Steroid inhalers increase the risk of hard-to-treat infections
Older people who use steroid inhalers are more likely to suffer particular bacterial infections...
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Quality control method to select effective MβCD in Neimann-Pick disease
Researchers have developed a quality control method to evaluate the pharmacological activity and potential effectiveness of different preparations of the therapeutic agent MβCD...
Wickham Labs to exhibit at Medtec Ireland 2017
Wickham Laboratories Ltd is pleased to announce that we will be on stand 305 at the upcoming Medtec Ireland, held on 4-5 October 2017 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Galway, Ireland...
Proposed guidelines for handling CAR-T cell side effects
Immune-cell based therapies opening a new frontier for cancer treatment carry unique, potentially lethal side effects...
HPV vaccine associated with improved fertility
Researchers have examined the relationship between the HPV vaccination and fertility and identified that the vaccine can improve chances of conception...
HIV epidemic on track to be controlled by 2020
Data released from the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has shown that the HIV epidemic is coming under control...
Fluorescent cells grown using CMOS image sensors
Researchers have developed a platform that enables fluorescent cells to be grown inside a chip using a CMOS image sensors...
Beta-blocker therapy after heart attack questioned
Researchers have found that beta blockers are not needed after a heart attack if survivors are taking ACE inhibitors and statins...
Chemotherapy pain may be eased by jet-lag drug
Painful side effects from cancer medicines could be tackled with a drug that eases the effects of jetlag...
Cypralis granted new Innovate UK feasibility stage award for chronic pancreatitis
Cypralis, has been awarded funding by Innovate UK to develop cyclophilin inhibitors targeting fibrotic diseases...
ALA-artemisinin combination therapy for cancer identified
Artemisinin, a potent anti-malarial drug, has been widely hailed as a promising alternative cancer treatment...
MRI effective in detecting postpartum breast cancers
Pregnancy-associated breast cancer, which is rare but often aggressive, has been detected with MRI...
One vaccine injection could carry many doses
Engineers have invented a new 3-D fabrication method that can generate a novel type of drug-carrying particle that could allow multiple doses of a drug or vaccine to be delivered...
FDA approves first biosimilar for the treatment of cancer
Mvasi, a biosimilar to the cancer drug Avastin, is approved for certain colorectal, lung, brain, kidney and cervical cancers…
Bluebird bio joins the ABPI as a full member
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has admitted the American biotech bluebird bio, Inc. as a full member...
