Tag Archives: drugs
How we can curb deaths from heroin use
Heparan sulphate; inspiration for new leishmaniasis drugs
Rethinking drugs’ development in acute heart failure?
Statins: Good for the heart, but do they impact the brain?
A new strategy to drug development for neuromuscular disorder
Profiling biologics in circulating human whole blood
Skin cells help to find new drugs for dying neurons
Clinical studies ask: “Are less expensive ‘biosimilar’ drugs as effective and safe as current drugs?”
Fish are exposed to hundreds of pharmaceuticals. How to identify drugs that pose the greatest aquatic risk?
Targeting cancer’s sweet tooth
Using Google Search engine for predicting popularity and harm of psychoactive agents
New app revolutionising assessment in youth mental healthcare
Drugs and drowning
Electrical activity of the heart is commonly monitored by the electrocardiogram (ECG). Such electrical activity depends on certain proteins called ion channels. These channels control the timing and the flow of electrically charged particles (ions) in and
Glucosamine reduces the need for pain medications in osteoarthritis, but the correct formulation is essential
How safe are we handling cytotoxics in academic laboratories in the UK?
Cytotoxics between practice and research Cytotoxics, mainly used in cancer treatment, are defined as agents that are toxic to living cells. Therefore, their handling needs to be carefully monitored in order to protect the user. The latter
New systems capable of stimuli-controlled release of drugs
A cost-effective approach to new drug discovery and chemical safety
Modern lifestyle is highly dependent on the use of thousands of chemicals in the form of life-saving drugs as well as specialty substances like pesticides, herbicides, cosmetics, solvents, etc. Today the discovery of a new drug costs
TGFbeta signalopathies as a paradigm for translation medicine
Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a disorder that affects different organ systems, such as the heart, aorta, eyes and the skeleton. Typically MFS patients present with tall stature, hands with long fingers, chest deformity. One of its most