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Ponatinib is found to be effective against SCCOHT
Ponatinib is effective against SCCOHT, a type of ovarian cancer that mostly strikes young women and girls as young as 14 months...
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Repurposing leukaemia drugs may prevent melanoma metastasis
Data from a new study shows that repurposing drugs used to treat leukaemia has promise for preventing melanoma metastasis...
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Aspirin lowers risk of death for patients with diabetes and heart failure
Researchers assess aspirin as a preventive measure for patients who have both diabetes and heart failure...
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Diabetes drug use during pregnancy linked to child’s weight
When women take the common diabetes medication metformin during pregnancy, it may put their children at increased risk of having obesity...
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Gene therapy medication provides improvements in severe SMA
Spinraza, the gene therapy medication, also provides significant improvements in cases with the next most severe form of the spinal muscular atrophy...
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Cancer drugs could transform the lives of children with AVM
Drugs normally used to treat cancer could reduce the disfigurements of thousands of children born with life-threatening blood vessel defects...
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EMA recommends authorisation to Amglidia for neonatal diabetes
Amglidia is a new formulation of glibenclamide, specifically developed for use in newborns, toddlers and children...
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3K3A-APC demonstrates safety in clinical trial for acute ischemic stroke
A preliminary Phase 2 clinical trial has demonstrated that patients with acute ischemic stroke, can safely tolerate high doses of 3K3A-APC, a promising anti-stroke drug...
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MK-8353 shows promise for melanoma with BRAF or RAS mutations
An investigational compound designed to block a hyperactive cell growth signal in advanced melanoma and other cancers has shown some promise in an early-stage clinical trial...
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Donepezil restores the density of dendritic spines after alcohol binges
Alzheimer's drug appears to reverse structural and genetic brain changes that affect memory and learning...
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Psoriasis drug found to reduce aortic vascular inflammation
An antibody used to treat the skin disease psoriasis is also effective at reducing aortic inflammation, a key marker of future risk of major cardiovascular events...
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Novartis forms alliance to develop medicines for cryptosporidiosis
Novartis and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have formed an alliance to advance the development of Novartis' drug candidate KDU731...
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FDA approves label update of Cosentyx to include scalp psoriasis
The FDA has approved a label update for Cosentyx, the first interleukin-17A inhibitor approved to treat moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis...
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Primaquine-methylene blue combination blocks malaria transmission
Researchers have shown that two different compounds can safely and effectively be added to treatment regimens to block the transmission of the most common form of malaria...
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Sodium benzoate enhances schizophrenia treatment
A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial has found that sodium benzoate improves symptoms in clozapine-resistant schizophrenia...
