by Nial Wheate and Andrew Bartlett, The Conversation Does it matter if you take your medicine morning, noon or night? That depends on a number of factors. Credit: Kat Ka/www.shutterstock.com Whether you need to take a drug at a specific time of day depends on the medication and the condition you are treating. For some medicines, it...
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Rice chemists identify hidden aspects of protein-separation process to simplify drug manufacture
HOUSTON – (Oct. 28, 2019) – With a lot of hard work and a dash of salt, Rice University scientists have taken a step toward simplifying drug manufacture. Rice chemist Christy Landes and her colleagues reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences their strategy to make polymer membrane-based separation of proteins more efficient. “It...
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Discovery in monkeys could lead to treatment for blindness-causing syndrome
by Oregon Health & Science University A genetic mutation that leads to a rare, but devastating blindness-causing syndrome has been discovered in monkeys for the first time. The finding offers a promising way to develop gene and cell therapies that could treat the condition in people. Three rhesus macaques with a mutated gene that’s associated with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome have been discovered, according to a...
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Military Algorithm Can Predict Illness 48 Hours Before Symptoms Show
By Aaron Boyd,Senior Editor, Nextgov The program lead says future troops might be deployed with wearables like watches or chest straps that will know when they are getting sick and how long it will take them to get better. U.S. service members are strong but they’re still people, and people get sick sometimes. But when one...
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Novel formulation of an injectable drug to treat joint inflammation acts for ten days
Tests in rats showed enhanced efficacy of the drug as well as the absence of side effects, such as stomach bleeding; this innovation could be used to treat temporomandibular joint inflammation FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO Thanks to a new injectable formula, Brazilian researchers have succeeded in enhancing the efficacy...
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Attacking metastatic breast cancer with sound
TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Drugs can be safely delivered to cancerous lymph nodes via the lymphatic system and then released inside the nodes using sound waves. Tohoku University researchers tested the treatment on mice with metastatic breast cancer and published their findings in the journal Scientific Reports. “We believe that our technique has the potential to be...
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Biomarker for schizophrenia can be detected in human hair
RIKEN Working with model mice, post-mortem human brains, and people with schizophrenia, researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan have discovered that a subtype of schizophrenia is related to abnormally high levels hydrogen sulfide in the brain. Experiments showed that this abnormality likely results from a DNA-modifying reaction during development that lasts throughout life. In addition to...
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3D-printed device finds ‘needle in a haystack’ cancer cells by removing the hay
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Finding a handful of cancer cells hiding among billions of blood cells in a patient sample can be like finding a needle in a haystack. In a new approach enabled by 3D-printed cell traps, researchers are removing the hay to expose the cancer cells. Trapping the white blood cells – which...
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Bariatric surgery is safe for teens with morbid obesity
New Penn Medicine study shows the risks of complications, readmissions may be lower than the risks associated with lifelong obesity UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE PHILADELPHIA — Bariatric surgery is safe and, in many cases, beneficial for teenagers with morbid obesity who would otherwise face a heightened risk of developing severe health problems, including heart disease and stroke, according to a new...
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Nerve cell protection free from side effects
Göttingen scientists are on the trail of an alternative erythropoietin receptor UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN The hormone erythropoietin (Epo) is a well-known doping substance that has a long history of abuse in endurance sports, such as cycling. In addition to promoting red blood cell production (erythropoiesis), which improves the oxygen supply in the organism, Epo also protects nerve cells from cell death....