Medical research
Experimental drug offers hope for preventing cancer relapse
A drug that is well-tolerated in patients and prevents cancer coming back in mice has been identified by researchers at the Francis Crick Institute.
Apr 14, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Experimental Ebola drug heals all monkeys in study (Update)
An experimental Ebola drug healed all 18 monkeys infected with the deadly virus in a study, boosting hopes that the treatment might help fight the outbreak raging through West Africa—once more of it can be made.
Aug 29, 2014
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Surgery
Researchers publish findings of first successful transplant of genetically modified pig heart into human patient
Six months ago, University of Maryland School of Medicine surgeon-scientists successfully implanted a genetically modified pig heart into a 57 year-old patient with terminal heart disease in a first-of-its-kind surgery. It ...
Jun 22, 2022
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Medications
Experimental drug reduces replication of zika virus and prevents microcephaly in mice
An international group of researchers have discovered that inhibiting AHR (aryl hydrocarbon receptor)—a protein with roles in regulating immunity, stem cell maintenance and cellular differentiation—enables the immune ...
Jul 20, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Experimental drug may work against hepatitis C
(HealthDay)—An experimental therapy for hepatitis C—a "silent killer" linked to liver cancer and cirrhosis—has shown promise in tamping down virus levels in early trials.
Mar 27, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
German medics report on drug success for Ebola patient
German doctors on Friday gave details of how an experimental drug together with advanced intensive care helped save a Ugandan physician who had been airlifted from Sierra Leone with Ebola.
Dec 18, 2014
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Medications
Experimental drug shows promise for opioid withdrawal symptoms
While medicines are available to relieve withdrawal symptoms in people recovering from opioid addiction, they cause side effects and can maintain the brain changes that led to addiction in the first place, which can lead ...
Apr 7, 2019
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Ophthalmology
Drug shows promise against vision-robbing disease in seniors
An experimental drug is showing promise against an untreatable eye disease that blinds older adults—and intriguingly, it seems to work in patients who carry a particular gene flaw that fuels the damage to their vision.
Jun 21, 2017
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Medical research
Experimental drug prolongs life span in mice
(Medical Xpress)—Northwestern Medicine scientists have newly identified a protein's key role in cell and physiological aging and have developed – in collaboration with Tohoku University in Japan—an experimental drug ...
May 1, 2014
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Neuroscience
'Resetting' the injured brain offers clues for concussion treatment
New research in mice raises the prospects for development of post-concussion therapies that could ward off cognitive decline and depression, two common conditions among people who have experienced a moderate traumatic brain ...
May 3, 2022
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