Tag: pharmaceuticals
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Non-Addictive Pain Medication Shown Working in Animals
An experimental medication was shown in tests with monkeys to relieve pain for more than a day without the addictive properties or adverse physical effects of opioids.
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Small Business Award Funding Epilepsy Drug Research
A federal grant is funding a project by Neuroene Therapeutics, a start-up enterprise in South Carolina to develop a new class of drugs to treat epilepsy.
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Lower-Risk Blood Thinning Drugs Designed
Researchers from academic and industry labs designed anti-coagulation treatments for people in danger of blood clots, but less likely to cause excessive bleeding than current drugs.
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Patent Set for Heart Tissue Regeneration Drug
A drug developed by MDI Biological Laboratory that stimulates growth of heart tissue to fix damage from heart attacks is scheduled to receive a U.S. patent.
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University Spin-Off Developing Sepsis Drug
A spin-off enterprise from University of British Columbia is licensing a cholesterol-lowering drug from drug maker Novartis to develop a treatment for sepsis and other severe infections.
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Stem Cells, Engineered Protein Reverse Stroke Damage
A combination of stem cells and synthetic human protein was shown in lab mice to repair damaged brain cells a week after an induced stroke.
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FDA Giving Fast-Track Review to Alzheimer’s Candidate
U.S. Food and Drug Administration is giving an accelerated review to a candidate drug designed to treat Alzheimer’s disease by reducing the toxicity of amyloid beta proteins making up the plaque accumulating in the brain.
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PhRMA: 258 Vaccines in Clinical Development
An industry group of American pharmaceutical makers says its companies have 258 vaccines, including immunotherapies, in clinical trials or awaiting FDA approval.
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Genome Engineering Streamlines E. Coli DNA
A genetics engineering team developed a technique for modifying the genome of E. coli bacteria to remove redundant DNA components, a step toward designing new organisms.
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Safer Pain-Killing Drug Candidate Discovered
A research team from the U.S. and Germany identified a chemical molecule with pain-killing properties of opioids, but apparently without the dangerous side effects.