Merck Drug Keytruda Better Than Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer

Posted on 11/10/2016 by sumayah

It seems patients with advanced lung cancer have a better treatment option than chemotherapy. A clinical trial recently found the Merck & Co.'s immune boosting drug Keytruda is more effective...

Game-Changing Drug Nivolumab Doubles Chances of Cancer Survival

Posted on 10/10/2016 by sumayah

Head and neck cancers are notoriously difficult to treat. However a new game changing drug may be the answer for survival in cancer patients. The immunotherapy drug called ‘Nivolumab’ has shown...

Scientists Explain Underlying Cause of Alzheimer’s Drug Trial Failures

Posted on 03/10/2016 by hira

Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia, which accounts for 50 to 70 percent of all cases of dementia. Each year, more than 5 million Americans are affected by Alzheimer’s disease and the...

Nanoparticles From Cataract Lens Waste Used for Safer Drug Delivery

Posted on 16/09/2016 by ians

Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur have crafted nanoparticles from discarded cataract-affected lens, a development they claim could aid in safe, targeted drug delivery.The...

Immunosuppressant Drug May Ease Chronic Eye Condition

Posted on 08/09/2016 by hira

Patients suffering from chronic eye condition called uveitis may now have an alternative approach better than the conventional treatment. According to a new research, an immune based drug called...

Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug Reduces Harmful Brain Plaques

Posted on 01/09/2016 by sumayah

Aducanumab, which is an antibody, has been synthesized in the lab in order to be used in the armor of medical weapons against Alzheimer’s Disease. It causes a substantial clean-up of the deleterious...

New Technique Mimics Fat to Improve Drug Delivery

Posted on 11/08/2016 by ians

Researchers have developed a new technology that makes use of a natural fat absorption system to deliver drugs from the gut straight into the blood stream by by-passing the liver.Many medications...

New Drug Found to Treat Three Killer Diseases

Posted on 09/08/2016 by sumayah

Scientists have found a class of medicinal agents that can treat three tropical diseases at one and the same time. These terrible ailments afflict millions in Africa, Asia and Latin America.They are...

1-80 Drug Stops Justified by Sheriff

Posted on 13/03/2014 by sumayah

Ed Kilgore is like any other sheriff you may come across. But all this is only so at first sight. Look deeper and you will see that a lot of cleaning needs to be done in the attic. His (1-80 drug...

Type 2 Diabetes Cure Found

Posted on 07/03/2014 by sumayah

Medical research scientists have literally stumbled upon a rare genetic mutation which switches off the mechanisms responsible for type 2 diabetes. The threat of the devastating disease is cut by two...

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