Immunology
Putting Lupus in permanent remission
Northwestern Medicine scientists have successfully tested a nontoxic therapy that suppresses Lupus in blood samples of people with the autoimmune disease.
Nov 11, 2013
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Health
Experts say new street drug is 'as deadly as fentanyl'
Nitazenes: You've probably never heard of these highly toxic drugs, and neither have many Americans who abuse opioid street drugs.
Sep 16, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Long exposure to protein inhibitor may be key to more effective chemotherapy for cancer
Researchers at SMU's Center for Drug Discovery, Design and Delivery (CD4) have succeeded in lab testing the use of chemotherapy with a specific protein inhibitor so that the chemotherapeutic is better absorbed by drug-resistant ...
Jun 7, 2019
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Addiction
Juul can keep selling e-cigarettes as court blocks FDA ban
Juul can continue to sell its electronic cigarettes, at least for now, after a federal appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a government ban.
Jun 25, 2022
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Neuroscience
Toxic protein build-up in blood shines light on Huntington's disease
A new light-based technique for measuring levels of the toxic protein that causes Huntington's disease (HD) has been used to demonstrate that the protein builds up gradually in blood cells. Published today in the Journal ...
Sep 17, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Cellular pumps protect the gut from toxins
The master regulators of gut stem cells, called intestinal myofibroblasts, have pumps that protect them, and thus the gut, from the toxic effects of a wide range of compounds, including the anticancer drug tamoxifen, according ...
Aug 24, 2018
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Medical research
Mechanism behind low cancer occurrence in bats signals potential treatment strategies for humans
Researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School have uncovered a potential mechanism behind cancer suppression in bats that may lead to future therapies for human cancers. The research shows that bat cells accumulate less toxic ...
Jul 2, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
New drug candidate shows promise against cancer
Drugs containing platinum are among the most powerful and widely used cancer drugs. However, such drugs have toxic side effects, and cancer cells can eventually become resistant to them.
Jul 11, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer drug with better staying power, reduced toxicity promising in preclinical trial
A drug candidate has been found in preclinical trials to stop tumor growth entirely, deliver more cancer-busting power than many commonly used chemotherapy drugs and do so with fewer toxic side effects and more ability to ...
Mar 16, 2020
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Medications
Cancer therapy using on-site synthesis of anticancer drugs
An international research group at the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR) has successfully treated cancer in mice using metal catalysts that assemble anticancer drugs together inside the body. Published in the scientific ...
Jan 10, 2022
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