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Hong Kong scientists say anti-microbe drug successful against coronavirus

10/12/2020

Credit: CC0 Public Domain An affordable anti-microbial drug used to treat stomach ulcers and bacterial infections has shown promise in combatting the coronavirus in animals, scientists in Hong Kong announced Monday. Researchers set out to explore whether metallodrugs—compounds containing metal that are more commonly used against bacteria—might also have anti-viral properties that could fight the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Using Syrian hamsters […]

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Study highlights failure to recognise risks of epilepsy drug in pregnancy

09/21/2020

Doctors are often failing to inform patients about the risk of birth defects to their unborn babies of a commonly used drug to treat epilepsy, according to a literature review by a University of Manchester researcher. The study by Wejdan Shroukh also reveals that both clinical staff and patients can dangerously misjudge the risk of taking a group of drugs—called […]

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Breast cancer drug set to transform prostate cancer treatment

09/21/2020

A drug used to treat breast and ovarian cancer can extend the lives of some men with prostate cancer and should become a new standard treatment for the disease, concludes a major trial which is set to change clinical practice. Final results from the trial showed that olaparib—a pioneering type of drug called a PARP inhibitor and the first ever […]

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Adult stem cells/glaucoma drug combo promotes diabetic wound healing in mice

07/28/2020

A new study released today in Stem Cells Translational Medicine shows promise of a major breakthrough in healing chronic foot ulcers resulting from diabetes. The study, by researchers at the University of California, Davis, is the first to demonstrate how a bioengineered scaffold made up of human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) combined with timolol—a drug commonly used to treat glaucoma—improved […]

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COVID-19: drug reduces heavy over the course of 80 percent natural healing natural healing portal

07/22/2020

Coronavirus: drug gives hope New research from the UK to make hope in the fight against the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and the pathogen-triggered disease COVID-19. A drug to be Inhaled can gradients, therefore, the risk for severe disease, as well as the risk of death dramatically reduce. In a recent communication, the University of Southampton and the drug development company Synairgen […]

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Experimental drug reduces replication of zika virus and prevents microcephaly in mice

07/20/2020

An international group of researchers have discovered that inhibiting AHR (aryl hydrocarbon receptor)—a protein with roles in regulating immunity, stem cell maintenance and cellular differentiation—enables the immune system to combat replication of zika virus in the organism far more effectively. In experiments performed at the University of São Paulo’s Biomedical Sciences Institute (ICB-USP) in Brazil, the antiviral therapy proved capable […]

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First drug proves able to improve survival from COVID-19, researchers say – The Denver Post

06/16/2020

Researchers in England say they have the first evidence that a drug can improve COVID-19 survival: A cheap, widely available steroid called dexamethasone reduced deaths by up to one third in severely ill hospitalized patients. Results were announced Tuesday and researchers said they would publish them soon. The study is a large, strict test that randomly assigned 2,104 patients to […]

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Novel targeted drug induced positive response for VHL-associated kidney cancer

05/28/2020

In an international trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, treatment with MK-6482, the small molecule inhibitor of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-2a was well tolerated and resulted in clinical responses for patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL)-associated renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The results of the Phase II trial were shared today in an oral presentation […]

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Sedative drug in combination with opioids may be especially dangerous

05/26/2020

Results from a study of adults with kidney failure suggest that taking both short-acting benzodiazepines and opioids may put patients at an especially high risk of dying prematurely. The findings appear in an upcoming issue of CJASN. Increasing use of opioids in recent years has led to rising numbers of deaths and hospitalizations due to overdoses. In light of this […]

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FDA may approve emergency use of Ebola drug remdesivir TODAY

04/29/2020

BREAKING NEWS: FDA may approve emergency use authorization of Ebola drug remdesivir TODAY after Dr Fauci called early results of one study ‘very optimistic’ The FDA may announce its decision allowing emergency use authorization of an antiviral remdesivir for coronavirus patients as early as Wednesday It comes as Gilead Sciences treated 397 severely ill patients and found more than half of […]

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