Biogen Halts Studies of Closely Watched Alzheimer's Drug, a Blow to Hopes for New Treatment
Trial failure raises doubts about amyloid as a target for drug development
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A Common Anesthetic Could Ease PTSD and Other Stress Disorders
Propofol reduces the intensity of traumatic memories
FDA Approves First New Drug Developed for Women with Postpartum Depression
The new drug, Zulresso, can work in days, not the weeks it takes for current treatments
Science Couple Phages Out Superbug
Medical researcher Steffanie Strathdee needed to save the life of her husband, researcher Tom Patterson, when he contracted one of the world's worst infections. She turned to phage therapy: using a virus to kill the bacteria...
Warm-Blooded Animals Lost Ability to Heal the Heart
Thyroid hormone, which helps warm-blooded animals regulate body temperature, also appears to put a halt on heart regeneration. Christopher Intagliata reports.
FDA Approves Esketamine, the First Major Depression Treatment to Reach U.S. Market in Decades
Nasal spray related to the anesthetic/street drug ketamine targets treatment-resistant patients
A Second Person Has Been Effectively "Cured" of HIV
10 years after the so-called “Berlin Patient,” a second man has been put into sustained remission
Party-Drug-Turned-Antidepressant Approaches Approval
Johnson & Johnson has submitted its esketamine for regulatory approval, but researchers still don't understand how the fast-acting antidepressant lifts moods
Gene in Infamous Experiment on Embryos Points to New Stroke Treatment
Biology at the center of last year’s contentious gene-edited twins result may hold other benefits for brain injury
How Drug Company Ads Downplay Risks
Study shows the power of the “argument dilution effect”
FDA Issues Warning about Young-Blood Transfusions
Plasma from young people offers “no proven clinical benefit” as a treatment against aging or Alzheimer’s disease, the agency says
A Better Pill—Internal Delivery Devices May Help Patients Take Their Medicine
A tortoise and a puffer fish inspire technology to overcome the multibillion-dollar nonadherence problem
Investigating Immunologic Approaches to Cancer Treatment
At NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and its affiliated medical schools, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medical College, innovators in science and medicine are pursuing cancer research with the potential to redefine the field...
Inside View: Can a Community Invigorate Cancer Care?
Turns out, bringing together patients, caregivers, advocates and researchers could lead to better outcomes. Here’s how to begin.
Vaccinating Mice May Finally Slow Lyme Disease
Killing ticks and inoculating people has failed, so researchers try immunizing mice via vaccine-laced food
Silicon Valley Start-Up Hopes to Deliver Precision Cancer Medicine to Dogs
Promoters hope efforts will also offer insights into treatments used for humans
Ebola Vaccine Supplies Are Expected to Last
The World Health Organization predicts the Democratic Republic of the Congo has enough of the experimental vaccine
Setting Standards for Supplements
Dietary supplements aren’t drugs, but the ingredients they contain are often highly bioactive. Ensuring consumer safety for these ‘natural’ products is a big job.
Inhaled RNA Might Help Heal Cystic Fibrosis
Scientists are working to correct a genetic defect in cystic fibrosis patients by having them inhale RNA. Christopher Intagliata reports.
Take Your Pills When Your Genes Are Most Active
Drugs could be more effective if taken when the genetic proteins they target are most active
