A new anti-cancer drug may be effective against a wider range of cancers than previously thought. Using a mouse model
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Advance genetics study identifies virulent strain of TB
LSTM’s Dr Maxine Caws is co-lead investigator on an advanced genetics study published in Nature Genetics(link is external), which has
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New study sheds light on the opioid epidemic and challenges prevailing views about this public health crisis: Fatal drug overdoses in young non-Hispanic white adults accounted for 62 percent of mortality rate growth among midlife non-Hispanic whites in the US between 1999 and 2015, according to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine
A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine sheds new light on the sharp rise in fatal drug
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Eczema drug effective against severe asthma: Dupilumab reduced asthma symptoms, improved lung function
Two new studies of patients with difficult-to-control asthma show that the eczema drug dupilumab alleviates asthma symptoms and improves patients’
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Multi-drug resistant infections rising in children: An increase in hospital-acquired infections are on the rise among US children
Antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections, one of the most common hospital-acquired infections in children across the United States, are on the
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Randomized trial finds ibuprofen not a safe alternative to antibiotics for UTIs
Ibuprofen, given instead of antibiotics to women with uncomplicated urinary tract infection, (cystitis), leads to longer duration of symptoms and
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Microbeads to combat infection show promise in burn wound simulations: A potential alternative to antibiotics, protein-coated beads block bacteria from binding host cells
Computer simulations of microscopic, protein-coated beads that block bacteria from binding to host cells suggest that the microbeads could help
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Easier way to predict how chemical compounds will interact
New research has revealed that simple, commercially available computer programmes could be used to design next generation drug-delivery systems by
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Commonly prescribed heartburn drug linked to pneumonia in older adults
Researchers at the University of Exeter have found a statistical link between pneumonia in older people and a group of
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Size, structure help poziotinib pose threat to deadly exon 20 lung cancer: MD Anderson Lung Cancer Moon Shot™ research matches drug to defiant mutation
A drug that failed to effectively strike larger targets in lung cancer hits a bulls-eye on the smaller target presented
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