Cocaine and alcohol can produce dangerous side effects when people combine them. In some cases, the effects of cocaine and alcohol can cause life threatening complications. In this article, we look at the effects of combining cocaine and alcohol. We also explain what precautions to take and the treatment options. What is cocaine? Consuming cocaine...
A game-changing technique for imaging molecules known as cryo-electron microscopy has produced its sharpest pictures yet — and, for the first time, discerned individual atoms in a protein. By achieving atomic resolution using cryogenic-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), researchers will be able to understand, in unprecedented detail, the workings of proteins that cannot easily be examined by...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – June 4, 2020 – Among people who have the most common type of lung cancer, up to 40% develop metastatic brain tumors, with an average survival time of less than six months. But why non-small-cell lung cancer so often spreads to the brain has been poorly understood. Now scientists at Wake Forest...
For COVID-19, like all illnesses, the drugs and vaccines to treat or prevent the disease must be backed by rigorous evidence. Clinical trials are the source of this evidence. With vaccines and drugs for the coronavirus already entering human testing, it is important to know what the different phases of clinical trials are testing for....
by Duke University Duke University researchers have developed a synthetic molecule that selectively dampen the physiological rewards of cocaine in mice. It also may represent a new class of drugs that could be more specific with fewer side effects than current medications. In mice that were treated with the stimulant cocaine or methamphetamine, the new...
According to a BBC report, the UK has authorized the use of the anti-viral drug Remdesivir in treating patients with the novel coronavirus as experts have discovered that the drug could shorten the recovery time of infected individuals. At last a breakthrough! Looking forward to discussing use of #REMDESIVIR against #COVID__19 with @mrdanwalker & #louiseminchin...
Scientists are locked in a high-stakes race against bacterial evolution, racing against adversaries that can spawn a new generation in less time than it takes to wash a load of laundry. New strains of antibiotic-resistant pathogens emerge faster than we can develop drugs to fight them, and experts warn that there may come a day...
Inhibiting a molecule hijacked by tumor cells to suppress the immune system shrank tumors PHILADELPHIA – Checkpoint inhibitors, a type of immunotherapy, that target myeloid immune cells and slow tumor growth were discovered by a team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and other institutions. Reporting in Nature Cancer, the...
by Georgetown University Medical Center A Georgetown University Medical Center clinical trial investigating the cancer drug nilotinib in people with Alzheimer’s disease finds that it is safe and well-tolerated, and researchers say the drug should be tested in a larger study to further determine its safety and efficacy as a potential disease-modifying strategy. The results...
by Chris Palmer, University of Utah Health Sciences This electron microscopic image of two Epstein Barr Virus virions (viral particles) shows round capsids—protein-encased genetic material—loosely surrounded by the membrane envelope. Credit: DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030430.g001 A team of researchers at University of Utah Health have shown the Epstein-Barr virus—which causes mononucleosis and is linked to development of...
