Researchers from the University of Southampton are
developing a new type of drug that may help bones heal faster and better.
Not exact matches
What Boger wants is to create a better way to
develop drugs: through a process called structure - based design in which scientists build up a
new drug, atom by atom, after determining the
type of molecule that might interrupt the disease process.
A
new type of cancer
drug developed at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, but not yet tested in clinical trials may have triggered the deaths
of three patients who were undergoing an alternative cancer treatment by a nonmedical practitioner in Germany.
Researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University
of California, San Diego, have
developed software that greatly expands the
types of multi-scale QM / MM (mixed quantum and molecular mechanical) simulations
of complex chemical systems that scientists can use to design
new drugs, better chemicals, or improved enzymes for biofuels production.
This group's achievement will lead to the clarification
of the mechanism behind the localization
of GLUT4 and the mechanism for
developing diabetes, as well as the development
of new types of treatment
drugs.
New types of EPO tests are being developed that are more sensitive; one promising new method looks for changes in RNA that persist long after the drugs themselves are gone from the athlete's bo
New types of EPO tests are being
developed that are more sensitive; one promising
new method looks for changes in RNA that persist long after the drugs themselves are gone from the athlete's bo
new method looks for changes in RNA that persist long after the
drugs themselves are gone from the athlete's body.
Researchers at the University
of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have
developed a
new drug candidate that shows potential in laboratory studies against a rare
type of acute leukemia.
The chemical reactions she has
developed are widely used throughout the pharmaceutical industry to create
new drug candidates, are being studied by chemical companies interested in accessing important chemicals used in farming, and are being utilized to prepare a
type of chemical (tracer) that allows doctors to view the heart's sympathetic nervous system through positron emission tomography (PET) scans.
Additionally, the insights gained from this research may also help scientists
develop new drugs that are more selective to a particular region or
type of brain cell.
That's why it's troubling to hear about
new research that demonstrates that one
of the most commonly prescribed classes
of medications, statin
drugs (used to lower cholesterol), has a profound impact on the chance that someone could
develop Type 2 diabetes.
We need multifaceted approaches, some almost science fiction - like, such as possibly
developing a
new type of recreational plant - based
drug that will also act as a contraceptive.