Posted on February 20th, 2008 by Brain Mitel
This can be a major scientific breakthrough in pharmaceutics, as existing methods involve cloning, involving more time and more money.
Having
an easier way to harness nature?s power to produce large quantities of specific proteins in milk could increase the availability of drugs for people who could otherwise not afford these treatments,? said Ina Dobrinski, one of […]
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The device, called ?IntelliDrug? is of size two molars and makes sure that the patient takes the correct amount of medicine, at precisely the correct time.
The electronic and software components in the evolutionary machine facilitates doctors to adjust doses during the course of treatment, as well as track the history of the therapy.
“The objective of […]
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PTC124 ?rescues? faulty proteins that lead to illness, thereby giving researchers hope that it will be able to treat an excess of 2,400 genetic diseases
caused by a certain class of DNA mutation.
Carrying out a research on mice, the team of boffins led by David Bedwell, Ph.D., found that the drug restored up to 29 percent […]
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But the UAE authorities do not deviate from their strict rules which stipulate imprisonment for a minimum of four years followed by deportation for those
convicted of having drugs in their possession.
People convicted of the more serious offence of drugs trafficking can face capital punishment, although executions rarely take place in the desert Gulf nation.
With Dubai […]
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A study by Swiss researchers found that people who had been taking a calcium channel blocker medication for an extended period of time had a 23 percent
lower risk of developing the incurable neurological disease than people not on this type of drug.
The researchers also assessed several other classes of blood pressure medications, such as ACE […]
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The findings of the study reflect the first time the drug has been tested in humans.
KAI-9803 blocks the activity of an enzyme called delta protein
kinase C that triggers cell and tissue death in the aftermath of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
PCI is a set of procedures including balloon angioplasty and stent placement that clear and prop […]
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The findings of the study have suggested that MMF, commercially available as Cellcept, has potentially harmful effects on the foetus and may result in
defects like cleft lip and palate, as well as defects of the jaw, eyes and ears, and no external ear canals.
However, the foetal side-effects of several immunosuppressant drugs have been studied, though […]
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In the Data Collection of Adverse effects of Anti-HIV Drugs Study (D:A:D), the scientists observed the side effects and incidence of heart attack among
HIV-infected patients using Stavudine, Zidovudine, Lamivudine, Abacavir and Didanosine.
The findings revealed that Didanosine increased risk the risk of developing heart attacks by 49 percent while Abacavir increased risk the by 90 percent.
The […]
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“The agency announced today that we’ve become aware of a number of reports of serious adverse reactions from botulinum toxins,” including breathing difficulties
and death, Dr Russell Katz, the head of the FDA’s division of neurology products, said.
“These are reactions distant from where the product was injected,” he told a telephone news conference.
In a statement issued […]
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“We know that the use of cannabis is illegal under federal law of the United States and we trust the authorities will stop such activities, which contravene
the international drug control treaties,” INCB president Philip Emafo said in the statement.
The Los Angeles Daily News reported in late January that patients with a special authorisation could obtain […]
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