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Researchers explore link between uncontrolled inflammation and brain's immune cells

Inspired by the need for new and better therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, Rutgers University researchers are exploring the link between uncontrolled inflammation within the brain and the brain's immune cells, known as microglia.

9 Sep 2020

New study can help reduce the failure rate of drug development for various diseases

A novel genetic analysis of blood protein concentrations has shown how genetic information can be applied to support the prioritization of drug targets.

9 Sep 2020

New gene test predicts risk of drug-induced liver injury

Researchers who were exploring ways to establish the feasibility of batches of small liver organoids have now identified a new testing approach.

9 Sep 2020

Researchers develop cellular roadmaps to predict the body’s susceptibility to coronavirus

A new study has created promising roadmaps to predict how the novel coronavirus infects organs and detects the factors that could limit the infection.

7 Sep 2020

New technology reveals experimental drugs that help suppress the growth and spread of tumor

A new technology that allows researchers to peer inside malignant tumors shows that two experimental drugs can normalize aberrant blood vessels, oxygenation, and other aspects of the tumor microenvironment in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), helping to suppress the tumor's growth and spread, UT Southwestern researchers report.

4 Sep 2020

Study highlights the effects of antibiotics on breast milk microbiota milk

A team led by researchers at the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children has found that mothers of preterm babies have highly individual breast milk microbiomes, and that even short courses of antibiotics have prolonged effects on the diversity and abundance of microbes in their milk

From University of Toronto 4 Sep 2020

Safe antibiotic levels can help fight the spread of drug-resistant bacteria

New research reveals current understanding of safe antibiotic levels in rivers may not prevent evolution of antibiotic resistance and fully protect human health. The study suggests the need to introduce thresholds to help fight the spread of resistant bacteria.

From University of Exeter 4 Sep 2020

Researchers to examine plants as potential indicators of human decomposition

Search teams looking for human remains are often slowed by painstaking on-foot pursuits or aerial searches that are obscured by forest cover.

4 Sep 2020

Researchers create an algorithm that predicts allosteric sites in proteins

A new technology that uses a protein's structure to predict the inner wiring that controls the protein's function and dynamics is now available for scientists to utilize.

4 Sep 2020

New method delivers promising anti-rejection drug to area surrounding a grafted heart

For patients who receive a heart transplant in the near future, the old adage, "Good things come in small packages," may become words to live by.

4 Sep 2020

Researchers develop antibacterial agent to treat drug-resistant infections

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is the most lethal drug-resistant bacteria and is also one of the most common bacterial pathogens.

3 Sep 2020

Honeybee venom rapidly destroys aggressive breast cancer cells

Using the venom from 312 honeybees and bumblebees in Perth Western Australia, Ireland and England, Dr Ciara Duffy from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and The University of Western Australia, tested the effect of the venom on the clinical subtypes of breast cancer, including triple-negative breast cancer, which has limited treatment options.

2 Sep 2020

Drugs News and Research

Researchers explore link between uncontrolled inflammation and brain's immune cells

New study can help reduce the failure rate of drug development for various diseases

New gene test predicts risk of drug-induced liver injury

Researchers develop cellular roadmaps to predict the body’s susceptibility to coronavirus

New technology reveals experimental drugs that help suppress the growth and spread of tumor

Study highlights the effects of antibiotics on breast milk microbiota milk

Safe antibiotic levels can help fight the spread of drug-resistant bacteria

Researchers to examine plants as potential indicators of human decomposition

Researchers create an algorithm that predicts allosteric sites in proteins

New method delivers promising anti-rejection drug to area surrounding a grafted heart

Researchers develop antibacterial agent to treat drug-resistant infections

Honeybee venom rapidly destroys aggressive breast cancer cells

Researchers aim to convert greenhouse gas emissions into fuels

Researchers identify protein that causes adverse side effects in gastric cancer patients

Understanding skin damage caused by rubbing could lead to better topical skin treatments

New method to synthesize complex bioactive molecules quickly and efficiently

Researchers to launch clinical trials to test potential COVID-19 drug

Drug-like compounds previously developed to fight SARS may also work against COVID-19

First lethal mouse model established for COVID-19 infection

Study shows how individualization with pharmacogenomics could impact COVID-19 treatments

Driving Support for Pharmaceutical Testing Through Continuous Innovation

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