Thursday, January 31, 2013

Exjade Approved for Inherited Blood Disorder - Drugs.com MedNews

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We know that, Deferasirox (marketed as Exjade ) is a rationally-designed oral iron chelator. Its main use is to reduce chronic iron over...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013

NIH clinical trial begins for treatment of rare, fatal neurological disorder, January 23, 2013 News Release - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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 We know that, Cyclodextrins (sometimes called cycloamyloses ) are a family of compounds made up of sugar molecules bound together in a r...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013

New drug protects against side effects of chemotherapy

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 A drug developed at Linköping University in Sweden protects against the side effects of cancer treatments while strengthening the effec...
Monday, January 28, 2013

Beta carotene may protect people with common genetic risk factor for type-2 diabetes

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Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have found that for people harboring a genetic predisposition that is prevalent amon...
Sunday, January 27, 2013

Drug combination extends pancreatic cancer patient survival, study suggests

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A multi-center Phase III clinical trial demonstrates that Abraxane (below left structure) (nab- paclitaxel ) plus gemcitabine is the fi...
Saturday, January 26, 2013

Novel technique reveals dynamics of telomere DNA structure: Chromosome-capping telomeres are a potential target for anti-cancer drugs

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In continuation of my update on telomerase "Most cancer cells use telomerase as one mechanism to maintain uncontrolled growth, s...

Takeda Receives FDA Approval for Oseni (alogliptin and pioglitazone) for Type 2 Diabetes

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In continuation of y update on  pioglitazone Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Takeda) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Takeda P...
Thursday, January 24, 2013

NuPathe's Zecuity Approved by the FDA for the Acute Treatment of Migraine

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We know that,  Sumatriptan (see structure)   is a synthetic drug belonging to the  triptan  class, used for the treatment of  migraine  he...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Novel technique reveals dynamics of telomere DNA structure: Chromosome-capping telomeres are a potential target for anti-cancer drugs

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In continuation of my update on Telomerase Novel technique reveals dynamics of telomere DNA structure: Chromosome-capping telomeres ar...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Researchers identify potential sources of medicines derived from plants against diabetes

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A group of researchers from the university's School of Science, led by Dr Solomon Habtemariam, believe they have identified potential...
Monday, January 21, 2013

Berries help women beat heart attack risk

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 In continuation of my update on berries Berries help women beat heart attack risk
Sunday, January 20, 2013

Universität Bern - Abteilung Kommunikation - Gute Bakterien im Darm beugen Diabetes vor

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Universität Bern - Abteilung Kommunikation - Gute Bakterien im Darm beugen Diabetes vor

Tamoxifen can counteract some pathologic features in mouse model of DMD

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 In continuation of my update on Tamoxifen Using the mdx5Cv mouse model of DMD, investigators found that tamoxifen, given orally f...

p53 activation suppresses malic enzyme expression and leads to senescence in pre-cancerous cells

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A team of researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, has identified a class of p53 target genes and reg...
Saturday, January 19, 2013

Diospyrin inactivates a drug target for tuberculosis in new way

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A compound from the South African toothbrush tree inactivates a drug target for tuberculosis in a previously unseen way.  T...