Diabetes
Experimental drug could be new option for type 2 diabetes
An experimental drug may help people with type 2 diabetes curb their blood sugar without causing it to drop to dangerously low levels.
Jan 17, 2019
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News tagged with experimental drug
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Experimental Alzheimer's drug improves memory in mice
An experimental drug known as A03, which was previously developed to treat depression, increases the levels of the enzyme Sirtuin1, or SirT1, and improves memory in mice. The mice were genetically modified to have a protein ...
Dec 21, 2018
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Neuroscience
New approach to treating chronic itch
Researchers at the University of Zurich have discovered a new approach to suppressing itch by targeting two receptors in the spinal cord with the right experimental drug. In a series of experiments in mice and dogs, they ...
Aug 15, 2018
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Medications
Study suggests failed osteoarthritis drug could help treat opioid addiction
A new study from Indiana University suggests that a drug proven safe for use in people may prevent opioid tolerance and physical dependence when used in combination with opioid-based pain medications.
Feb 27, 2018
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Genetics
Genetic mutation in extended Amish family in Indiana protects against aging and increases longevity (Update)
The first genetic mutation that appears to protect against multiple aspects of biological aging in humans has been discovered in an extended family of Old Order Amish living in the vicinity of Berne, Indiana, report Northwestern ...
Nov 15, 2017
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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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Surgery
Compound shown to reduce brain damage caused by anesthesia in early study
An experimental drug prevented learning deficits in young mice exposed repeatedly to anesthesia, according to a study led by researchers from NYU Langone Medical Center and published June 22 in Science Translational Medicine.
Jun 22, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers 'turn off' most notorious cancer-causing protein
It's known as the most common cancer-causing protein, directly responsible for 30 per cent of all cancers and indirectly involved in virtually all cancers. For over 30 years, scientists have failed to successfully target ...
Dec 2, 2015
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Overweight & Obesity
Can a new drug brown the fat and trim the obese person?
New research has found that a variant of a drug used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension prompts weight loss in obese mice. Among mice fed a high-fat diet, those who did not get the medication became obese while medicated ...
May 28, 2015
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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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