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New drug screening method answers why Alzheimer’s drugs fail, suggests new targets
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New drug screening method answers why Alzheimer’s drugs fail, suggests new targets

by University of California – San Diego Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain By analyzing disease mechanisms in human neurons, researchers led by the University of California San Diego developed a new method to screen drugs for treating Alzheimer’s disease. Their work sheds light on why Alzheimer’s drugs so far have been ineffective at curing or reversing...

Stem cell study: Cystic fibrosis patients may see personalized treatments emerge from drug screening in a dish
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Stem cell study: Cystic fibrosis patients may see personalized treatments emerge from drug screening in a dish

by International Society for Stem Cell Research  New therapy screening assay showing functional rescue of lung progenitor cells from a person with Cystic Fibrosis caused by nonsense mutation (W1282X). Credit: Christine Bear, Hospital for Sick Kids and University of Toronto, Canada Stem cell researchers may soon have a new way to identify and develop novel,...