September 30, 2021
Via: The Medical NewsDo probiotics prevent gum disease? Is flossing necessary? Many patients are unable to confidently answer these questions and more due to the abundance of conflicting medical information. However, new research led by the University at Buffalo aims to separate fact […]
June 21, 2021
Via: The Medical NewsThe severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike protein has been the main target for the development of vaccines and other therapeutics needed to treat COVID-19 illness. New research published in the journal Future Medicine found the SARS-CoV-2 spike […]
May 19, 2021
Via: The Medical NewsCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral infection caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This disease caused the most severe pandemic of this century, with almost 150 million documented infections, over three million deaths, and is […]
May 12, 2021
Via: The Medical NewsResearchers at the Francis Crick Institute and the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis have designed a drug-like compound which effectively blocks a critical step in the malaria parasite life cycle and are working to develop this compound into a potential […]
April 5, 2021
Via: The Medical NewsA research group from the U.S. demonstrated the practicality of a spike display system in order to accelerate vaccine design, but also to swiftly appraise the effects of mutations in emerging strains of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 […]
April 2, 2021
Via: The Medical NewsScientists have found that several viruses which belong to the Coronaviridae family can infect a wide range of hosts, including birds, humans, and other mammals. These viruses are single-stranded, positive-sense, RNA viruses whose size ranges between 27-32 kb. They are […]
December 3, 2020
Via: The Medical NewsA new study further implicates low levels of the amino acid glycine in development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD. It also suggests addressing this might hold the key to a future treatment for the disease. “We’ve uncovered a […]
December 1, 2020
Via: The Medical NewsOne of the efforts to combat the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is repurposing drugs already in use. Polyether ionophores are a family of natural products used as antibiotics. […]
November 3, 2020
Via: The Medical NewsCancers sometimes escape our immune defenses because of the over-activity of molecular signaling systems, called checkpoint processes. Now we may be able to fight back using a new range of molecules, researchers in China report in the European Journal of […]
September 30, 2020
Via: The Medical NewsScripps Research chemist Matthew Disney, PhD, and colleagues have created drug-like compounds that, in human cell studies, bind and destroy the pandemic coronavirus’ so-called “frameshifting element” to stop the virus from replicating. The frameshifter is a clutch-like device the virus […]
September 22, 2020
Via: The Medical NewsA study appearing next week in the journal Nature Communications offers some good news in the search for antiviral drugs for hard-to-treat diseases. Researchers have identified a potential new drug candidate against enterovirus 71, a common cause of hand, foot […]
July 29, 2020
Via: The Medical NewsIn the case of an infection, the SARS-CoV-2 virus must overcome various defense mechanisms of the human body, including its non-specific or innate immune defense. During this process, infected body cells release messenger substances known as type 1 interferons. These […]
July 23, 2020
Via: The Medical NewsA new technology that combines high throughput imaging and machine learning could speed discovery of drugs to fight tuberculosis, which for generations has killed more people worldwide than any other disease caused by a single agent-;4,000 people every day. Current […]
August 9, 2018
Via: The Medical NewsNanoparticles show great promise as diagnostic tools and drug delivery agents. The tiny particles, which scientists can modify with drugs, dyes or targeting molecules, can travel in the circulation and squeeze through small spaces into cells and tissues. But until […]
July 27, 2018
Via: The Medical NewsMany of the antibiotics used today were developed from natural products made by bacteria themselves in order to ward off other bacteria. These products used to be sought and found primarily in soil. Now, Julia Vorholt and Jörn Piel of […]
December 13, 2017
Via: The Medical NewsResearchers in Sweden have succeeded in taking the next step toward using man-made nanoscale compounds in the fight against cancer. A recent proof-of-concept study showed that dendrimers – which were first introduced in the 1980s – may be used to […]