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ANGPTL4 patch may improve hard-to-heal skin lesions for diabetic patients
Scientists have developed a new gel patch prototype that could speed up the healing of a skin wound while minimising the formation of scars...
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UCB receives EU approval for paediatric anti-epileptic drug
UCB has announced that the EC has approved the use of its anti-epileptic drug Vimpatas in the treatment of partial-onset seizures...
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Romosozumab provides protection against fractures in osteoporosis
A new treatment for osteoporosis provides major improvements in bone density and fractures than the current standard treatment...
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Poliovirus therapy induces immune responses against cancer
Investigational therapy directly kills tumour cells and unmasks them to the body's defences.
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Steroid inhalers increase the risk of hard-to-treat infections
Older people who use steroid inhalers are more likely to suffer particular bacterial infections...
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Beta-blocker therapy after heart attack questioned
Researchers have found that beta blockers are not needed after a heart attack if survivors are taking ACE inhibitors and statins...
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ALA-artemisinin combination therapy for cancer identified
Artemisinin, a potent anti-malarial drug, has been widely hailed as a promising alternative cancer treatment...
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One vaccine injection could carry many doses
Engineers have invented a new 3-D fabrication method that can generate a novel type of drug-carrying particle that could allow multiple doses of a drug or vaccine to be delivered...
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Type 2 diabetes drug provides significant benefits to type 1 diabetic patients
A study has found that a majority of patients with Type 1 diabetes who were treated with dapagliflozin, a Type 2 diabetes medicine, had a significant decline in their blood sugar levels...
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New microchip technology could be used to track ‘smart pills’
Researchers have developed microscale devices that relay their location in the body...
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Magnetic cellular ‘Legos’ for the regenerative medicine of the future
By incorporating magnetic nanoparticles in cells researchers have succeeded in creating cellular magnetic "Legos."...
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Cancer drug stimulates tripolar mode of mitosis
Taxanes inhibit cell division and make cancer cells sensitive to radiation therapy, a current study has investigated the underlying mechanisms of this action...
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Nivolumab superior to ipilimumab for adjuvant treatment of melanoma
Adjuvant nivolumab has been found to be more superior than ipilimumab in the standard of care in patients with surgically resected stage III/IV melanoma...
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Nivolumab cuts relapse by one third compared to Ipilimumab
Alternative immunotherapy drug nivolumab is more effective than current standard of care in treating advanced melanoma after surgical removal of disease.
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Pembrolizumab shows promise in pretreated metastatic gastric cancer
Pembrolizumab has shown a promising response rate in patients with pre-treated metastatic gastric cancer, according to results from the KEYNOTE-059 trial...
