new testing method aims to improve time-release drugs
When you take a time-release drug, you count on it doing what the package says: release the drug slowly into your bloodstream to provide benefits over the specified period of time. When the drug dissolves too slowly or too ...
Nov 24, 2020
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Medications
Antimalarial drug no better than standard coronavirus care: study
Hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug dubbed a "gift from God" by US President Donald Trump for its potential ability to fight the new coronavirus, was found to be no more effective than standard treatment in a small Chinese ...
Mar 25, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New drug can ease the side effects of medication against severe depression
About one in five Danes are affected by depression at some point in their lives. The severe depressions may be treated with the so-called 'tricyclic antidepressants,' an antidepressant drug that is more effective than the ...
Mar 20, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus drugs: Who's doing what, and when they might come
Pharmaceuticals and research labs across the world are racing to find vaccines and treatments for the new coronavirus, using a variety of different technologies.
Mar 16, 2020
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