Tag: Pharmaceutical Science

May 21, 2020

AT-100 production expected to begin in JuneCredit: Airway Therapeutics CINCINNATI, OH & BASEL, Switzerland (May 20, 2020) - Airway Therapeutics, ...

COVID-19 Cytokine storm: Possible mechanism for the deadly respiratory syndrome

May 20, 2020

Credit: Toshio Hirano and Masaaki Murakami. Immunity. April 22, 2020 Research into how the SARS-CoV-2 virus induces death is suggesting ...

Nanobowls serve up chemotherapy drugs to cancer cells

May 20, 2020

Credit: Nano Letters 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c00495 For decades, scientists have explored the use of liposomes -- hollow spheres made of ...

Statistical approach to COVID-19 clinical trials aims to accelerate drug approval process

Credit: By doomu Cambridge, Mass., May 18, 2020 - In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute ...

DIY solution to reagent bottleneck in COVID-19 testing could also enhance future tests

Researchers in Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick have developed a way to create more crucial reagents for ...

HKBU scientists eliminate drug side effects by manipulating molecular chirality

Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University Scientists from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have developed a novel technique that can produce ...

Good news for menopausal women taking hop supplements: Tests show no drug interactions

Credit: Photo courtesy Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Hop-based dietary supplements that many women use to ease the night ...

COVID-19: Lessons to learn about the first 4.0 pandemic

May 18, 2020

A conjunction of biological and social factorsCredit: Jordi Serra-Cobo (UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA-IRBio) Although the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak was officially presented suddenly ...

Global study to test malaria drug to protect health workers from COVID-19

May 18, 2020

COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator to fund international trial of chloroquineCredit: Erin Jones/Barnes-Jewish Hospital With $9 million in philanthropic support, an international ...

NIH begins clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin to treat COVID-19

May 15, 2020

Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched a much-anticipated Phase IIb clinical trial ...

Researchers find one-two punch may help fight against Salmonella

May 14, 2020

Natural product dephostatin is an effective partner for the antibiotic colistin in treating infections caused by the bacteria SalmonellaCredit: McMaster ...

Alberta researchers, Tonix Pharmaceuticals race to develop candidate vaccines for COVID-19

May 13, 2020

Partnerships like this one can dramatically accelerate efforts to move research from lab to community, says virologist.Credit: Melissa Fabrizio University ...

Change of direction in immune defense: Frankincense reprograms inflammatory enzyme

Research team has clarified the anti-inflammatory effect of a natural product from frankincense resinCredit: Jan-Peter Kasper/FSU Once upon a time, ...

Researchers develop new drugs for treating polycystic hepatorena

The project was carried out by UPV/EHU, Biodonostia and IkerbasqueCredit: UPV/EHU Polycystic hepatorenal diseases are hereditary, genetic disorders characterised by ...

GCS centres support research to mitigate impact of COVID-19 pandemic

High-performance computing provides essential tools for drug discovery and epidemiological modeling in the fight against the global pandemicCredit: Barbarossa, et ...

BioIVT introduces high-purity Kupffer cells to support drug discovery and development for liver diseases and help predict adverse drug reactions

Dysregulation of the Kupffer cell response contributes to liver diseases such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), ...

Men’s blood contains greater concentrations of enzyme that helps COVID-19 infect cells

Finding may explain why men with heart failure suffer more from the coronavirus than womenCredit: European Heart Journal Evidence from ...

Cancer research breakthrough as DNA behavior is uncovered in 3D models

Multidisciplined team lead the first ever epigenetic study in 3D model human cancer cellsCredit: Dr Manel Esteller Scientists have used ...

Entos and Precision NanoSystems partner to enable GMP manufacturing of DNA COVID-19 vaccine

May 7, 2020

Entos Pharmaceuticals partners with Precision Nanosystems to enable highly scalable GMP manufacturing of Fusogenix DNA COVID-19 vaccine and other genetic ...

NEJM study shows drug saves lives of kids fighting deadly immune disease