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Rate of Chronic High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy Doubled in U.S. Since 2008

Drugs.com

MONDAY, June 17, 2024 -- The number of pregnant women with chronic high blood pressure doubled during the past decade and a half, but treatment remains low among them, a new study found.About 3.7% of pregnant women were diagnosed with high blood.

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Therapeutic peptide developed for triple-negative breast cancer

Drug Target Review

These findings offer a novel strategy for developing targeted treatments for triple-negative breast cancer, which currently has no approved options. The team also observed that the drug prevented in vitro cancer stem cells from self-renewing, which is a characteristic of aggressive cancer cells that supports treatment resistance.

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50 years after founding, NIDA urges following science to move beyond stigma

National Institute on Drug Abuse: Nora's Blog

There was little in the way of effective prevention, and the only drug addiction treatment available was methadone. The Drug Abuse Treatment Act of 2002, for instance, enabled the newly approved medication buprenorphine, developed through NIDA research, to be prescribed by regular physicians if they obtained a waiver.

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Forging a Path Forward for Substance Abuse Potential Studies With the Cross-Company Abuse Liability Council By Beatrice Setnik, PhD

Alta Sciences

Despite having a final FDA guidance issued in 2017 , evolving drug development and treatment modalities continue to prompt important dialogue to adapt existing methods. One example is the recent interest in psychedelics for the treatment of psychiatric disorders, including major depressive disorder.

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Identify and Validate Innovative Peptides for the Treatment of Obesity

The Pharma Data

Boehringer Ingelheim and Gubra today announced a new research and licensing agreement focused on the identification and validation of targets and innovative peptide compounds for the treatment of obesity. iii Current treatment options have limited efficacy in terms of weight loss or are often associated with adverse events. “We

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Developing in-vivo chimeric lungs with pluripotent stem cells

Drug Target Review

1 Lung transplantation is the only viable treatment option, yet finding suitable lung donors is difficult. 2008 October 27 [2024 January 5]; 4:435-459. Although tobacco smoking is the primary cause of this inhalation injury, many other environmental and occupational exposures contribute to the pathology of COPD. Cell Stem Cell.

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Older Siblings Made Possible Just-Approved Gene Therapy for Metachromatic Leukodystrophy

PLOS: DNA Science

million price tag for the one-time infusion, and for the older siblings who contributed to developing the gene treatment, but were too sick to receive it. Liviana was born in January 2008 in Omaha, Nebraska, and diagnosed with MLD in December 2010. million, a lot less than the MLD treatment. Yes, the cost is horrifying.