Kidney patients are neglected in clinical trials
Kidney diseases affect 850 million people worldwide, a figure twice as high as that of diabetes. Yet patients with chronic ...
Tag: Pharmaceutical Science
Herbal supplement used to treat addiction and pain found unsafe by researchers
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York. BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - The herb kratom is increasingly being used to manage ...
Pneumonia patients get too many antibiotics — especially as they leave the hospital
Too-long prescriptions found in 2/3 of pneumonia patients at 43 Michigan hospitals, most written as part of the discharge process, ...
Combining antibiotics, researchers deliver one-two punch against ubiquitous bacterium
CWRU/Cleveland VA findings in mouse models could make inroads against superbugs By combining two well-established antibiotics for the first time, ...
GW pilot study finds collagen to be effective in wound closure
Researchers from the George Washington University have found that topical collagen powder is non-inferior to primary closure for punch biopsy ...
Fighting drug resistance with fast, artificial enhancement of natural products
Credit: Image by Caitlin Devor, The University of Tokyo, CC-BY Researchers in Japan have identified multiple promising new drug candidates ...
Killing the seeds of cancer: A new finding shows potential in destroying cancer stem cells
The finding could provide an important step toward drugs that help prevent recurrent cancersCredit: Daniel Miller, The University of Toledo ...
More money, more gabapentin
Where pharma spends, docs prescribe more gabapentin, a potential drug of abuse Pharmaceutical companies' payments to doctors may be influencing ...
IOF review of impact of drug holidays on bone health
Interrupting treatment for high-risk patients on long-term bisphosphonate or denosumab therapy may lead to significant increase in fracture risk. The ...
Targeted therapy combination improves survival in patients with advanced bowel cancer
ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer 2019, Barcelona, Spain, July 3-6Credit: European Society for Medical Oncology Barcelona, Spain, 6 July ...
Data demonstrate efficacy of more flexible dose of regorafenib to relieve side-effects in mCRC patients
ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer 2019, Barcelona, Spain, July 3-6Credit: Courtesy of VHIO Barcelona, Spain, 6 July 2019 - ...
Scientists invent fast method for ‘directed evolution’ of molecules
The technique, dubbed VEGAS, works in mammalian cells and can yield useful new molecules within days, providing scientist with a ...
WVU researchers map crystals to advance treatments for stroke, diabetes, dementia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--Medications attach to the proteins in our bodies the way spacecrafts dock into the International Space Station. Describing that ...
Superbug virulence regulatory mechanism revealed: Pave ways for developing new antibiotics
Credit: City University of Hong Kong As antibiotic resistance is growing and posing a threat on public health, developing new ...
Portland State researchers receive $3.15M grant to develop drug to cure malaria
Credit: Portland State University A team of Portland State University researchers who have discovered a possible one-pill cure for malaria ...
First time human-on-a-chip predicts in vivo results based on in vitro model
Hesperos' integrated heart-liver Human-on-a-Chip® shown to correctly determine cardiotoxic mechanisms pre-clinically and replicate results seen in in vivo studies Hesperos ...
Medication linked to increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease
Medications that target tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα), a protein involved in inflammation, have revolutionized the management of certain autoimmune ...
IU-connected startup enabling precision medicine for mental health, pain
Credit: Indiana University INDIANAPOLIS -- A new startup company founded on science developed at Indiana University is working to enable ...
Dose-dependent effects of esmolol-epinephrine combination therapy in myocardial ischemia
The article by Dr. Tobias Eckle et al. is published in Current Pharmaceutical Design, Volume 25, 2019 Epinephrine has been ...
Future Drug Discovery publishes its first issue
Future Science Group (FSG) is pleased to announce the publication of the first issue of its new open access journal, ...