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New class of antibiotics found to be highly effective against drug-resistant tuberculosis

Infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis kills 1.5 million people worldwide every year. Antibiotics to treat TB exist, but in recent years, multi-drug resistant (MDR), extensively drug-resistant (XDR) and totally drug-resistant (TDR) strains of the bacterium have developed.

31 May 2022

Researchers call for nursing homes to shift to non-medication-based methods to help dementia patients

A decade-long effort to reduce medication risks for nursing home residents with dementia has paid off in some ways – but produced unintended consequences that now need addressing, new research shows.

31 May 2022

Study reveals COVID-19's collateral damage on global cardiovascular services

A major study has revealed the "global collateral damage" caused by the disruption to cardiac services from the COVID-19 pandemic.

30 May 2022

Renowned pharmaceutical scientist will collaborate with JGU professor to reduce side effects of chemotherapy

The internationally renowned pharmaceutical scientist Professor Hans Lennernäs of Uppsala University has been given a Humboldt Research Award worth EUR 60,000 by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

30 May 2022

Study highlights clinical features and treatment approaches for human monkeypox in the UK

researchers from the UK unveil the details of imported, household, and hospital transmission of monkeypox and report the first usage of two specific antiviral agents in the treatment of this disease.

30 May 2022

Novel photonic technology could enable fluorescent sensors to track molecules deep inside the body

Fluorescent sensors, which can be used to label and image a wide variety of molecules, offer a unique glimpse inside living cells.

30 May 2022

First-of-its-kind platform generates antitumor immunity and improves responses to checkpoint inhibitors

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed an ultrasound-guided cancer immunotherapy platform that generates systemic antitumor immunity and improves the therapeutic efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade.

30 May 2022

Researchers reveal a possible biological mechanism connecting breast cancer and type 2 diabetes

Breast cancer and type 2 diabetes would seem to be distinctly different diseases, with commonality only in their commonality.

30 May 2022

Innovative solutions to the challenges of narcotic analysis

In this interview, Dr. Joerg Koehler and Dr. Marcio-Fernando Cobo from Bruker introduce their forensic distributed lab topology featuring the Fourier 80 CrimeLab with NMR-based narcotics profiling module.

From Bruker BioSpin Group 30 May 2022

Researchers evaluate atovaquone as a COVID-19 treatment

Researchers evaluated a drug, atovaquone, for COVID-19 treatment.

30 May 2022

Excess deaths in Canada during COVID-19 pandemic vary widely by province, analysis shows

An analysis of excess deaths in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic shows wide variation by province and underscores the need for better and consistent data for current and future health crisis management.

30 May 2022

Interactive web portal details the extent of splicing events in noncoding sequences

An online tool reveals the extent of gene-restructuring events in noncoding sequences.

30 May 2022

Medical cannabis use shown to improve cancer-related symptoms in new study

Researchers describe the effectiveness and safety of medical cannabis use for treating cancer-related symptoms.

30 May 2022

Study uses critical race theory to examine disparities in treating opioid use disorder

Opioid use disorder is an addiction crisis in the United States that has become increasingly lethal during the COVID-19 pandemic.

29 May 2022

Oil-based gels could make it easier for children to swallow medicines

For most children and even some adults, swallowing pills or tablets is difficult. To make it easier to give those medicines, researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital have created a drug-delivering gel that is much easier to swallow and could be used to administer a variety of different kinds of drugs.

27 May 2022

Researchers develop oil-based gels as drug delivery systems for children in resource-limited countries

Administering medications to children poses unique challenges, especially in resource-limited countries with high infant and child mortality rates.

27 May 2022

Researchers gain understanding of biosynthetic mechanisms for producing cyanobacterin

Researchers in the groups of Prof. Tobias Gulder from TU Dresden and Prof. Tanja Gulder from Leipzig University have succeeded in understanding the biosynthetic mechanisms for the production of the natural product cyanobacterin, which in Nature is produced in small quantities by the cyanobacteria Scytonema hofmanni.

27 May 2022

Drugs News and Research

New class of antibiotics found to be highly effective against drug-resistant tuberculosis

Researchers call for nursing homes to shift to non-medication-based methods to help dementia patients

Study reveals COVID-19's collateral damage on global cardiovascular services

Renowned pharmaceutical scientist will collaborate with JGU professor to reduce side effects of chemotherapy

Study highlights clinical features and treatment approaches for human monkeypox in the UK

Novel photonic technology could enable fluorescent sensors to track molecules deep inside the body

First-of-its-kind platform generates antitumor immunity and improves responses to checkpoint inhibitors

Researchers reveal a possible biological mechanism connecting breast cancer and type 2 diabetes

Innovative solutions to the challenges of narcotic analysis

Researchers evaluate atovaquone as a COVID-19 treatment

Excess deaths in Canada during COVID-19 pandemic vary widely by province, analysis shows

Interactive web portal details the extent of splicing events in noncoding sequences

Medical cannabis use shown to improve cancer-related symptoms in new study

Study uses critical race theory to examine disparities in treating opioid use disorder

Oil-based gels could make it easier for children to swallow medicines

Researchers develop oil-based gels as drug delivery systems for children in resource-limited countries

Researchers gain understanding of biosynthetic mechanisms for producing cyanobacterin

Study: Most clinicians do not follow recommendations against prescribing antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria

UK-Argentina led resolution could lead to better protection from future pandemics

A polymer-nanoparticle hydrogel to subcutaneously deliver broadly neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2

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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