Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Basilea reports granting of U.S. orphan drug designation to isavuconazole for the treatment of invasive candidiasis

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In continuation of my up date on isavuconazole Isavuconazole  ( BAL4815 ) is an experimental  triazole  antifungal. Its  prodrug...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

FDA Advisory Committee Recommends Savaysa (edoxaban) for Reduction of Embolic Events in Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation

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Edoxaban  ( INN , codenamed  DU-176b , trade name  Lixiana ) is an  anticoagulant  drug which acts as a  direct factor Xa inhibitor ...
Monday, December 29, 2014

FDA Approves sNDA for Invega Sustenna (paliperidone palmitate) for Schizoaffective Disorder

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We know that, Paliperidone (trade name Invega), also known as 9-hydroxyrisperidone, is a dopamine antagonist and 5-HT 2A  antagonist o...
Friday, December 26, 2014

GABA injections prevent and reverse Type 1 diabetes in mice

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A chemical produced in the pancreas that prevented and even reversed Type 1 diabetes in mice had the same effect on human beta cells...
Thursday, December 25, 2014

Avanir Pharmaceuticals Announces Preliminary Feedback from the FDA on AVP-825 for the Acute Treatment of Migraine

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We know that,  Sumatriptan  is a synthetic drug belonging to the  triptan  class, used for the treatment of  migraine  headaches. St...
Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Experimental anti-cancer drugs PF-04691502 and PD-0325901 excel against colorectal cancer models

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Genes make proteins and proteins tell your body's cells what to do: one talks to the next, which talks to the next, and to the n...
Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Scientists devise powerful algorithm to improve effectiveness of research technology harnessing RNAi

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In continuation of my update on RNAi Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have devised a powerful algorithm that improve...
Monday, December 22, 2014

Researchers demonstrate efficacy of Bozepinib drug against cancerogenic stem cells

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An Andalusian team of researchers led by the University of Granada has demonstrated the efficacy of a new drug against cancerogenic ...
Friday, December 19, 2014

Experimental drug works best when patients' immune cells surrounding tumors express PD-L1

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A promising experimental immunotherapy drug works best in patients whose immune defenses initially rally to attack the cancer but then are...
Thursday, December 18, 2014

Destroy Cancer Naturally in 40 Days

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We know that,  Tripterygium wilfordii , or   léi gōng téng   (Mandarin) (Chinese:雷公藤, Japanese:   raikōtō ), sometimes called   thunder go...
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Visualizing DNA double-strand break process for the first time

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Scientists from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), led by Guillermo Montoya, have developed a method for producing bi...
Tuesday, December 16, 2014

New treatment for marfan syndrome shows promise

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In continuation of my update on Losartan The results are being presented Nov. 18 at the American Heart Association's annual meetin...
Monday, December 15, 2014

New treatment for marfan syndrome shows promise

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The results are being presented Nov. 18 at the American Heart Association's annual meeting in Chicago and will appear online the same ...
Friday, December 12, 2014

Chemical compound in coffee may help prevent damaging effects of obesity

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In continuation of my update on chlorogenic acid Researchers at the University of Georgia have discovered that a chemical compound ...
Thursday, December 11, 2014

Cholesterol-fighting statins inhibit uterine fibroid tumors that account for 50% of hysterectomies...

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In continuation of my update on  simvastatin Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, in collaboratio...