Sentences with phrase «therapeutic effects of these drugs»

«These are important clues as to where to look in the brain for therapeutic effects of these drugs,» said Derrek Hibar, first author of the paper and a professor at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute when the study was conducted.

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These «designer» peptides could one day make up a new class of therapeutic drugs that is more effective and results in fewer side effects.
Instead of systematically testing the effects of known compounds — the pharmaceutical industry's basic model for more than a century — scientists can now investigate backward, combing through genomic data to find links between specific genotypes and diseases and then screening drug data to identify therapeutic candidates.
In order to achieve therapeutic levels at the pathological site, physicians need to deliver large amounts of the drug that may cause adverse effects to other organs in the body.
«This study is particularly interesting from a therapeutic perspective since montelukast is a safe drug with very few side - effects, which means it can be taken over a long period of time,» explains Professor Haeggström.
«Imaging of the joint could help evaluate the mechanism of a drug's therapeutic effect, and if a process turns out to be mediated by more than one chemoattractant, understanding the mechanism would allow the rational design of combination therapies to completely shut down critical steps in the process.»
A team of researchers led by biophysicists at the University of Washington have come one step closer to designing tailor - made drug molecules that are more precise and carry fewer side effects than most existing therapeutic compounds.
The finding that a diagnosis but not psychotic - like experiences is associated with low physical activity may reflect aspects of illness such as low motivation, but may also reflect sedative or other side - effects of therapeutic drugs.
The scientific literature contains vast information about the adverse effects of therapeutic drugs.
Perhaps, they reasoned, such a drug might produce some of the remarkable therapeutic effects seen in the knock - out mice.
This therapeutic effect was enhanced by combining the Angiopoietin - 2 antibody with a so - called metronomic chemotherapy: In this kind of therapy, chemotherapeutic drugs are given continuously at much lower dose as in the classical high - dose chemotherapy.
Most drugs exert their therapeutic effect by binding to a target protein molecule, thereby interfering with the normal function of the protein.
Additionally, ACE910 absorbed into the plasma at a steady rate similar for both Japanese and Caucasian volunteers and remained in the blood with a half - life of four to five weeks, suggesting that the drug's therapeutic effects could be sustained with once - weekly subcutaneous dosing of ACE910.
To test the capsule's real - world applications, the team used both mathematical modeling and animal models to investigate the effects of delivering a sustained therapeutic dose of a drug called ivermectin, which is used to treat parasitic infections such as river blindness.
To facilitate removal of the therapeutic stem cells from the brain at the conclusion of therapy, the researchers created cells that, in addition to TRAIL, express a viral gene called HSV - TK, which renders them susceptible to the effects of the antiviral drug ganciclovir.
Currently we are using this system for identification of novel therapeutic targets and for screening and characterization of the effects of anti-diabetic drugs.
For many medications, inherited differences in patients» ability to metabolize, transport, and eliminate drugs and in the characteristics of drug targets and receptors are significant determinants of therapeutic or adverse effects of medications.
However, these drugs fail to reduce symptoms in as many as 60 percent of OCD patients and require four to eight weeks of treatment for therapeutic effects to begin.
Firstly, people are risking the use of an illicit drug for its perceived therapeutic effects, and in some cases being arrested.
This, coupled with the simultaneous delivery of specific anticancer drugs, could enhance the therapeutic effects of such drugs.
Most therapeutic research involving the testing of new drugs is conducted in highly regulated phases that study dosage, safety, efficacy and long - term side effects:
The problem is that clenbuterol has extensive side effects and has in fact been banned in the US and is no longer a part of any therapeutic drug approved by the FDA and is available in only few countries via prescription alone as a bronchodilator.
No side effects or drug interactions have been reported regarding to regular consumption or proper therapeutic doses of pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo).
With benzodiazepines / Z - drugs, specifically, when the receptors in the brain become adapted or accustomed to the action of the original dose of BZ, more of the drug is needed in order for the desired therapeutic effect (or the original effect at the original dose) to be achieved.
On the other hand, diabetics taking drugs to control blood sugar levels should avoid consuming carambola in therapeutic doses, since it can potentiate the hypoglycemic effect of the medication.
«[The] ultimate therapeutic goal would be to generate a [drug] that can act on CtBP to mimic the anti-inflammatory effect of [the] ketogenic diet,» Dr. Swanson concluded.
Toxic effects of the different therapeutic protocols have been reported, which should be monitored with a gradual increase in dosage of different anti parasitic drugs during therapy.
Pharmacology Courses in pharmacology explore issues of veterinary medicine, including terminology associated with therapeutic treatments, how drugs work in the animal's body, medicine dosage calculations and possible side effects.
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