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Repurposed drug inhibits enzyme related to COVID-19
Researchers have found that an already existing drug compound could block the activity of a key enzyme of COVID-19.
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Drug repurposed to boost functional recovery after a stroke
A drug currently prescribed to control seizures and reduce nerve pain may enhance recovery of movement after a stroke.
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Genetic study identifies promising therapeutic targets for migraines
Researchers have found blood proteins that cause migraines and have a shared link with Alzheimer’s disease that could potentially be prevented by repurposing existing therapeutics.
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Therapeutically effective drugs identified for bladder cancer
By screening various drugs, a new study has found a childhood leukaemia therapeutic is also efficient in treating bladder cancer.
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New potential therapy developed in response to bladder cancer
Research in mice has shown that adding anti-inflammatory medication to immunotherapy and standard chemotherapy drugs may provide long-term suppression of aggressive bladder tumour growth.
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Promising potential therapeutic strategy against pancreatic cancer developed
Scientists have discovered a new strategy that can make pancreatic tumours visible to the immune systems of mice and vulnerable to immune attack.
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New study could lead to diabetes treatment with fewer side effects
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania may have discovered how to eliminate the risk of weight gain from certain diabetes medications by uncovering the difference between two varieties of a protein.
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Study shows possible way to regenerate bones using messenger RNA
Researchers at Mayo Clinic, US found that messenger RNA could be used at low doses to regenerate bones without side effects.
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Possible connection between HIV and tuberculosis revealed
A recent study has shown that antiretroviral therapy timing impacts the animal version of HIV and latent tuberculosis.
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Drug intended to treat Alzheimer’s may hold promise for glioblastoma
Verubecestat demonstrated poor results in Alzheimer's trials, but helped suppress tumours in pre-clinical glioblastoma models.
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Antihypertensive drugs could treat cerebral small vessel disease
The antihypertensive drug candesartan cilexetil reduced matrisomal protein accumulation in mice with cerebral small vessel disease.
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Existing cancer drugs could become new Alzheimer’s treatments
An experimental drug for liver cancer and Dasatinib, approved for chronic myeloid leukaemia could be repurposed to treat Alzheimer's disease.
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Prozac could be repurposed to treat age-related macular degeneration
Fluoxetine - best known as Prozac - protected the macula from inflammation and degeneration in mice and could become a future treatment.
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Novel intestine chip enables effective in vitro study of COVID-19 therapies
The intestine chip was infected with a coronavirus to test a variety of drugs, presenting a new method to investigate COVID-19 treatments.
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Algorithm identifies cancer drugs to treat pulmonary hypertension
Scientists have identified potential cancer drugs to treat pulmonary hypertension using experimental and computational approaches.
