Medications
Medicine that treats gout could also battle COVID-19
As COVID-19 cases continue to skyrocket across the U.S. and the world, few options are available for treating patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2.
Sep 10, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer: Tumor driver promoting EMT, metastasis and resistance to therapy
Cancer metastasis, which is the dissemination of tumor cells into distant organs, is the leading cause of mortality in cancer patients. To undergo metastasis, cells must leave the primary tumor, circulate into the blood, ...
Dec 16, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers unveil experimental compound to block therapeutic target in blood cancer
Researchers at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered a hyperactive cell signal that contributes to tumor growth in an aggressive blood cancer. They also developed an experimental therapeutic to block ...
Jul 23, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Anti-inflammation approach shows promise for preventing cancer metastasis
An anti-inflammatory drug called ketorolac, given before surgery, can promote long-term survival in animal models of cancer metastasis, a team of scientists has found. Furthermore, so-called "pro-resolution" therapies can ...
Jun 18, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cancer drug and antidepressants provide clues for treating brain-eating amoeba infections
The amoeba Naegleria fowleri is commonly found in warm swimming pools, lakes and rivers. On rare occasions, the amoeba can infect a healthy person and cause severe primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a "brain-eating" disease ...
Sep 13, 2018
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Genetics
Scientists create 'genetic atlas' of proteins in human blood
An international team of researchers led by scientists at the University of Cambridge and MSD has created the first detailed genetic map of human proteins, the key building blocks of biology. These discoveries promise to ...
Jun 6, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers ID drug that blocks some blood cancers
A compound identified by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists inhibits the growth of a rare blood cancer found in people with HIV-AIDS. Their research, published May 15 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, also demonstrates ...
May 17, 2017
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Medical research
Adrenals run amok: Discovery could aid precision medicine for high blood pressure
Each of your kidneys wears a little yellow cap that helps keep your blood pressure in check, and much more. But in some people, it starts running amok, pumping out a hormone that sends blood pressure sky-high.
Aug 12, 2015
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Addiction
Study uses machine learning to predict opioid use disorder treatment interruptions
University of Florida researchers have developed a system designed to identify patients at high risk of discontinuing buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder.
May 16, 2024
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Medications
New study points to supply chain disruptions if the FDA removes ineffective decongestant from the market
In a new study of nasal decongestant purchasing patterns, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine found that phenylephrine remained the most popular choice year after year, despite decades of concerns ...
Feb 8, 2024
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