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Decoy drug could prevent cancer's spread

Posted in Medicine on 23rd Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

Creating a molecular snapshot of the way proteins interact could help development of new cancer drugs.

First 'gold-standard' trial of ketamine's anti-depressant effects launched

Posted in Medicine on 22nd Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

Clinical trial in Australia and New Zealand will compare response to multiple doses of the drug with placebo.

New cancer gene-drug combinations ripe for precision medicine

Posted in Science on 23rd Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller

Such combinations are expected to kill cancer cells, which have mutations, but not healthy cells, which do not.

Drug combo that helps immune system attack cancer

Posted in Medicine on 20th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller

'Cancers can remain inconspicuous in the body for months to years before causing major problems, leading the immune system to coexist rather than to attack cancers'

Marijuana compound removes alzheimers plaque from brain cells, study finds

Posted in Medicine on 30th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

Alzheimers disease may now be added to a list of diseases with promising treatment from cannabis, a new study says.