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The Snippet: The Success of Cannabidiol

GW Pharmaceuticals, a UK based company, believes in growing its own cannabis plants, search for its ingredients and then come up with medicines that help the company in taking one more step towards...

Sep 30, 2016

Merck Focuses its Research on Hard to Treat Cancers

Merck is a leading science and technology company, and has many projects that are involved in research to find treatments for diseases that are hard to treat. Keeping in view with this agenda, Merck has announced that the new research that has been conducted from their marketed and pipeline compounds will be present...

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FDA Approves Sarepta’s Muscular Dystrophy Drug after Months of Debate

The Food and Drug Administration approved the recent controversial drug to treat Duchenne muscular Dystrophy, which is a rare disease that confines boys to wheelchairs and condemns them to an early death. The decision was made after months of debate between the Agency and Sarepta Therapeutics, regarding the evidence...

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PI3Kγ- a molecular switch that controls immune suppression

Macrophages play critical role in acute and chronic inflammation and cancer. In response to pathogens or injury, inflammatory macrophages express cytokines that stimulate cytotoxic T cells. Macrophage PI(3)Kinase γ controls a critical switch between immune stimulation and suppression during inflammation and cancer. ...

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HER2 Expression and its Dynamic Functional States

A research published in Nature recently identified some dynamic functional states in the breast cancer cells of HER2 breast cancer. The research postulates that women who have advanced oestrogen-receptor (ER)-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative breast cancer, are prone to acquire a HER2...

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Novel Genetics Biomarker found by a Group of Researchers May Offer Novel Treatment Approach for Cancer

There might be many treatment options for a cancer patients, but each one has its limitations. Also, a physician has a challenge in determining the best treatment method for an individual. However, a research team from Berkeley Lab has devised a system by which these decision are easier to make based in the genetic ...

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AstraZeneca’s new Asthma Drug Aces Phase III trial

AstraZeneca has got good results in the clinical trial for its next-generation asthma medication and could be available to patients by the end of next year. The drug, Benralizumab, is a new biological treatment for people with severe asthma, and works by targeting eosinophils that cause inflammation in the lungs of ...

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Identity Crises Faced by a Venerable Brain-Cancer Cell Line

There has been a shocking revelation in a report published in Science Translational Medicine by Bengt Westermark, a tumour biologist at Uppsala, who reports that a cell line widely used to study brain cancer does not match the cells used to create the line nearly 50 years ago, or the tumour supposed to be its source...

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The Road Less Travelled: EpiPen’s Pricing Policy

Mylan’s EpiPen is used as a lifesaver to threatening allergic reactions. It mitigates or reverses allergic reactions including abrupt blocking of airways and swollen legs, chest or neck.  In late 2007, Mylan acquired the rights to sell EpiPen, an invention of the 1970s. Even its inventor Sheldon Kaplan did not know ...

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Denali’s Impressive Research Portfolio

The South San Francisco biotech startup, Denali Therapeutics, that had raised $217 million last year to fight Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and ALS, and an additional  $130 million from investors in a private placement led by Baillie Gifford, a UK-based mutual fund, has finally spoken about its plans to use the fund. The...

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A rare neurological disorder characterized by progressive weakness and impaired sensory function in .....

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The first biosimilar was made available to patients in the United States six years ago in 2021. Thes.....

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A formal medical disorder affecting approximately 10 percent of the world population is trypanophobi.....

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With worldwide dissemination and now over 9 million cases and nearly 500,000 deaths recorded, the ef.....

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Crohn's disease (CD) is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In this condition, the immune sy.....

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Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD) is a rare hereditary disease characterized by the accumulation of.....

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