News articles tagged with 'inhibitor'
New inhibitor prevented lesions, reduced tumour size in basal cell cancer
— 3 Apr 2011 12:23 | HealthA new hedgehog pathway inhibitor demonstrated efficacy in preventing and treating basal cell cancer among patients with basal cell nevus syndrome, a rare inheritable disease, according…
UT Southwestern research advances fight against kidney cancer
— 31 Mar 2011 15:06 | HealthResearchers at UT Southwestern Medical Centre have discovered genetic pathways to starve selectively kidney cancer cells…
UCSF researchers identify promising new treatment for childhood leukaemia
— 31 Mar 2011 14:54 | HealthAn experimental drug lessens symptoms of a rare form of childhood leukaemia and offers significant insight into the cellular development of the disease, according to findings from a…
Scientists devise targeted therapy strategy for rare form of childhood cancer
— 30 Mar 2011 16:25 | HealthBy 'distracting' cancer proteins from their usual activity, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital have caused cells in a rare, lethal form of cancer…
New direction for epilepsy treatment
— 29 Mar 2011 16:31 | HealthIf common anticonvulsant drugs fail to manage epileptic seizures, then perhaps the anti-inflammatory route is the way to go. That's according to Mattia Maroso and colleagues from the…
Combination ACE inhibitor therapy increases risk of kidney failure and death
— 28 Mar 2011 18:52 | HealthElderly patients prescribed combination angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) had a higher risk of kidney failure and death, according…
Asthma drug could help control or treat Alzheimer's disease
— 28 Mar 2011 15:52 | HealthA drug used to treat asthma has been shown to help reduce the formation of amyloid beta, a peptide in the brain that is implicated in the development of Alzheimer's disease, according…
Combining 2 peptide inhibitors might block tumour growth
— 15 Mar 2011 21:11 | HealthA new study suggests that combining two experimental anticancer peptide agents might simultaneously block formation of new tumour blood vessels while also inhibiting the growth of tumour…
Rituximab combined with a TNF inhibitor and methotrexate shows no safety signal in RA treatment
— 9 Mar 2011 18:02 | HealthA recent trial of rituximab in combination with a tumour necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor and methotrexate (MTX) in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) found the safety profile…
Popular drugs for common male health problems can affect their sexual health
— 8 Mar 2011 14:35 | HealthA new study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine reveals that, for the first time, 5a-reductase inhibitors commonly used to treat urinary problems in patients with benign prostatic…