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A Drug Designed By AI Is Starting Its First Human Trials
Posted in Medicine on 28th Jun, 2023
by Alex Muller
Its drug candidate (for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis-a chronic condition where the lungs become scarred and it's hard to breathe) - took just a third of the usual time and a tenth of the usual cost to develop thanks to the company's technology.
Scientists reworked an experimental cancer therapy to treat autoimmune disease
Posted in Medicine on 28th Jun, 2023
by Alex Muller
For reasons scientists have not been able to figure out yet, the immune response mistakenly attacks its own healthy cells, struggling to distinguish between ally and enemy.
Most blood pressure meds found to reduce frequency of migraine headaches
Posted in Medicine on 27th Jun, 2023
by Alex Muller
A new study by researchers at The George Institute for Global Health in Sydney, Australia, has found that almost all classes of antihypertensives have some ability to reduce the frequency of headaches in migraine sufferers.
“Unconventional” mechanism underlying Parkinson’s disease discovered
Posted in Medicine on 27th Jun, 2023
by Alex Muller
"The ultimate goal would be to find a way to boost levels of PINK1/Parkin mitophagy in the body - especially the brain - so that damaged mitochondria can be removed more effectively."
Two Drugs May Be Better Than One for Resistant Breast Cancers
Posted in Medicine on 18th Jun, 2023
by Alex Muller
Overall, the study suggests that combining new CDK2 inhibitors with CDK4/6 inhibitors – such as palbociclib, ribociclib and abemaciclib – could be effective for patients with either intrinsic or acquired resistance.