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Albert Alexander was the first known person treated with penicillin. While his ultimately fatal case is well known in medical histories, the cause of his illness has been misattributed for decades.
Drug manufacturers often shun the use of placebos in clinical trials. But research suggests that placebos could play an important role in the treatment of depression, pain and other maladies.
Zebrafish are ideal for drug discovery especially in the context of neurological and inflammatory conditions.
It’s early days yet. But here’s what we know so far.
We’ve made a few mistakes in the past two years, when it comes to developing COVID drugs. Some were obvious and could have easily been avoided.
They’re calling for advice before using bleach or disinfectant. Or they’re calling to ask about side-effects after gargling, spraying or bathing in them. It’s a worry.
The discovery has boosted the pharmaceutical industry and made research greener and cheaper.
The path to using old drugs for COVID is full of potholes. So why are we using the same old flawed methods when we actually know what works?
Side-effects for this unproven and potentially dangerous treatment range from vomiting and diarrhoea to seizures and a coma.
The usefulness of a drug is typically measured by its active ingredient. But traditional Chinese medicine shows that there’s more to healing than using the right chemical.
Artificial cells on tiny microfluidic chips can provide early insight into how new cancer drugs behave in cells, and why certain kinds of cancer are more resistant to chemotherapy treatment.
The FDA receives almost half its funding from companies it regulates, such as drug and medical device makers. Is this something you should be concerned about?
Every time you pop an aspirin, thank the German chemist Hoffmann and not Hippocrates.
For most medicines, it doesn’t matter when you take them. But others work best at particular times.
Participants of clinical trials can easily communicate online, which poses a big problem for medical researchers.
Artificially intelligent drug design programs could discover new therapies for conditions that are difficult or prohibitively expensive to cure.
Researchers who’ve created a kidney-on-a-chip explain why these kinds of devices are an improvement over traditional ways to test new drugs.
You should be aware of the amount of genetic information you might disclose in a research study – and what the benefits and risks will be.
In short, pain medicine is able to block the processes that cause the feeling of pain. To understand why, you need to know a bit about how pain works.
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