Chemical reaction method for more efficient drug production
Researchers at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) in Japan and Mount Allison University in Canada have developed a …
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Diversity of Plasmodium falciparum across Sub-Saharan Africa
Scientists from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research joined a network of African scientists, the Plasmodium Diversity Network Africa, …
Mosquito ‘spit glands’ hold key to curbing malaria, study shows: Research reveals details of salivary gland ‘bottleneck’ that holds back malaria-causing parasites
Mosquitoes can harbor thousands of malaria-causing parasites in their bodies, yet while slurping blood from a victim, they transmit just …
Nanoparticles’ movements reveal whether they can successfully target cancer: Targeting nanoparticles rotate faster and move across larger areas
Targeted drug-delivery systems hold significant promise for treating cancer effectively by sparing healthy surrounding tissues. But the promising approach can …
Opioid alternative? Taming tetrodotoxin for precise painkilling: Findings in rats suggest that a pufferfish toxin, properly packaged, could offer a safe pain block
Opioids remain a mainstay of treatment for chronic and surgical pain, despite their side effects and risk for addiction and …
A new approach to targeting cancer cells
A University of California, Riverside, research team has come up with a new approach to targeting cancer cells that circumvents …
Alzheimer’s therapy passes another important test: Drug candidate PRI-002 has successfully completed Phase I of clinical research
The Alzheimer drug candidate PRI-002 has successfully completed Phase I of clinical research involving healthy volunteers. When administered daily over …
Doctors turning to antibiotic alternatives to treat acne
Physicians are scaling back on prescribing antibiotics for long-term acne treatment in favor of a combinations of therapies, according to …
Mass drug administration reduces scabies cases by 90% in Solomon Islands’ communities: Largest study of its kind provides important evidence for global strategy on scabies control
Mass drug administration (MDA) of two antibiotics can be highly effective at reducing cases of scabies and the bacterial infection …
Big data study identifies drugs that increase risk of psychosis in youth with ADHD
Certain drugs prescribed to teens and young adults with ADHD increase their risk of psychosis, say researchers at McLean Hospital …
Reducing the burden of tuberculosis treatment: Drug delivery system would allow patients to switch from daily to monthly doses
Tuberculosis is one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases: One-third of the world’s population is infected with TB, and more …
Bioluminescence sensors make new approaches to drug discovery possible
Canadian researchers, working in partnership with Brazilian colleagues, have developed 13 bioluminescence sensors for use in testing the effectiveness of …
Even as hospitals cut risky antibiotic use in-house, patients often go home with them
Even as hospitals try to cut back on prescribing powerful but risky antibiotics for their patients, a new study shows …
Drug compound could be next-generation treatment for aggressive form of leukemia: Compounds show promise in treating acute myeloid leukemia
Researchers have been struggling for years to find a treatment for patients who have a recurrence of acute myeloid leukemia …