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Compound Designed To Enhance Treatment Response in Patients With Medulloblastoma
A research team has identified a small molecule compound that can activate the Wnt pathway in non-Wnt subtypes of medulloblastoma, making these aggressive forms of cancer more responsive to therapies.
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Drug-Like Compounds Developed To Inhibit Cancer-Linked Enzymes
A team of scientists has developed the first drug-like compounds to inhibit the nuclear receptor-binding SET domain family of enzymes whose malfunction is associated with several cancers.
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Mutant Strain of Sake Yeast Makes Fatigue-Fighting Amino Acid
Fans of sake, the traditional Japanese alcoholic beverage, may have even more reason to enjoy it now: Japanese scientists have discovered that a mutant strain of sake yeast produces high levels of the amino acid ornithine.
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Gout Treatment May Benefit Patients With Congenital Heart Disease
A drug called probenecid used to treat gout, may improve heart function in patients with a particular heart defect, according to results from a small pilot study.
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Antiviral Used To Treat Cat Coronavirus Inhibits Main Protease of SARS-CoV-2
Researchers from the University of Alberta are preparing to launch clinical trials of a drug used to cure a deadly disease caused by a coronavirus in cats that they expect will also be effective as a treatment for humans against COVID-19. The team showed that the prodrug and its parent GC373, are effective inhibitors of the Mpro from both SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2.
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The Impact of Genetics on COVID-19 Treatments
A research team has studied how individualization with pharmacogenomics – the study of how genes affect a person's response to drugs – may improve the efficiency and safety of COVID-19 treatments.
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A Step Towards Developing a Potential Treatment for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
A team has taken a step towards developing a potential treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, the most common form of chronic liver disease.
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Transplanted Brown-Fat-Like Cells a Potential Treatment for Obesity and Diabetes
Studies in mice have offered a proof of concept that “HUMBLE” cells, created from human white fat, can treat metabolic diseases.
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Type 2 Diabetes Drugs Work Better Tethered Together
Biomedical engineers have shown that the efficacy of a two-pronged Type 2 diabetes treatment is improved when the drugs are linked by a heat-sensitive tether rather than being concurrently administered.
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Synthetic Coating for GI Tract Could Aid Drug Delivery
In a study conducted in pigs, researchers have demonstrated that by applying a temporary synthetic coating to the lining of the small intestine, it was possible to simplify the delivery of drugs that normally have to be taken multiple times per day.
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