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Antibiotic resistance solution proposed

May 11, 2016
News
A group of US scientists are confident the key to tackling antibiotic resistant bacteria is already in front of our faces – non-antibiotic therapeutic drugs.
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Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Hybrid drug use prevents malarial resistance

April 21, 2016
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Scientists from the National University of Singapore have developed a new drug to combat the rise of drug-resistant malaria.
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Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Anti-cancer drugs eliminate Legionnaires’ disease

March 31, 2016
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Cancer drugs have shown potential after being repurposed to fight the bacteria responsible for Legionnaires’ disease.
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Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Mosquitoes’ reproductive cycle potential drug target

March 17, 2016
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US scientists are looking at ways to influence how mosquitoes mate to control the diseases they spread such as dengue fever, chikungunya and the Zika virus.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Zoology
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Antidepressants double suicide risk in children

February 4, 2016
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Children and teenagers who take one of the five most commonly prescribed antidepressants have a doubled risk of depression and suicide, a team of Danish researchers have found.
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Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Cholesterol reducing drug could positively affect Parkinson’s

January 25, 2016
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A trial has begun in the UK to see the effects of cholesterol lowering drug, Simvastin, in those afflicted with Parkinson’s.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Neuroscience
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Antibiotic resistance could hold key for treating amyloid diseases

January 14, 2016
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Researchers have discovered a method of using antibiotic resistance to find chemicals that stop amyloids – misfolded proteins - forming.
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Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Microbiology
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Antidepressants show effect on lifespan

January 6, 2016
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Scientists have begun to understand more about the effects of ageing through experiments on the lifespan of roundworms using antidepressants.
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Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Metformin affects diabetic trial studies

December 30, 2015
News
Metformin has been found to have a stronger effect on gut flora than diabetes Type 2, the condition for which it is prescribed.
Life Sciences
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Microbiology
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Protein found to affect HA efficacy

December 1, 2015
News
Hyaluronic acid (HA), used to treat osteoarthritis, could be modified to become even more useful for patients after a protein was discovered that has a huge influence on its success...
Life Sciences
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Immunology, Physiology, Proteomics & Genomics
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