Although there are certain limitations associated with wipe-based trace detection approaches, recent work conducted by the National Institute of Standards
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Common drug colchicine brings hope to COVID fight: Canadian research
A major clinical trial in Canada shows that an inexpensive anti-inflammatory drug called colchicine can significantly reduce the risk of
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CDC records highest-ever drug deaths in a 12-month period
Between May 2019 and May 2020, 81,230 Americans died of drug overdoses—the highest number of drug deaths ever recorded in
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Novel combination therapy may help overcome mTOR drug resistance in AML
Soon after rapamycin, the first mTOR inhibitor, emerged in 1990s as a potential treatment against unwanted cell proliferation, many cancer
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A novel drug target for neonatal and infant heart failure
Researchers have identified a new druggable target for heart failure in neonates and infants, a condition for which there has
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New Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug shows benefit in clinical trial
A new drug offers hope for young boys with the progressive neuromuscular disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) by potentially offering
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Drug companies work jointly to boost vaccine confidence
Two firms developing COVID-19 vaccines say pharmaceutical companies are trying to give the public as much information as possible about
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Organoids emerge as powerful tools for disease modeling and drug discovery
Measuring just a few millimeters across, clusters of cultured cells that self-assemble into three-dimensional structures may look like just tiny
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Anti-inflammatory drug may shorten COVID-19 recovery time
A drug company says that adding an anti-inflammatory medicine to a drug already widely used for hospitalized COVID-19 patients shortens
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Scientists in China believe new drug can stop pandemic ‘without vaccine’
A Chinese laboratory has been developing a drug it believes has the power to bring the coronavirus pandemic to a
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