Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Zika presents hot spots in brains of chicken embryos
Zika prefers certain "hot spots" in the brains of chicken embryos, offering insight into how brain development is affected by the virus.
Apr 19, 2018
0
26
Page 32 - News tagged with drug tests
Cardiology
Why computer simulations should replace animal testing for heart drugs
Safety is imperative before new medicines are given to patients – which is why drugs are tested on millions of animals worldwide each year to detect possible risks and side effects. But research shows computer simulations ...
Mar 27, 2018
0
1
Oncology & Cancer
New blood test could quickly predict if the drug palbociclib will help breast cancer patients
A new study has found a blood test for cancer DNA could predict if a woman is responding to the new breast cancer drug palbociclib, months earlier than current tests.
Mar 1, 2018
0
34
Neuroscience
First blood test to help diagnose brain injuries gets US OK
The first blood test to help doctors diagnose traumatic brain injuries has won U.S. government approval.
Feb 14, 2018
0
9
Neuroscience
Brain signals for drug screening
There are still comparatively few treatments available for brain diseases. Among other reasons, this is due to the difficulty of developing new drugs, as it is not easy to establish the effects and side effects of a substance ...
Jan 30, 2018
0
109
Medical research
Organs on microchips for safe drug testing
Miniaturized organs on a chip enable drug tests prior to application to humans. At Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the team of Professor Ute Schepers has developed such an organ-on-a-chip system with accurately modeled ...
Nov 30, 2017
0
23
Genetics
The benefits and dangers when genetic testing companies partner with orphan drug developers
Pharmaceutical companies developing Orphan Drugs are increasingly partnering with direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing firms to identify individuals with rare diseases, in a trend that is raising concerns related to privacy, ...
Sep 27, 2017
0
0
Medical research
Study suggests epilepsy drug can be used to treat form of dwarfism
A drug used to treat conditions such as epilepsy has been shown in lab tests at The University of Manchester to significantly improve bone growth impaired by a form of dwarfism.
Sep 19, 2017
0
36
Addiction
Is evidence for or against drug-testing welfare recipients? It depends on the result we're after
The government's announcement in the May 2017 budget of a trial of random drug testing of 5,000 Youth Allowance and Newstart recipients has been almost universally criticised. While the prime minister claimed the program ...
Sep 13, 2017
0
2
Addiction
Brief primary care intervention cut risky drug use among Latinos by 40 percent
New research finds that brief interventions in a primary care clinic can reduce patients' risky substance use by 4.5 days per month—a 40 percent decline among the Latino patients surveyed—compared with people who did ...
Sep 1, 2017
0
0
