Medications
Cancer drugs could potentially treat the lung inflammation causing COPD
New research has shown the potential for clinically available cancer treatments to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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Addiction
Heroin addicts have higher pain sensitivity, even during treatment
(HealthDay) -- Heroin addicts often have an increased sensitivity to pain, and this sensitivity does not subside over the course of treatment with methadone or other opioids, new research finds.
Apr 25, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Closely watched arthritis drug disappoints in COVID-19 trial
An arthritis drug that was being closely watched for its potential use against COVID-19 has delivered disappointing results in clinical trials, its makers said Monday.
Apr 28, 2020
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Medications
Researchers test effectiveness of anti-opioid vaccine
Virginia Commonwealth University researchers are testing a vaccine against opioid abuse developed by the Scripps Research Institute in California. The vaccine is meant to block the effects of heroin and fentanyl in patients ...
Dec 6, 2018
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Immunology
Boosting the body's natural ability to fight urinary tract infections
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common, and widespread antibiotic resistance has led to urgent calls for new ways to combat them. Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School ...
Apr 30, 2015
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Neuroscience
TBI triggers liver to produce protein tied to inflammation; hypertension drug blocks it
A new animal study shows that traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects the body as well as the brain and that treatment with hypertension drugs blocks the production of proteins related to inflammation.
Sep 21, 2015
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Medical research
Artificial human livers engineered for drug testing and discovery
The liver is an important target organ for drug testing because all drugs pass through it for detoxification. This is a process whereby harmful substances are reduced or removed from the body. Drugs that cannot be detoxified ...
Mar 15, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Immune protein may drive alcoholism relapse
The anxiety that occurs during withdrawal from excessive alcohol use, and contributes to relapse, may be driven in part by the release of an immune protein in the brain, according to a new study from scientists at Scripps ...
Jun 8, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
New drug stalls estrogen receptor-positive cancer cell growth and shrinks tumors
An experimental drug rapidly shrinks most tumors in a mouse model of human breast cancer, researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. When mice were treated with the experimental drug, BHPI, ...
Mar 30, 2015
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Medications
Marijuana plant might hold key to treating chronic inflammation
Several minor cannabinoids contained in the cannabis plant "strongly inhibit" the activation of human immune cells that lead to chronic inflammation, according to physiologists at The Queen's Medical Center and University ...
Jul 19, 2022
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