Drug Kinetics – News and Features
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New Polymer May Be Key to More Energy-Efficient Buildings
University of Texas at Dallas researchers and their collaborators are developing a quick-drying polymeric desiccant that could dehumidify buildings using at least 30% less energy than conventional air-conditioning systems.
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Model Identifies Potential Drug Combinations To Avoid
A new model has been designed to identify drugs that should not be prescribed together. It has already identified common drugs – an antibiotic and a blood thinner – that may interfere with each other.
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Inhalable Lung Cancer Therapy Shows Promise in Animal Study
Columbia Biomedical Engineer Ke Cheng has developed a technique that uses inhalation of exosomes, or nanobubbles, to directly deliver IL-12 mRNA to the lungs of mice.
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Look Under the Scope – LGBT+ History Month
The theme for LGBT+ History Month this year is Medicine – #UnderTheScope, celebrating the contribution of LGBT+ individuals to medicine and healthcare. Here, we explore key figures often passed over when recounting significant contributions to medicine.
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Cannabis Extract Slows Melanoma Growth in Study
A cannabis extract has shown positive results in slowing down melanoma cell growth and increasing cell death rates, a new in-vitro study finds.
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Sourcing Chemistry From Inside Humans
In this interview, Dr. Jason Park, co-founder and CEO of Empress Therapeutics, tells us more about the Chemilogics platform and the benefits this approach to drug discovery can offer.
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Cancer Drug Could Open Doors to New Parkinson’s Treatment
A study has shown that Rucaparib and its main metabolite M324 exhibit differential activities. The paper has analyzed Rucaparib and M324, making a computational prediction of the metabolite’s activity.
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Nanofiber Bandages Fight Infection, Speed Healing
An interdisciplinary team of researchers has identified an innovative way to harness the antioxidant and antibacterial properties of the botanical compound lawsone to make nanofiber-coated cotton bandages that fight infection.
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Acid-Treated Polymers Are Superior Stores for Drug Delivery
After the twists and turns of discovering a drug molecule, pharma companies still face a mighty challenge: delivering their candidate drugs to the area of the body where they are needed.
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Tackling Protein Aggregation in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Diabetes
Purdue researchers have created molecular compounds to inhibit protein aggregation linked with Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and Type 2 diabetes.
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