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Predicting correct dosage may improve success of drug repurposing

Predicting correct dosage may improve success of drug repurposing

by Sarah Small,Pennsylvania State UniversityCredit:Cell Reports Medicine(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101227Before a drug can be used to treat a disease, it must go through a leng

Predicting correct dosage may improve success of drug repurposing

by Sarah Small,Pennsylvania State UniversityCredit:Cell Reports Medicine(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101227Before a drug can be used to treat a disease, it must go through a leng
Magic mushrooms can treat medication-resistant depression—but are they safe?

Magic mushrooms can treat medication-resistant depression—but are they safe?

by Leigh Hataway,University of GeorgiaCredit: CC0 Public DomainNew research suggests psilocybin has similar side effects to traditional antidepressants. Commonly referred to as "magic mushr

Magic mushrooms can treat medication-resistant depression—but are they safe?

by Leigh Hataway,University of GeorgiaCredit: CC0 Public DomainNew research suggests psilocybin has similar side effects to traditional antidepressants. Commonly referred to as "magic mushr
Chelation therapy does not improve outcomes after heart attack

Chelation therapy does not improve outcomes after heart attack

byAmerican College of CardiologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPeople with diabetes who had suffered a heart attack derived no clinical benefit from edetate disodium-based chelation, a therapy

Chelation therapy does not improve outcomes after heart attack

byAmerican College of CardiologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPeople with diabetes who had suffered a heart attack derived no clinical benefit from edetate disodium-based chelation, a therapy
Natural products used in Ayurvedic treatments alleviate symptoms of depression in fruit flies

Natural products used in Ayurvedic treatments alleviate symptoms of depression in fruit flies

by Kathrin Voigt,Johannes Gutenberg University MainzThe level of motivation of the fruit fly Drosophila can be deduced on the basis of whether it attempts to climb over gaps it encounters when w

Natural products used in Ayurvedic treatments alleviate symptoms of depression in fruit flies

by Kathrin Voigt,Johannes Gutenberg University MainzThe level of motivation of the fruit fly Drosophila can be deduced on the basis of whether it attempts to climb over gaps it encounters when w
Can HIV be cured using gene editing? We may soon find out

Can HIV be cured using gene editing? We may soon find out

by Kalpana Surendranath,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHIV, the virus that causes AIDS, was firstidentified in 1983. To catch this virus was initially a death sentence, b

Can HIV be cured using gene editing? We may soon find out

by Kalpana Surendranath,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHIV, the virus that causes AIDS, was firstidentified in 1983. To catch this virus was initially a death sentence, b
ATR inhibition using gartisertib in patient-derived glioblastoma cell lines

ATR inhibition using gartisertib in patient-derived glioblastoma cell lines

by Impact Journals LLCUpregulated genes and pathways enriched in glioblastoma cell lines treated with gartisertib combined with TMZ+RT. Credit:Oncotarget(2024). DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.28

ATR inhibition using gartisertib in patient-derived glioblastoma cell lines

by Impact Journals LLCUpregulated genes and pathways enriched in glioblastoma cell lines treated with gartisertib combined with TMZ+RT. Credit:Oncotarget(2024). DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.28
Circadian rhythms can influence drugs' effectiveness

Circadian rhythms can influence drugs' effectiveness

by Anne Trafton,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPrimary human hepatocytes display a circadian rhythm in culture. Credit:Science Advances(2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adm9281Giving

Circadian rhythms can influence drugs' effectiveness

by Anne Trafton,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPrimary human hepatocytes display a circadian rhythm in culture. Credit:Science Advances(2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adm9281Giving
Drugs like Ozempic won't 'cure' obesity but they might make us more fat-phobic

Drugs like Ozempic won't 'cure' obesity but they might make us more fat-phobic

by Emma Beckett,The ConversationCredit: Markus Winkler from PexelsMany havedeclareddrugs like Ozempic could "end obesity" by reducing the appetite and waistlines of million

Drugs like Ozempic won't 'cure' obesity but they might make us more fat-phobic

by Emma Beckett,The ConversationCredit: Markus Winkler from PexelsMany havedeclareddrugs like Ozempic could "end obesity" by reducing the appetite and waistlines of million
Research aims to curb fatalities caused by illicit drugs

Research aims to curb fatalities caused by illicit drugs

byUniversity of Technology, SydneyCredit: CC0 Public DomainUniversity of Technology Sydney (UTS) Center for Forensic Science Ph.D. candidate Harry Fursman is working on two fronts to prevent har

Research aims to curb fatalities caused by illicit drugs

byUniversity of Technology, SydneyCredit: CC0 Public DomainUniversity of Technology Sydney (UTS) Center for Forensic Science Ph.D. candidate Harry Fursman is working on two fronts to prevent har
Cannabis use linked to increase in heart attack and stroke risk

Cannabis use linked to increase in heart attack and stroke risk

FEBRUARY 28, 2024 Editors' notesbyAmerican Heart AssociationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAn analysis of 430,000 adults in the U.S. found that using cannabis, most commonly through smoki

Cannabis use linked to increase in heart attack and stroke risk

FEBRUARY 28, 2024 Editors' notesbyAmerican Heart AssociationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAn analysis of 430,000 adults in the U.S. found that using cannabis, most commonly through smoki