Microbes point to method for isolating harmful forms of drugs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at MIT and Brown University studying how marine bacteria move recently discovered that a sharp variation in water current segregates right-handed bacteria from their...
View ArticleThalidomide does not improve survival in small cell lung cancer
Treating patients with thalidomide in combination with chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) did not improve their survival but did increase their risk of blood clots, according to a new study...
View ArticleSolving the 50-year-old puzzle of thalidomide
Research into the controversial drug thalidomide reveals that the mechanism through which the drug causes limb defects is the same process which causes it to damage internal organs and other tissues....
View ArticleJapan team uncovers thalidomide mystery
Japanese scientists have uncovered how thalidomide led to deformities in children born to mothers taking the drug in the 1950s and 1960s, according to a study released Friday.
View ArticleNew use for once-cursed drug Thalidomide?
Thalidomide, the sedative blamed for tragic birth defects half a century ago, treated a rare inherited blood disorder, according to lab experiments reported on Sunday.
View ArticleLess intensive drug schedule as effective as standard treatment for blood cancer
A less intensive bortezomib-based regimen (given once instead of twice per week) followed by maintenance therapy, is as effective as the standard treatment for elderly patients with multiple myeloma,...
View ArticleDrug's likelihood of causing birth defects predicted by model
(PhysOrg.com) -- When pregnant women need medications, there is often concern about possible effects on the fetus. Although some drugs are clearly recognized to cause birth defects (thalidomide being a...
View ArticleThalidomide shows efficacy as adjuvant therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma...
Thalidomide has shown potential to be used as the first adjuvant therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), according to data presented at the International Liver Congress 2011.1
View ArticleAustralian to lead thalidomide suit
An Australian woman born without arms and legs will lead a mass lawsuit against the German and British firms behind thalidomide, a sedative blamed for birth defects, lawyers said Saturday.
View ArticleChemists devise new way to prepare molecules for drug testing
(Phys.org) —James Bond had his reasons for ordering his martinis "shaken, not stirred." Similarly, drug manufacturers need to make sure the molecules in a new drug are arranged in an exact manner, lest...
View ArticleIngredient in turmeric spice when combined with anti-nausea drug kills cancer...
In a laboratory, preclinical study recently published by the journal Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researchers combined structural features...
View ArticleFitness game for the physically impaired
Modern IT has the potential to make fitness training more varied for people with physi- cal limitations. But what exactly is required? Fraunhofer put this question to thalidomide victims, and developed...
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