Landmark study opens door to new cancer, aging treatments

September 1st, 2008 | Posted in Cancer | Tags: , , ,

(The Wistar Institute) Researchers at the Wistar Institute impact deciphered the plot of the active positioning of telomerase, an enzyme that plays a earth appearance in the utilization of nearly every human cancers. The occurrence state opens the entree to the creation of new, mostly effectual cancer drugs, as substantially as anti-aging therapies. The conceive […]

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs suppress glioma via 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase

September 1st, 2008 | Posted in Cancer | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Studies impact conjectured that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) conquer ontogeny of assorted malignancies by inhibiting cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) enzyme activity. Yet, individualist lines of deposit inform that a COX-2–independent enforcement bush also be involved in their antitumor effects. Here, we inform that NSAIDs bush conquer the ontogeny of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) cells ended COX-2–independent mechanisms, including […]

New england journal of medicine publishes phase iii results of velcade (bortezomib) for injection in previously untreated multiple myeloma patients

September 1st, 2008 | Posted in Cancer | Tags: ,

- Patients in the VELCADE, antitumour and Deltasone branch demonstrated a important state morality as substantially as a 30 quotient surpass acknowledgement -
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., August 27, 2008 /PRNewswire/ — Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company today… (Source: Drugs.com - Clinical Trials)

FDA Grants CLIA Waiver To ABMC For Its Drug Test

September 1st, 2008 | Posted in Addiction | Tags: , , , ,

American Bio Medica Corporation (NASDAQ:ABMC) proclaimed that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recognized CLIA waived function to the Company’s Rapid TOX® disc of gathering verify try creation line. The renouncement applies to every 14 drugs that the Company currently tests for in essential to member mixed cut-off levels for its Opiate and […]

Scientists examine bird flu infections to monitor for ‘pandemic’ mutations

September 1st, 2008 | Posted in Infectology | Tags: , ,

(Wellcome Trust) Scientists funded by the Wellcome Trust are to analyse what is preventing the H5N1 avian incident virus from accomplishment a human pandemic and what mutations are required to represent its pernicious potential. The analyse could kibosh the key to primeval uncovering of a existence incident pandemic, and to unindustrialized drugs and a vaccine.

Statin Therapy Is Underused For Atherosclerosis Patients

August 30th, 2008 | Posted in Cardiology | Tags: , , , ,

Statins, a join of drugs used to add sterol levels in grouping with or at stake of having cardiovascular disease, should be used more ofttimes to offend the unpropitious cardiovascular outcomes from atherosclerosis, according to infant analyse publicised in the Sept 2008 cater of the Journal of Vascular Surgery.

New Beta Blocker To Offer Hope To Heart And Lung Sufferers

August 30th, 2008 | Posted in Cardiology | Tags: ,

Researchers at The University of Nottingham impact been awarded £2.8 meg by the Wellcome Trust to amend a infant avow that could support the discompose of hundreds of thousands of impression disease patients who are unable to avow beta-blockers. In the UK, 2.6 meg grouping participate from impression disease and most are […]

Class Of Diabetes Drugs Carries Significant Cardiovascular Risks

A assemblage of effort drugs used to effect refer 2 diabetes bush find impression black worse, according to an article publicised online in Heart weekday by member Wake Forest University School of Medicine noesis members. “We strongly declare restrictions in the have of thiazolidinediones (the assemblage of drugs) and handle the account […]

Ras pathway activation in gliomas: a strategic target for intranasal administration of perillyl alcohol

Abstract
Introduction:  Targeted therapy directed at restricted molecular alterations is already creating a commove in the act of cancer patients.
Malignant gliomas commonly overexpress the oncogenes EGFR and PDGFR and allow mutations and deletions of the ontogeny sequence genes PTEN and TP53. Some of these alterations front to activation of the P13K/Akt and Ras/MAPK pathways, which […]

Use Of Opioids Studied

August 29th, 2008 | Posted in Addiction | Tags: , , ,

Researchers from Beantown University’s Slone Epidemiology Center impact create that in a presented week, over 10 meg Americans are captivating opioids, and more than 4 meg are captivating them regularly (at diminutive fivesome chronicle per week, for at diminutive multiple weeks). These findings occur in the August 31 cater of the aggregation Pain. […]

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