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Coronaviruses have been around for centuries. The 21st century brought three known to cause severe human disease and global transmission concerns: SARS-CoV in 2002; MERS-CoV in 2012; and most recently SARS-CoV…
Read guide →Scientists in the United States suggest how a molecular mechanism that may have helped to stop our ancestors from starving might now be contributing to the obesity epidemic. Studies headed by a team at the NYU…
Read guide →Gilead Sciences has bolstered its pipeline of antiviral drugs in recent days through a potentially $320 million-plus licensing deal with DURECT announced today, and a $291 million-plus purchase from Novartis o…
Read guide →Which drug for erectile dysfunction? Erectile dysfunction pills have some differences, but price can limit your ED medicine choices. What are the differences between erectile dysfunction drugs? About half of m…
Read guide →Key takeaways - For most people, managing the flu primarily involves relieving symptoms through rest, fluids, and over-the-counter medications. - Antiviral drugs can help reduce the severity and duration of th…
Read guide →Is whey protein concentrate the same thing as whey protein isolate? Yes, with differences in protein and fat makeup. While both types are used in nutritional supplements, whey protein isolate typically has a h…
Read guide →Altering the chemical properties of an anti-nausea drug enables it to enter the endosomal compartments inside the cell and provide long-lasting pain relief, according to a new study led by researchers at NYU C…
Read guide →One method used to diagnose (or monitor) common inflammatory disorders, such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, is to measure the amount of the protein calprotectin in stool samples. In addition, the a…
Read guide →Researchers at Karolinska Institute in Sweden have found further evidence for how the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) can trigger multiple sclerosis (MS) or drive disease progression. Through a study in humans and in…
Read guide →IRB Study Number 23-597 Status Recruiting Institute Taussig Cancer Institute Description 3.1 Primary Objective(s) (1) Objective (dose escalation phase): To evaluate the safety and tolerability of GI-102 to def…
Read guide →Tilting the scales at 4.7 megadaltons and reaching 1 micron in length, the newly discovered algal enzyme PKZILLA-1 is the largest protein ever identified in biology. Indeed, PKZILLA-1 is 25% larger than the pr…
Read guide →This week, Nuntius Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing both mRNA therapies and delivery vehicles, announced a collaborative agreement with Japanese company Taiho Pharmaceutical. The terms allow Ta…
Read guide →A study released earlier this month offers data that will likely crystallize the unease felt by patients seeking a break from the sky-high price of drugs. Between 2007 and 2018, the net cost of all brand-name …
Read guide →The president and CEO of Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT) is defending the list price of his company’s recently-approved sickle-cell disease (SCD) drug Oxbryta™ (voxelotor) from criticism that the company set i…
Read guide →Scientists at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have discovered a way to inhibit pancreatic cancer in mice by putting the animals on a high fat, or ketogenic diet, and giving them a cancer ther…
Read guide →What exactly happens in our brain when we make the decision about whether to exercise, or whether to reach for a particularly tempting snack, has to date been a mystery to science. Studies in mice by researche…
Read guide →The delivery of drugs across barriers, including the notoriously challenging blood-brain barrier, remains one of the biggest hurdles in drug discovery. “One of the biggest challenges in treating neurological d…
Read guide →The results of preclinical studies headed by investigators at the UK Dementia Research Institute at University College London, and colleagues, suggest that non-neuronal brain cells called oligodendrocytes are …
Read guide →Researchers from the lab of Robert Langer, ScD, at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), say they have developed a printer for microneedle patch…
Read guide →Newly reported research headed by a team at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania points to a potential gene therapy approach to neurodegenerative disorders characterized by tangles…
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