Sentences with phrase «potentially effective drugs»

Her glioblastoma was too advanced, however, and she died before the desperation experiment could identify any potentially effective drugs.

Realizing they might have a potentially effective drug on their hands, Bogyo and his colleagues brought in Sonnenburg, whose lab is adept at using mouse models of C. difficile infection.

But there is a new hurdle: now that people affected by Marfan are aware that a potentially effective drug is out there, says Chien, «you have to convince people to enter a study knowing that they have [only] a 50 % chance of getting the drug.»

Not exact matches

While drug treatments are potentially dangerous and not highly effective for symptoms ascribed to colic or GER, one partial exception may be the older type of acid - reducing drugs such as Zantac, still prescribed today.

If they develop a drug based on the glass form of a molecule and it crystallises, they will not only have lost a potentially effective medicine, but they would have to do a massive recall.»

The researchers also identified drugs that are effective against the cancers and could potentially be used in the fight to save the devils from extinction.

Until now, EGFR inhibitors have only been effective at treating the 10 to 15 percent of non-small cell lung cancers that have a variant of EGFR, but the two - drug combo could potentially work for all non-small cell lung cancers, explained Dr. John Minna, Director of the Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research and Professor of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology.

Nevertheless, he says, the finding suggests that drugs that block the cell - division pathway will be an effective treatment for NF - related leukemia and potentially for other disease complications.

Failure to consider the effort needed for ART recruitment might lead to lost revenue, delays in bringing a drug to market, or failure to develop a potentially effective medication.

What's more, the women in both the heparin and control groups also received injections of the drug for 42 days after birth, potentially helping to protect them against blood clots that may manifest themselves at that point, but possibly diluting the results — making it appear that heparin was not as effective as it may have been.

«More studies need to be done, but this study clearly shows acetaminophen may be effective in the prevention of AMS and could be potentially useful for people who want an alternative drug to acetazolamide for the prevention of AMS.»

Oncologists will potentially be able to use the results to pair patients with the most effective drugs for their tumors, and researchers may improve clinical trial results by selecting those patients most likely to respond to a specific drug based on the mutations in their prostate tumors.

Through «heart - on - a-chip» technology — modeling a human heart on an engineered chip and measuring the effects of compound exposure using microelectrodes — Lawrence Livermore researchers hope to ensure potentially lifesaving new drugs are safe and effective while reducing the need for human and animal testing.

Through «heart - on - a-chip» technology — modeling a human heart on an engineered chip and measuring the effects of compound exposure on functions of heart tissue using microelectrodes — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers hope to decrease the time needed for new drug trials and ensure potentially lifesaving drugs are safe and effective while reducing the need for human and animal testing.

Now, researchers at UCLA have developed a new and potentially far more effective means of targeted drug delivery using nanotechnology.

Further, research suggests it's possible that lavender essential oil can be an effective substitute for other common and potentially addictive psychoactive drugs used for anxiety.

Pharmacological anti-inflammatory drugs are effective in reducing inflammation, but carry potentially dangerous side effects, rendering them impractical for long - term use.

«These are dog - only, chemotherapy - type drugs that are potentially more effective for dogs and are less expensive for owners.»

And for good reason — drugs are highly effective in addressing medical conditions, but also potentially dangerous when used improperly or interacting with other medications.