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An ant that selectively amputates the infected limbs of wounded sisters

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

When experimentally testing the effectiveness of these 'treatments,' not only did they aid in recovery, but the research team found the ants' choice of care catered to the type of injury presented to them.

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New cell therapy model accelerates cancer treatment development

Drug Target Review

This circular process presents unique challenges, but the model Bock has developed at CTMC is tailored to overcome these hurdles efficiently. While therapies like CAR-T have shown great success in hematologic malignancies, solid tumours remain a challenging area for current treatments.

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Regulator and Funder? FDA’s Orphan Products Grants Program awards significant funding to help move promising treatments through clinical development

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a pivotal role in fostering the development of treatments for rare diseases through its Orphan Products Grants Program. The Natural History Studies Grants Program funds natural history studies that collect gather data on how rare diseases progress over time without treatment.

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New research improves the safety and effectiveness of ADC cancer treatments

Drug Target Review

While these therapies hold great promise for improving cancer treatment outcomes, their development presents significant challenges, especially in achieving the optimal balance between efficacy and safety. Properly managing these toxicities is crucial to enhancing the safety and therapeutic effectiveness of ADC treatments.

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Adding Blood Thinners to A-fib Treatment Won't Prevent Strokes, Help Cognition

Drugs.com

19, 2024 -- People using blood thinners to control their heart rhythm shouldn't expect the medications to head off thinking declines as well, new research suggests.The study, presented Saturday at a meeting of the American Heart. TUESDAY, Nov.

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Buprenorphine now replaces methadone as the most common medicine for opioid dependence’: 10-year trends in opioid agonist treatment medicines in Australia

National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre Blog

Kendal Chidwick NDARC’s Kendal Chidwick discusses the findings from a recently published study that examined how patterns of opioid agonist treatment medicines have changed over the past decade. Other changes around this time aimed at improving treatment accessibility included increased use of take-home doses and telehealth appointments.

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Unveiling neoantigen-directed cancer treatment

Drug Target Review

This exclusive interview with Dr Sharon Benzeno, Chief Commercial Officer, Immune Medicine at Adaptive Biotechnologies, unveils some ground-breaking research on T- cell therapy for cancer , which has seen the first TCR-based therapeutic candidate progress to clinical development, offering promising advancements in innovative cancer treatments.

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