Medications
Are these pricey new Alzheimer's drugs worth it?
Breakthrough new drugs that clear amyloid beta plaques from the brain are shaking up the field of Alzheimer's disease research.
Jul 24, 2023
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Cardiology
Cause of sleep disturbance in cardiac disease identified: Ganglia play previously unrecognized role
About one third of people with heart disease suffer from sleep problems. In a paper published in the journal Science, a team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) shows that heart diseases affect the production of the ...
Jul 20, 2023
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Medical research
New atlas of human kidney cells to help unlock kidney disease research
In a major breakthrough toward understanding and treating kidney disease, a nationwide research team has created the most comprehensive atlas of the human kidney. Data from the Kidney Tissue Atlas will allow the comparison ...
Jul 19, 2023
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Medications
Alzheimer's drug trials target older Californians; do they understand what they're signing up for?
For those fearing their memories are fading, the ads provide hope.
Jul 13, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tuberculosis is curable and preventable. Why do millions still die?
Tuberculosis (TB) is a curable and preventable infectious disease. And yet, more than 10 million people fall ill with it every year, and more than 1.5 million people die.
Jul 10, 2023
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Medications
AI finds drugs that could fight aging and age-related diseases
Finding new drugs—called "drug discovery"—is an expensive and time-consuming task. But a type of artificial intelligence called machine learning can massively accelerate the process and do the job for a fraction of the ...
Jul 7, 2023
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Medications
Supplemental indications in drug approval: Often no proof of added value, says researcher
Using health technology assessments from Germany and France, a study published in the BMJ by a team of Harvard researchers confirms a trend that has been apparent for some time: While in its first therapeutic indication about ...
Jul 6, 2023
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Medical research
Fewer than half of new drugs add substantial therapeutic value over existing treatments, study finds
New drugs are often used not only for one disease (first approved indication) but also for other diseases (supplemental indications).
Jul 5, 2023
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Medications
Rainforest plant could hold key to lung fibrosis treatment
Researchers from Griffith University's NatureBank and Metro North Health in Brisbane have found a natural product derived from a Queensland rainforest tree that may hold the key to treating and reversing life-threatening ...
Jul 5, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
A two-for-one approach to boost melanoma immunotherapy
New research from Sanford Burnham Prebys has helped explain how melanoma evades the immune system and may guide the discovery of future therapies for the disease. The study found that a protein known to be active in immune ...
Jul 5, 2023
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