A new blood test seems to perform as well as, if not better than, traditional blood cultures at detecting a type of fungal yeast infection that commonly strikes hospital patients, according to an analysis led by UPMC. The T2Candida Panel is…
Specific protein may reduce inflammation, improve survival during the flu
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — GM-CSF, a protein that modifies the immune response to the Influenza Treatment, may also help reduce lung inflammation and improve survival during influenza, according to Penn State researchers. The researchers studied the survival and lung function of…
ID’ing Features of Flu Virus Genome May Help Target Surveillance for Pandemic Flu
Pandemic flu occurs when flu strains from different species – birds and humans, or humans and pigs – genetically mix to make a new virus that spreads faster and makes people sicker than either strain alone. Public health authorities monitor places…
Artificial Sweetener Could Offer Superior Cancer Treatments
Artificial sweeteners are used in diet drinks and foods but also could someday be used as treatments targeting carbonic anhydrase IX (CA IX), a protein associated with aggressive cancers. Although several drugs have been approved that target similar forms of CA,…
Distinct Human Mutations Can Alter the Effect of Medicine
Effects of the medicine may alter by the Distinct Human Mutations. Every person has a unique DNA sequence. In a new study published in the scientific journal Cell, they look at certain receptors (GPCRs) in human cells. These protein receptors are the main…
Tuberculosis Drugs Work Better With Vitamin C
Studies in mice and in tissue cultures suggest that giving vitamin C with tuberculosis drugs could reduce the unusually long time it takes these drugs to eradicate this pathogen. In the study, the investigators treated Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected mice with anti-tuberculosis drugs…
FDA Permits Marketing of Device to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers
The FDA Last week permitted the Marketing of Dermapace System, the first shock device to treat Diabetic Foot ulcers. “Diabetes is the leading cause of lower-limb amputations,” said Binita Ashar, M.D., director of the division of surgical devices in FDA’s Center…
FDA again delays Portola’s BLA for bleeding antidote
The bleeding Antidotes have been delay again by FDA. Portola Pharmaceuticals is faced with getting its AndexXa universal bleeding reversal agent considered for approval by the FDA. Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb, as well as Bayer and Johnson & Johnson, were hoping…
Alcohol-abuse Drug Antabuse Kills Cancer Cells
A new study of Alcohol-abuse Drug Antabuse is effective against cancer cells. The study has researched by an international team including researchers from Karolinska Institutet. The study also identifies a potential mechanism of action for the anti-tumor effect. As developing new cancer…
Chromosomes May Reveal Link to Down Syndrome and More
The centromere is the structure at the center of every X-shaped chromosome, where cells attached the long, thin spindles that pull the two copies of DNA apart during cell division. A new technique makes it much easier for centromere research, and…