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Cannabidiol reduces cue-induced craving and anxiety in individuals with history of heroin abuse

Cannabidiol reduced cue-induced craving and anxiety in individuals with a history of heroin abuse, suggesting a potential role for it in helping to break the cycle of addiction, according to research conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published May 21 in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

21 May 2019

Mining 25 years of data reveals new insights into predicting the age of onset for Huntington disease

Investigators at the University of British Columbia/Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics and BC Children's Hospital have examined more than 25 years of data to reveal new insights into predicting the age of onset for Huntington disease.

18 May 2019

Insulin-producing beta cells can change their function in diabetes, reveals study

A revolutionary new study using only materials derived from humans has revealed that insulin-producing beta cells can change their function in diabetes - and that this change may be reversible.

17 May 2019

Marine natural compounds could be potential treatments for triple negative breast cancer

The oceans cover more than 70 percent of the earth's surface and provide a rich source of unique, bioactive natural products.

17 May 2019

Naturally occurring human antibody reveals hidden weakness in influenza virus

The ever-changing "head" of an influenza virus protein has an unexpected Achilles heel, report scientists funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, one of the National Institutes of Health.

17 May 2019

Study: Many patients with schizophrenia and epilepsy die before reaching the age of fifty

Patients who suffer from schizophrenia and epilepsy are particularly vulnerable. In the study, the researchers followed more than 1,5 mio. people and classified them according to whether they were diagnosed with epilepsy, schizophrenia or the combination of epilepsy and schizophrenia on their twenty-fifth birthday.

16 May 2019

Recombinant insulin could potentially address key concerns about the lifesaving drug

A researcher from the University of Houston has created a form of recombinant insulin that could potentially address some of the biggest concerns about the lifesaving drug, including its price.

16 May 2019

Mindfulness-based app designed to help people stop smoking can change the brain

Researchers have found that a mindfulness-based smartphone app designed to help people stop smoking was effective at reducing study participants' self-reported daily cigarette consumption.

15 May 2019

New study on viability of donated livers and its correlation with donor demographics

In a paper to be published in a forthcoming issue of TECHNOLOGY, a group of researchers from Harvard Medical School have done a study on the viability of donated livers and its correlation with donor demographics.

14 May 2019

Different levels of two molecules from same family can influence prognosis of liposarcoma

Researchers at Hiroshima University have found that different levels of two molecules of the same family--TIMP-1 and TIMP-4--can influence prognosis of liposarcoma.

14 May 2019

'Eye-in-a-dish' model reveals genetic variants that may contribute to AMD

Age-related macular degeneration is one of the most common causes of vision loss in people over age 65.

10 May 2019

Quanterix corporation releases operating results for first quarter 2019

Quanterix announced financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2019.

From Quanterix 10 May 2019

HSS researchers provide better understanding of the cellular mechanisms driving rheumatoid arthritis

Newly identified subsets of cell types present in joint tissue in people with rheumatoid arthritis and how they interact may explain why only some people respond to existing medications, according to two studies by co-senior author Laura Donlin, PhD, Co-Director of the Derfner Foundation Precision Medicine Laboratory at Hospital for Special Surgery and collaborating colleagues.

10 May 2019

Therapeutics News and Research

Cannabidiol reduces cue-induced craving and anxiety in individuals with history of heroin abuse

Mining 25 years of data reveals new insights into predicting the age of onset for Huntington disease

Insulin-producing beta cells can change their function in diabetes, reveals study

Marine natural compounds could be potential treatments for triple negative breast cancer

Naturally occurring human antibody reveals hidden weakness in influenza virus

Study: Many patients with schizophrenia and epilepsy die before reaching the age of fifty

Recombinant insulin could potentially address key concerns about the lifesaving drug

Mindfulness-based app designed to help people stop smoking can change the brain

New study on viability of donated livers and its correlation with donor demographics

Different levels of two molecules from same family can influence prognosis of liposarcoma

'Eye-in-a-dish' model reveals genetic variants that may contribute to AMD

Quanterix corporation releases operating results for first quarter 2019

HSS researchers provide better understanding of the cellular mechanisms driving rheumatoid arthritis

Cells don’t take up DNA cage nanostructures to a significant extent, finds study

British teenager with life-threatening infection successfully treated with phage therapy

Study reveals increased risk of cancer, early death in young patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Small molecule drug may help overcome ibrutinib resistance in mantle cell lymphona

Unexpected role of junk RNA in cancer opens new way for treatment of the disease

Clinical trial tests innovative procedure to open blood-brain barrier in the fight against Alzheimer's

Researchers develop a new approach to targeting tumors and metastases

Industry Focus eBook - Microbiome (1st edition) eBook

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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