Pharmacology News
May 1, 2024
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Apr. 30, 2024 — Proteins are the workhorses of life. Organisms use them as building blocks, receptors, processors, couriers and catalysts. A protein's structure is critical to its function. Malformed proteins not only fail to carry out their tasks, they can ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — A new study examining the role of aspirin in breast cancer treatment reveals critical issues related to health equity and aging that have broad implications for cancer and other disease intervention ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Scientists say that an experimental monoclonal antibody drug called mAb43 appears to prevent and reverse the onset of clinical type 1 diabetes in mice, and in some cases, to lengthen the animals' ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — Researchers have identified a potential new treatment for persistent neurological symptoms of Lyme disease, commonly seen even after antibiotic use. The study found that fibroblast growth factor receptor inhibitors, previously studied in cancer, ...
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Apr. 30, 2024 — Scientists report significant progress in cultivating nephron progenitor cells (NPCs), the cells destined to form the kidney's filtration system, the ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — People with long COVID have distinct patterns of inflammation detectable in the blood, which could potentially be targeted with immune ...
Apr. 22, 2024 — Drug effects have dominated the national conversation about psychedelics for medical treatment, but a new study suggests that when it comes to reducing depression with psychedelic-assisted therapy, ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — A new study suggests using the anti-COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid three to five days after symptoms emerge in patients and expanding global access to the drug may help reduce the severity and ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — For most human proteins, there are no small molecules known to bind them chemically (so called 'ligands'). Ligands frequently represent important starting points for drug development but this ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — A new tool to identify infants most at risk for severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) illness could aid pediatricians in prioritizing children under 1 to receive a preventive medication before RSV ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Many surgeons remove the bursa when repairing rotator cuff injuries, but a new animal study suggests that the small tissue helps with ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — An unexpected discovery surprised a scientist: nanometer-sized diamond particles, which were intended for a completely different purpose, shone brightly in a magnetic resonance imaging experiment -- ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Cleveland Clinic researchers developed an artficial intelligence (AI) model that can determine the best combination and timeline to use when prescribing drugs to treat a bacterial infection, based ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Researchers have created a new vaccine candidate to treat staph and MRSA ...
Earlier Headlines
Apr. 25, 2024 — A multicenter study has identified a potential new treatment for acute heart failure, a leading cause of hospitalization and ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Machines can learn not only to make predictions, but also to handle causal relationships. An international research team shows how this could make therapies safer, more efficient, and more ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Researchers discovered that more than 300 liver genes are under circadian control: Circadian variations affect how much of a drug is available and how effectively the body can break it ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — People who take acid-reducing drugs may have a higher risk of migraine and other severe headache than people who do not take these medications, according to a new study. The acid-reducing drugs ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — To improve chemotherapy dosing, engineers designed CLAUDIA, a way to continuously measure how much drug is in a patient's system during hours-long ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Conditions such as diabetes, heart attack and vascular diseases commonly diagnosed in people with spinal cord injuries can be traced to abnormal post-injury neuronal activity that causes abdominal ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — A new computer process makes it possible to generate active pharmaceutical ingredients quickly and easily based on a protein's three-dimensional surface. The new process could revolutionize drug ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Researchers have published results of a phase I clinical trial of a novel immunotherapy for high-risk ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — If a patient is successfully resuscitated after a cardiac arrest and circulation resumes, they are not out of the woods yet. A number of factors can influence whether and how they survive the trauma ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Nursing homes in disadvantaged communities are more likely to overmedicate residents with antipsychotics, especially homes that are understaffed, according to a new ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — Researchers describe the steps they took to manipulate DNA and proteins -- essential building blocks of life -- to create cells that look and act like cells from the body. This accomplishment, a ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — A follow-up analysis 50 years later finds no adverse heart health risk from Professor Mont Liggins' landmark steroid study to reduce illness and death for pre-term ...
Scientists Discover the Cellular Functions of a Family of Proteins Integral to Inflammatory Diseases
Apr. 22, 2024 — In a scientific breakthrough, researchers have revealed the biological mechanisms by which a family of proteins known as histone deacetylases (HDACs) activate immune system cells linked to ...
Apr. 22, 2024 — Plant-derived nanoparticles have demonstrated significant anticancer effects. Researchers recently developed rice bran-derived nanoparticles (rbNPs) that efficiently suppressed cell proliferation and ...
Apr. 22, 2024 — Scientists are developing and validating a patent-pending novel immunotherapy to be used against glioblastoma brain tumors. Glioblastomas are almost always lethal with a median survival time of 14 ...
Apr. 19, 2024 — Researchers explore a cancer immunotherapy treatment that involves activating the immune cells in the body and reprogramming them to attack and destroy cancer cells. This therapeutic method ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — Researchers have uncovered a mechanism in the brain that allows cocaine and morphine to take over natural reward processing ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — Most cancer patients do not benefit from early targeted therapies. Scientists now describe a new computational pipeline to systematically predict patient response to cancer drugs at single-cell ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — Two siblings who have the only known mutations in a key gene anywhere in the world have helped scientists gain new insights that could help progress the search for new treatments in type 1 ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — AI developments in chemical biology could unlock new types of disease ...
Thursday, April 25, 2024
- Advance in the Treatment of Acute Heart Failure Identified
- AI in Medicine: The Causality Frontier
- Circadian Rhythms Can Influence Drugs' Effectiveness
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Use of Acid Reflux Drugs Linked to Higher Risk of Migraine
- A Closed-Loop Drug-Delivery System Could Improve Chemotherapy
- After Spinal Cord Injury, Neurons Wreak Havoc on Metabolism
- AI Designs New Drugs Based on Protein Structures
- CAR T Cell Therapy Targeting HER2 Antigen Shows Promise Against Advanced Sarcoma in Phase I Trial
- Positive Effect of Midazolam After Cardiac Arrest
- Understaffed Nursing Homes in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods More Likely to Overuse Antipsychotics
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Researchers Create Artificial Cells That Act Like Living Cells
- Follow-Up 50 Years on Finds Landmark Steroid Study Remains Safe
Monday, April 22, 2024
- Scientists Discover the Cellular Functions of a Family of Proteins Integral to Inflammatory Diseases
- Breakthrough Rice Bran Nanoparticles Show Promise as Affordable and Targeted Anticancer Agent
- Genetically Engineering a Treatment for Incurable Brain Tumors
Friday, April 19, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
- A Common Pathway in the Brain That Enables Addictive Drugs to Hijack Natural Reward Processing
- AI Tool Predicts Responses to Cancer Therapy Using Information from Each Cell of the Tumor
- Siblings With Unique Genetic Change Help Scientists Progress Drug Search for Type 1 Diabetes
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Researchers Create New AI Pipeline for Identifying Molecular Interactions
- Protecting Brain Cells With Cannabinol
- AI Speeds Up Drug Design for Parkinson's by Ten-Fold
- Researchers Uncover Human DNA Repair by Nuclear Metamorphosis
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Common HIV Treatments May Aid Alzheimer's Disease Patients
- Teen Stress May Raise Risk of Postpartum Depression in Adults
Monday, April 15, 2024
- Illuminating the Path to Hearing Recovery
- Next-Generation Treatments Hitch a Ride Into Cancer Cells
- Epilepsy Drug Prevents Brain Tumors in Mice With NF1
Friday, April 12, 2024
- Team Demonstrates Miniature Brain Stimulator in Humans
- A Third of Women Experience Migraines Associated With Menstruation, Most Commonly When Premenopausal
- Study Reveals Potential to Reverse Lung Fibrosis Using the Body's Own Healing Technique
- Molecular Causes of Different Functions of Opioid Receptors
- Melanomas Resist Drugs by 'breaking' Genes
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- New Study Finds Potential Targets at Chromosome Ends for Degenerative Disease Prevention
- Why Some People With Rheumatoid Arthritis Have Pain Without Inflammation
- Scientists Uncover Key Resistance Mechanism to Wnt Inhibitors in Pancreatic and Colorectal Cancers
- Landmark Study Involving Babies in Ireland Supports Use of Cystic Fibrosis Drug in Infants from Four Weeks of Age
- In the Drive to Deprescribe, Heartburn Drug Study Teaches Key Lessons
- This Outdated Diabetes Drug Still Has Something to Offer
- Safety of a Potential New Treatment to Manage Complications from Sickle Cell Disease
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- How the Body Switches out of 'fight' Mode
- New Drug Prevents Flu-Related Inflammation and Lung Damage
- Researchers Discover How We Perceive Bitter Taste
- Mechanism of Action of the Hepatitis B and D Virus Cell Entry Inhibitor Bulevirtide Deciphered
- New Insight Into Combating Drug-Resistant Prostate Cancer
- Impact of Aldehydes on DNA Damage and Aging
- Brain Stimulation Treatment May Improve Depression, Anxiety in Older Adults
- Revolutionary Molecular Device Unleashes Potential for Targeted Drug Delivery and Self-Healing Materials
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- Beating Back Bitter Taste in Medicine
- Nasal Spray Safely Treats Recurrent Abnormal Heart Rhythms, Clinical Trial Suggests
- Targeting RAS Proteins May Prevent Relapse in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
- No Link Between Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children's Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability, Says Large Sibling Study
- Cardiology Team Performs Novel Heart Artery Repair With Newly Approved Device
Monday, April 8, 2024
- A Pulse of Innovation: AI at the Service of Heart Research
- Targeting Vulnerability in B-Cell Development Leads to Novel Drug Combination for Leukemia
- Scientists Grow 'mini Kidneys,' Revealing New Insights Into Metabolic Defects and Potential Therapy for Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Bringing Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens to Their Knees
- Opening a New Front Against Pancreatic Cancer
- Unnecessary Use of Beta-Blockers After a Heart Attack?
- Stopping Aspirin One Month After Coronary Stenting Procedures Significantly Reduces Bleeding Complications in Heart Attack Patients, Study Suggests
Friday, April 5, 2024
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- An Hereditary Liver Disease Cured With the Help of Gene Scissors
- Organoids Reveal How to Protect the Brain Against Dementia and ALS Following Traumatic Injury, According to Study
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- Developing a Vaccine for the 'zombie Drug' Xylazine
- Immunotherapy for Alzheimer's Disease Shows Promise in Mouse Study
- Researchers Map How the Brain Regulates Emotions
- New Discovery Unravels Malaria Invasion Mechanism
- Using Machine Learning to Save Lives in the ER
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- Investigators Develop Novel Treatment for T-Cell Leukemias and Lymphomas
- Wound Treatment Gel Fights the Battle Against Antibacterial Resistance
Monday, April 1, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- How the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Enters Our Cells
- Researchers Racing to Develop Paxlovid Replacement
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- Researchers Introduce Enhanced Brain Signal Analysis Technique
- A Combination of Approved Drugs Enhances the Delivery of Anti-Bacterial Medications to Treat Tuberculosis
- Combining Epigenetic Cancer Medications May Have Benefit for Colorectal Cancers and Other Tumor Types
- Researchers Turn Back the Clock on Cancer Cells to Offer New Treatment Paradigm
- ADHD Stimulants May Increase Risk of Heart Damage in Young Adults, Study Finds
- New Technique for Predicting Protein Dynamics May Prove Big Breakthrough for Drug Discovery
- Popular Obesity Drugs May Lead to Medical Procedure Complications
- New Enzymatic Cocktail Can Kill Tuberculosis-Causing Mycobacteria
- Safer, More Efficient Drug Discovery
- Researchers Create Biocompatible Nanoparticles to Enhance Systemic Delivery of Cancer Immunotherapy
- Researchers Discover a Mechanism That Could Improve Platinum-Based Cancer Therapy
- Accelerating CAR T Cell Therapy: Lipid Nanoparticles Speed Up Manufacturing
- Beating by Overheating: New Strategy to Combat Cancer
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Crackdown on Illicit Drugs Detects Rise in 'designer' Drug Substitutes
- Cancer Therapies Show Promise in Combating Tuberculosis
- Promising Drug Combination for Multiple Myeloma Treatment
- Breakthrough Antibiotic Shows Promise Against Obstinate Mycobacterial Infections
- Gene Discovery Offers New Hope for People Living With Chronic Skin Disease
- Inflammation-Reducing Drug Shows No Benefit for Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Troubling Trends in Midlife Mortality in the US and UK
Friday, March 22, 2024
- New Way to Find Proteins for Targeted Treatment of Disease
- Researchers Invent Artificial Intelligence Model to Design New Superbug-Fighting Antibiotics
- Bioelectronic Mesh Capable of Growing With Cardiac Tissues for Comprehensive Heart Monitoring