by Jeff Hansen, University of Alabama at Birmingham Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A form of cell communication called hedgehog signaling is vital for embryonic development in mammals. But aberrantly activated hedgehog signaling in multiple cancer types—including breast cancer—promotes tumor invasion, its spread to other organs, and multi-drug resistance. Two years ago, Lalita Shevde, Ph.D., and colleagues...
by Emily Ayshford, University of Chicago Creative rendition of SARS-CoV-2 particles (not to scale). Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH A new University of Chicago study has found that the drug masitinib may be effective in treating COVID-19. The drug, which has undergone several clinical trials for human conditions but has not yet...
By Erika Check Hayden June 3, 2021 Amber Freed looks through photo prints of her son, Maxwell, in her home office in Frisco, Texas. She and other parents are funding a clinical trial to investigate whether a pricey drug can help their children with a rare form of epilepsy. Freed mails the prints out to supporters and...
