Posts Tagged ‘New Drugs’

New Target for Fighting Alzheimer’s: Study

27th January 2010 by admin No Comments

French researchers said Tuesday they had found a promising new target in the fight against Alzheimer’s, the debilitating brain disease that causes irreversible memory loss and dementia.
In laboratory experiments, a team led by Etienne-Emile Beaulieu of the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) uncovered what could prove a critically important interaction between [...]

New Class of Drugs Promising for BRCA-Related Cancers

9th July 2009 by admin 1 Comment

New drugs called PARP inhibitors appear to have a lot of promise against hereditary cancers caused by BRCA1 and BRCA2 cell mutations.
PARP inhibitors work by blocking the action of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase, an enzyme that helps repair DNA. In certain tumor cells, such as those from BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers, blocking this enzyme can [...]

Novartis Drug Combo Cuts Pancreatic Tumour Size

24th June 2009 by admin No Comments

A combination of two drugs from Novartis AG (NOVN.VX) cut the size of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours in more than 80 percent of patients in a mid-stage study, the Swiss group said on Wednesday. Patients who received a once-daily pill Afinitor in combination with Sandostatin LAR had no progression in their disease for a median of [...]