A study led by an Oregon State University pharmaceutical sciences researcher has produced a proof of principle for a new "universal" means of treating COVID-19.
Oct 18, 2022
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Researchers have found the first experimental evidence explaining why the COVID-19 virus produces variants, such as delta and omicron, so quickly.
Sep 14, 2022
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For a drug to be effective and not harmful it needs to be administered at the right dosage. Certain enzymes in the body eliminate drugs, and the activity of these enzymes vary between individuals. Researchers at the Max Planck ...
Jul 8, 2022
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Antibiotics, together with antivirals and anti-parasitic drugs, can save the lives of people who've contracted an infectious disease. But the rise of drug-resistance means new strategies are needed. At the end of last year, ...
Apr 4, 2022
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When our muscles become acidic after doing too many press-ups, squats or cycling to work, it is because of lactic acid.
Jan 20, 2022
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Using cannabis alongside other drugs may come with a significant risk of harmful drug-drug interactions, new research by scientists at Washington State University suggests.
Dec 13, 2021
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A new anti-diabetic compound derived from a garden flower has been approved by Health Canada for Phase 1 human trials. GlycoNet researcher Stephen Withers anticipates that the compound could be used to develop a treatment ...
Nov 9, 2021
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Nineteen months into the pandemic, the need for antiviral drugs targeted against COVID-19 is clear, given the global persistence of the virus, its ability to rapidly mutate into new variants and the possibility that it could ...
Oct 22, 2021
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The human body is constantly exposed to various environmental actors, from viruses to bacteria to fungi, but most of these microbial organisms provoke little or no response from our skin, which is charged with monitoring ...
May 21, 2021
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Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered one way in which SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, hijacks human cell machinery to blunt the immune response, allowing it ...
Apr 29, 2021
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