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After surgery to remove tumors, some cancer cells can be left behind where they can grow back or spread to a new part of the body. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have now developed a hydrogel that can be applied post-surgery to prev… Continue reading Drug-releasing hydrogel keeps cancer from returning after surgery
Researchers have reported a new non-hormonal male contraceptive pill that disrupts a particular protein involved in sperm formation. Tests in mice have so far been promising, showing effective prevention of pregnancy, reversibility within weeks, and no… Continue reading Male contraceptive pill proves effective and reversible in mice
Scientists have found that an existing drug, already used in humans to treat alcohol use disorder, could help restore vision lost to conditions like age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. The discovery also uncovers a new mechanism … Continue reading Alcoholism treatment restores vision in mice with macular degeneration
Medicine doesn’t have a great track record treating pancreatic cancer, with treatments like chemo and immunotherapy not making much headway. In a new mouse study from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, scientists have found that… Continue reading Blocking inflammation makes pancreatic cancer vulnerable to immunotherapy
Asthma is a very common condition and, while it’s treatable, there’s always a need for new options. Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have now found that an inflammatory “off switch” molecule could help treat severe asthma.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Anti-inflammatory molecule could unlock new treatments for severe asthma
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are poised to become one of the most pressing health problems in coming decades, with these superbugs predicted to claim up to 10 million lives a year by 2050. Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have found a … Continue reading New superbug treatment disables drug resistance in deadly bacteria
Researchers in Japan have demonstrated a new antibody treatment for prostate cancer. The drug helps reverse a nasty trick that cancer cells play on the immune system, with promising results shown in experiments in dogs with the cancer.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Prostate cancer antibody treatment shows promise in dogs
Our antibiotics are failing in large numbers, threatening a future “dark age of medicine” where once-simple infections become lethal again. A team of scientists has now found a way to restore common antibiotics to their former strength, by repurposing a molecule developed to treat Alzheimer’s.
Tags: Bacteria, Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Superbugs, Antibiotic, University of Melbourne, Alzheimer’s Disease, Drug, Zinc
Continue reading Stalled Alzheimer’s drug may find new purpose against superbugs
Researchers at Yale have developed a new oral medication for type 1 diabetes. In tests in mice, not only did the drug quickly adjust insulin levels, it also restored metabolic functions and reversed inflammation, opening up a potential way to prevent t… Continue reading Oral insulin pill treats, and even prevents, type 1 diabetes in mice
Pneumonia is usually treated with antibiotics, but unfortunately these drugs are becoming less useful as bacteria develop resistance to them. Now, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found a way to boost immune cells to eat the … Continue reading Synthetic molecule boosts bacteria-eating immune cells to treat pneumonia