New understanding of how drugs called PARP inhibitors, which have already shown promise for the treatment of women with familial breast and ovarian cancers linked to BRCA mutations, exert their anticancer effects has led to the identification of ways in which the patient population that might...
The combination of two inhibitors of protein mTOR stops the growth of primary liver cancer and destroys tumour cells, according to a study by researchers of the Group of Metabolism and Cancer at Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL). The study results are been published on the online...
According to an investigation published on bmj.com, hip fractures are 35% more likely to occur in post-menopausal women if they take indigestion medications, known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). This figure rises to 50% if the women are former or current smokers. Globally, PPIs are one of...
5-Alpha reductase inhibitors (5-ARI), such as finasteride and dutasteride, may increase the specificity of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test in men with elevated or fluctuating PSA levels and previous negative biopsy, according to new data from researchers from NewYork-Presbyterian...
5-Alpha reductase inhibitors (5-ARI), such as finasteride and dutasteride, may increase the specificity of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test in men with elevated or fluctuating PSA levels and previous negative biopsy, according to new data from researchers from NewYork-Presbyterian...
Avila Therapeutics™, Inc., a biotechnology company developing targeted covalent drugs that treat diseases through protein silencing, presented results of preclinical studies on two of its Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) protease inhibitors, AVL-181 and AVL-192. These inhibitors, due to their unique...
How does Selective Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs), like Prozac, work???? And what is the mechanism that
occurs in the neuron connections themselves?