Tag: Pharmaceutical Science

November 13, 2020

Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications The antidepressant fluvoxamine appears to prevent COVID-19 infections from worsening and may help keep ...

Rise in antibiotics prescribed to dental patients in England during COVID-19 lockdown

November 13, 2020

FDI World Dental Federation (FDI) releases new White Paper on antibiotic resistance to mark World Antimicrobial Awareness WeekCredit: FDI World ...

Predicting the risk of severe side effects of cancer treatment

Credit: Magnus Johansson/Linköping University The risk of serious adverse effects on the blood status and bone marrow of patients during ...

JNCCN study evaluates cost-effectiveness of olaparib for metastatic pancreatic cancer

Data from the POLO trial was analyzed to determine which patient groups with pancreatic cancer would derive the most benefit ...

Fluvoxamine may prevent serious illness in COVID-19 patients

Antidepressant drug repurposed for patients with coronavirus infectionCredit: Matt Miller In a preliminary study of COVID-19 patients with mild-to-moderate disease ...

A therapeutic option for glioblastoma using pH-sensitive nanomicelles

Credit: 2020 Innovation Center of NanoMedicine Summary: Using practical nano-DDS technology, a polymeric nanomicelle that effectively delivers the potent mitotic ...

A molecule from gut bacteria reduces effect of diabetes medication

November 11, 2020

Credit: Photo by Johan Wingborg. The action of metformin, the classic drug used to treat diabetes by stabilizing blood sugar, ...

Sorting out viruses with machine learning

November 11, 2020

Scientists at Osaka University develop a label-free method for identifying respiratory viruses based on changes in electrical current when they ...

Targeted therapies developed to reduce lung fibrosis

November 11, 2020

Credit: Philip Low/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new treatment option for lung fibrosis is being developed by Purdue ...

Aviara Pharmaceuticals, Inc receives grant to collaborate with the Texas Heart Institute

Texas Collaboration to Develop Treatment for Inflammatory DiseaseCredit: Photo Credit: Texas Heart Institute Aviara Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately held development-stage ...

LSU Health New Orleans fellow LA’s 1st NIH Outstanding Scholar

Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - Khanh Do, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow at LSU Health New Orleans ...

CrystEngComm celebrates the CSD in a special issue

The issue contains 33 papers highlighting the breadth of research made possible with this dataCredit: CCDC The journal CrystEngComm has ...

RNA structures of coronavirus reveal potential drug targets

Credit: Danny Incarnato, University of Groningen The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus RNA genome structure was studied in detail by researchers from the ...

Insilico announces a multi-target AI-powered drug discovery collaboration with Janssen