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Researchers identify transporters responsible for arsenic accumulation in plant seeds

Researchers from FIU's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Barry P. Rosen and Jian Chen, both from the Department of Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, are part of an international team that has identified how arsenic gets into the seeds of plants such as rice. T

23 Dec 2015

HBI-8000 granted orphan drug designation in Japan for treatment of peripheral T-cell lymphoma

HUYA Bioscience International, Founder, CEO & Executive Chair, Dr. Mireille Gillings today announced that the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare granted HBI-8000 orphan drug designation in Japan for peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL).

22 Dec 2015

Benjamin Wolozin receives $500,000 award in Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery Research

Research that leads to improved therapies for Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients is one goal of Boston University School of Medicine professor of pharmacology and neurology Benjamin Wolozin, MD, PhD. He was one of six researchers awarded a two-year, $500,000 award in Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery Research by the Edward N. & Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation.

22 Dec 2015

Chronic alcohol use with repeated binge drinking can cause more damage to the liver

Excessive alcohol consumption is a global public health issue. In the United States, binge drinking is the most common form - so common, in fact, that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports approximately one in six adults binge drinks about four times each month.

18 Dec 2015

Novel drug candidate prevents nerve cell damage in mouse model of Parkinson's disease

A team of scientists at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and Longevity Biotech, Inc., has demonstrated that neuroprotection could be attained in preclinical models by a novel drug candidate that changes immune responses.

18 Dec 2015

Novel strategies on the way for difficult-to-treat head and neck cancer

Novel strategies are on the way for difficult-to-treat and advanced head and neck cancer, the most heterogeneous group of malignancies which are generally associated with poor survival, and encouraging results have been presented at the first ESMO Asia 2015 Congress in Singapore.

17 Dec 2015

Researchers identify how immune cells triggered by recurrent Strep A infections affect the brain

Researchers have discovered how immune cells triggered by recurrent Strep A infections enter the brain, causing inflammation that may lead to autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders in children.

16 Dec 2015

Many gene variants affect person's response to medication

In recent decades much hope was based on the development of personalised drug treatments, in which genetic tests determine the choice and optimal dose of medication for each individual patient. However, the real breakthrough is still to be seen, and now researchers at Karolinska Institutet show in two separate scientific papers that many more gene variants affect how a person responds to medication than previously thought - and thus that today's analytical tools are too coarse.

16 Dec 2015

Bile acid may help treat fatty liver disease and obesity

A bile acid that can turn off a receptor in the gut has prevented and reversed fatty liver disease in mice, according to an international team of researchers. The compound may help treat certain metabolic disorders, such as Type 2 diabetes and obesity, as well.

16 Dec 2015

VCU Massey Cancer Center scientists reveal signaling process that leads to excessive growth of cancer

The gene p53 has been described as the "guardian of the genome" due to its prominent role in preventing genetic mutations. More than half of all cancers are thought to originate from p53 mutations or loss of function, and now a recent study by VCU Massey Cancer Center scientist Richard Moran, Ph.D., explains why.

15 Dec 2015

Researchers discover novel way to enhance, restore cancer suppressor activity in B-ALL

Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine, working with Chinese and American colleagues, have discovered a novel way to enhance and restore cancer suppressor activity in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, resulting in better outcomes in a pre-clinical model of the disease. The finding could pave the way for a new class of drugs for this and other forms of leukemia.

15 Dec 2015

CAP2 gene responsible for cardiac conduction disease in mice

The presence or absence of the CAP2 gene causes sudden cardiac death in mice, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. In particular, the absence of the gene interrupts the animal's ability to send electrical signals to the heart to tell it to contract, a condition called cardiac conduction disease.

15 Dec 2015

Unhealthy microbiome shifts can lead to weight gain, obesity

The link between the gut microbiome and obesity seems clear, but just how changes to gut bacteria can cause weight gain is not.

14 Dec 2015

UC San Diego biologists develop a method to screen natural products for new antibiotics

Biologists at UC San Diego have found that a method they developed to identify and characterize new antibiotics can be employed to screen natural products quickly for compounds capable of controlling antibiotic resistant bacteria.

11 Dec 2015

Study: Spanish-speaking Hispanic women less likely to use neuraxial analgesia during labor

Why do Hispanic women have reduced rates of epidural or spinal (neuraxial) analgesia during labor? Language barriers may be a key factor, according to a study in Anesthesia & Analgesia.

11 Dec 2015

Penn's Brian Litt recognized with AES Research Recognition Award for Clinical Science

The American Epilepsy Society announces that Brian Litt, M.D., professor of neurology, neurosurgery and bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania, is being honored with the AES Research Recognition Award for Clinical Science on December 7, 2015, at the Society's 69th annual meeting in Philadelphia.

8 Dec 2015

The Importance of Flexibility in Spectrophotometry

News-Medical speaks to Jessica Geisler about the need for flexible spectrophotometers that can handle a range of measurement types.

From Eppendorf 1 Dec 2015

New model of arterial thrombus formation is similar to popular video game

A group of biophysicists, including representatives from MIPT, has developed a mathematical model of arterial thrombus formation, which is the main cause of heart attacks and strokes.

1 Dec 2015

MPP collaborates with University of Liverpool to accelerate development of HIV nanomedicines

The Medicines Patent Pool today announced a collaboration with the University of Liverpool and a licence for the university's Solid Drug Nanoparticle (SDN) technology to accelerate the development of WHO-recommended antiretrovirals as nanomedicines.

30 Nov 2015

Novel anticancer agent appears to have greater potency, longer efficacy than irinotecan and topotecan

In the five decades since camptothecin was first isolated from the bark of a tree used in traditional Chinese medicine and identified as a powerful anticancer agent, several thousand chemicals with similar structures and functions have been investigated. And while two of these analog compounds, irinotecan and topotecan, have been approved in the U.S. as treatments for cancer, both are associated with significant shortcomings.

26 Nov 2015

Pharmacology News and Research

Latest Pharmacology News and Research

Researchers identify transporters responsible for arsenic accumulation in plant seeds

HBI-8000 granted orphan drug designation in Japan for treatment of peripheral T-cell lymphoma

Benjamin Wolozin receives $500,000 award in Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery Research

Chronic alcohol use with repeated binge drinking can cause more damage to the liver

Novel drug candidate prevents nerve cell damage in mouse model of Parkinson's disease

Novel strategies on the way for difficult-to-treat head and neck cancer

Researchers identify how immune cells triggered by recurrent Strep A infections affect the brain

Many gene variants affect person's response to medication

Bile acid may help treat fatty liver disease and obesity

VCU Massey Cancer Center scientists reveal signaling process that leads to excessive growth of cancer

Researchers discover novel way to enhance, restore cancer suppressor activity in B-ALL

CAP2 gene responsible for cardiac conduction disease in mice

Unhealthy microbiome shifts can lead to weight gain, obesity

UC San Diego biologists develop a method to screen natural products for new antibiotics

Study: Spanish-speaking Hispanic women less likely to use neuraxial analgesia during labor

Penn's Brian Litt recognized with AES Research Recognition Award for Clinical Science

The Importance of Flexibility in Spectrophotometry

New model of arterial thrombus formation is similar to popular video game

MPP collaborates with University of Liverpool to accelerate development of HIV nanomedicines

Novel anticancer agent appears to have greater potency, longer efficacy than irinotecan and topotecan

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