Tag: Pharmaceutical Science

February 4, 2019

Credit: University of Warwick Iridium - a rare metal on earth from the meteorite that wiped out dinosaurs - attached ...

New UC study may help guide treatment of pediatric anxiety

February 1, 2019

In a comprehensive analysis, SSRIs found to be most effective in treating children and adolescents with anxiety disorder Researchers from ...

Scripps research chemist Matthew D. Disney shares the Sackler Prize

February 1, 2019

Credit: Scott Wiseman for Scripps Research JUPITER, Fla.-- Jan. 31, 2019 -- Chemistry Professor Matthew D. Disney, PhD, of Scripps ...

For older people, medications are common; AGS Beers Criteria aims to make them appropriate, too

New computational method reduces risk of drug formulation

One major factor that determines the efficacy of a drug is the structure that its molecules form in a solid ...

Medical cannabis relieves symptoms in children with autism

BEER-SHEVA, Israel...January 31, 2019 - In a new study of patients with autism who are 18 years old and under, ...

Skin cancer can spread in mice by hijacking the immune system

Scientists have uncovered molecules released by invasive skin cancer that reprogram healthy immune cells to help the cancer to spread. ...

Researchers develop new approach for vanquishing superbugs

Tackling antibiotic resistance via existing drugs (with a twist)Credit: Jacob Scott, MD, DPhil A scientific team from Case Western Reserve ...

Researchers find antidepressants significantly raise risk of GI, intracranial bleeding

Severe bleeding up to 40 percent more likely for patients on SSRIs, according to review in the Journal of the ...

Fexinidazole, the first all-oral treatment for sleeping sickness, approved in DRC

PARIS and GENEVA - January 30, 2019 - Marketing authorization of fexinidazole for the treatment of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense human ...

Ingestible, expanding pill monitors the stomach for up to a month

Soft, squishy device could potentially track ulcers, cancers, and other GI conditions over the long term MIT engineers have designed ...

Cardiff University researchers shed light on development of gastric cancer

January 29, 2019

New target for gastric cancer therapies Cardiff University researchers have uncovered new information about the underlying mechanisms for gastric cancer, ...

Doctors are prescribing opioids for shorter duration, lower doses in children

January 29, 2019

Rate of prescribing remains consistent, say CHOP researchers As the opioid epidemic continues to plague the United States, physician-researchers at ...

MMV and DNDi make compounds available for research into new drugs for pandemic diseases

January 29, 2019

Pandemic Response Box harnesses open and collaborative approaches to medical innovation Geneva - 29 January 2019 - Medicines for Malaria ...

NIAID-sponsored clinical trial of Ebola vaccines begins at Cincinnati Children's

January 28, 2019

Study in healthy adults tests body's immune responseCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI--A Phase 1 clinical trial of investigational vaccines intended to ...

Hens that lay human proteins in eggs offer future therapy hope

January 28, 2019

Credit: Norrie Russell, The Roslin Institute Chickens that are genetically modified to produce human proteins in their eggs can offer ...

Tachycardia in cancer patients may signal increased mortality risk

Once other causes are ruled out, tachycardia is a marker of a poor prognosis in these patients Cancer patients who ...

Medications could fill treatment gap for adolescents with obesity

Twelve independent pediatric obesity medicine and surgery specialists, led by experts at Boston Medical Center (BMC), outline an urgent need ...

Helmholtz scientists identify the causes of cortisone-induced side effects

Credit: © Helmholtz Zentrum München Patients undergoing long-term treatment with steroids may suffer from metabolic side effects. Researchers at the ...

Study suggests aspirin may help some patients survive head and neck cancer