News tagged with drug trials
Glowing Cornell dots -- a potential cancer diagnostic tool set for human trials
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first clinical trial in humans of a new technology: Cornell Dots, brightly glowing nanoparticles that can light up cancer cells in PET-optical imaging.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Drugs encased in nanoparticles travel to tumors on the surface of immune-system cells
Clinical trials using patients' own immune cells to target tumors have yielded promising results. However, this approach usually works only if the patients also receive large doses of drugs designed to help immune cells multiply ...
Aug 15, 2010 |
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Designing drugs and their antidotes together improves patient care
Imagine a surgical patient on a blood-thinning drug who starts bleeding more than expected, and an antidote that works immediately - because the blood thinner and antidote were designed to work together. Researchers at Duke ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 04, 2009 |
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Viagra for women? Drug developed as antidepressant effective in treating low libido
The drug flibanserin, which was originally created as an antidepressant, is effective in treating women with low libido, pooled results from three separate clinical trials have found.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 16, 2009 |
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First human gets new antibody aimed at hepatitis C virus
Building upon a series of successful preclinical studies, researchers at MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) today announced the beginning of a Phase 1 clinical trial, testing the safety ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Pfizer says patient died in oral RA drug study
(AP) -- Pfizer Inc. confirmed that one patient who was taking its drug candidate tofacitinib, a pill designed to treat rheumatoid arthritis, died during a recent clinical trial and said the death was connected to the drug.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 22, 2011 |
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FDA approves first new drug for lupus in 56 years
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first new drug to treat lupus in over 50 years, a milestone that medical experts say could prompt development of other drugs that are even more effective ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 10, 2011 |
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Areva to begin US trial of cancer-fighting isotope
A subsidiary of the French nuclear giant Areva said Monday it had received US clearance to begin a clinical trial of an isotope that targets cancer cells.
Jan 24, 2011 |
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US approves cell therapy injection for wrinkles
US regulators have approved a new type of therapy that uses a person's own skin cells to create an injectable cosmetic plumper to smooth out laugh lines, Fibrocell Science said Wednesday.
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Conflicts-of-interest in drug studies sneaking back into medical journals, say investigators
Hidden financial conflicts-of-interest are sneaking into published drug research through the back door, warns an international team of investigators, led by researchers from the Jewish General Hospital's Lady Davis Institute ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Research Exposes the Risk to Infants from the Chemicals Used in Liquid Medicines
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of medical scientists from the University of Leicester has published research which looks into the harmful substances in liquid medicines that premature babies are being exposed to.
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Study questions botox use for migraines
The anti-wrinkle drug Botox, which has been licensed in some countries as a treatment for chronic migraine, has negligible effect against these headaches, a study published on Tuesday said.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Use of antidepressant associated with reduction in menopausal hot flashes
Women who were either in the transition to menopause or postmenopausal experienced a reduction in the frequency and severity of menopausal hot flashes with the use of the antidepressant medication escitalopram, compared to ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Researchers find drug combination may treat traumatic brain injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious public health problem in the United States. Recent data show that approximately 1.7 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury annually. While the majority of TBIs are concussions ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 17, 2010 |
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Quality of life measures in breast cancer clinical trials
Quality of life measures tend to be most useful for clinical decision-making in trials in which quality of life is the primary outcome, according to a recent study published online January 7 in The Journal of the National Ca ...
Jan 07, 2011 |
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