by Sarah Small, Pennsylvania State University Credit: 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 lengthy and expensive trial process to prove both safety and effectiveness. By repurposing already-approved drugs, researchers can cut out the time and expense of the former step—sometimes. According to...
by University of Illinois at Chicago A representative eye of a PAX6 deficient mouse after treatment (right) showing a better-developed eye and clear cornea compared to a control treated PAX6 deficient mouse eye (left) showing a smaller eye with scarring and blood vessel growth. Credit: University of Illinois Chicago Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have...
by University of New Mexico Image of the ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). University of New Mexico researchers who combed through a “library” of previously approved drugs believe they have identified a medication with the potential to help speed a patient’s recovery from SARS-CoV-2 infection. “The gist of it is we think we found...
