A new study led by Boston Medical Center’s Grayken Center for Addiction shows that opioid-related overdose deaths involving another substance is now the norm, not the exception, in Massachusetts. The researchers analyzed opioid overdose death data from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, which showed that 82 percent of those deaths involved an opioid and…
Chemists One Step Closer to Opioid Alternative
New Method Simplifies the Search For Protein Receptor Complexes, Speeding Drug Development
For a drug to intervene in cells or entire organs that are not behaving normally it must first bind to specific protein receptors in the cell membranes. Receptors can change their molecular structure in a multitude of ways during binding – and only the right structure will “unlock” the drug’s therapeutic effect. Now, a new…
Research Reveals Insulin-Producing Beta Cells May Change Function in Diabetes
Immune System Discovery Could Aid Quest for Stem Cell Therapies
Novel Study Discovers ‘Metabolic Fingerprint’ to Help Treat, Diagnosis and Prevent Cervical Cancer
Inflammatory Bowel Disease During Childhood Linked to Higher Cancer Rates and Early Death
Does Insulin Resistance Cause Fibromyalgia?
Study Links Gene to Sleep Problems in Autism
Up to 80 percent of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience sleep problems. The source of these problems has been as much of a mystery as the exact causes of ASD, which scientists are still working to unravel. A new study led by a team of neuroscientists at Washington State University has brought scientists…
Drug Treats Type 2 Diabetes in Children, Team Announces
Novel Therapies Slow CKD Progression in Patients With Diabetes
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Drug May Help Kids With Later-Onset Disease
Researchers Learn How ‘Bad Cholesterol’ Enters Artery Walls
Stroke Patients Receive Different Amounts of Physical Therapy
Blood Thinner Found to Significantly Reduce Subsequent Heart Failure Risks
Scientists Translate Brain Signals into Speech Sounds
Study Highlights Anti-Tumor Activity of Curcumin on Stomach Cancer
In Mice, Eliminating Damaged Mitochondria Alleviates Chronic Inflammatory Disease
Inflammation is a balanced physiological response — the body needs it to eliminate invasive organisms and foreign irritants, but excessive inflammation can harm healthy cells, contributing to aging and chronic diseases. To help keep tabs on inflammation, immune cells employ a molecular machine called the NLRP3 inflammasome. NLRP3 is inactive in a healthy cell, but…
Supporting Drug Product Innovation Through Small Biotech Companies
Study: Medication Treatment Reduces Arrests Among People With Opioid Use Disorder
Scientists Compared Ways of Drug Delivery to Malignant Tumors
A team of biologists from Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University and Lobachevsky University (Nizhny Novgorod) analyzed available methods of targeted drug delivery to malignant tumors. Individual approaches to cancer therapy limit the influence of drugs on healthy tissues and reduce side effects. The results of the study were published in the Cancers journal. The…
