Diabetes drugs show promise to treat symptoms of Alzheimer’s
Discovery of a pathway linking Alzheimer's disease and Type 2 diabetes leads to new strategies to preserve brain health...
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FDA approves first epoetin alfa biosimilar for the treatment of anaemia
The FDA has approved Retacrit as a biosimilar to Epogen/Procrit for the treatment of anaemia caused by chronic kidney disease, chemotherapy, or use of zidovudine in patients with HIV infection...
Web tool predicts phenotypes from a DNA sample
An international team of scientists have developed a novel tool to accurately predict eye, hair and skin colour from human biological material...
SB216763 shows efficacy in Rett syndrome
Researchers describe how a new drug is able to reduce the symptoms and activate the dormant neurons characteristic of Rett Syndrome...
New molecule to improve pharmaceuticals draws inspiration from nature’s toolbox
New catalyst is specifically tuned to integrate fluorine atoms into a new organic product...
FDA expands approval of Gilenya to treat multiple sclerosis in paediatric patients
The FDA has approved Gilenya to treat relapsing multiple sclerosis in children and adolescents age 10 years and older...
Osteoporosis drug may benefit heart health
The osteoporosis drug alendronate was linked with a reduced risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack and stroke...
PET scan tracer predicts success of cancer vaccine
By engineering a special molecule to track certain immune cells in the body, scientists have invented a litmus test for the effectiveness of a newly devised cancer therapy...
FDA approves Briviact for partial-onset seizures in paediatric epilepsy
The approval provides paediatric epilepsy patients a treatment option which can be initiated at a therapeutic dose from day one...
New cancer immunotherapy drugs rapidly reach patients after approval
The majority of patients eligible for cancer immunotherapy drugs known as checkpoint inhibitors received treatment within a few months of FDA approval, according to a new Yale-led study.
Noninvasive therapy may reverse atherosclerosis
Researchers synthesized self-assembling peptide amphile nanofibers that targeted areas of plaque and could be delivered by intravenous injection...
Oral antibiotics may raise risk of kidney stones
Paediatric researchers have found that children and adults treated with some oral antibiotics have a significantly higher risk of developing kidney stones...
Sensitive new assay detects hepatitis B infection in single liver cells and serum
Technique measuring the cccDNA marker may allow earlier detection of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients...
Treatment for MRSA no longer more costly than for susceptible Staph aureus infections
A new study found that infections caused by the drug resistant bacteria - methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, known as MRSA - are no more expensive to treat than MSSA, the methicillin-susceptible version of the same bacteria.
Engineers make drug microparticles a thousand times faster than ever before
Engineers have developed a microfluidic system where more than ten thousand of these devices run in parallel, all on a silicon-and-glass chip that can fit into a shirt pocket...
