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Peptide drugs from toxins

Peptide drugs from toxins

For the deadliest animals on earth, venom is their deadly weapon. They use venom to defend themselves or attack predators. There are hundreds of animals in nature with hypodermic syringes that […]

New Progresses on Cancer Immunotherapy

New Progresses on Cancer Immunotherapy

1 Blocking the function of special proteins may increase the effectiveness of immunotherapy Immunotherapy can attack cancer cells by stimulating the patient’s own immune system, which can quickly alleviate the diseases […]

BTK inhibitor Velexbru approved new indications: treatment of two kinds of malignant lymphoma, the total remission rate is 90%

BTK inhibitor Velexbru approved new indications: treatment of two kinds of malignant lymphoma, the total remission rate is 90%

Ono Pharmaceutical recently announced that its BTK inhibitor Velexbru (tirabrutinib hydrochloride, 80mg tablet) has been approved in Japan for the treatment of Fahrenheit macroglobulinemia (WM) and lymphocytic lymphoma (LPL). Velexbru is a highly […]

Recent achievements in the field of hypertension research

Recent achievements in the field of hypertension research

Long-term hypertension in Hypertension: may damage the vascular health of the brain. Doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.15073. Recently, in a study published in the international journal Hypertension, scientists from the University of Michigan School […]

Targeting the LANDO signaling pathway for treating Alzheimer’s disease

Targeting the LANDO signaling pathway for treating Alzheimer’s disease

In a recent study, scientists from the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital discovered LC3-related endocytosis (LANDO) and its role in neuroinflammation. This discovery has deepened researchers’ understanding of potential Alzheimer’s disease treatment. The […]

The combination of vacuolin-1 and apilimod is expected to fight SARS-CoV-2

The combination of vacuolin-1 and apilimod is expected to fight SARS-CoV-2

In a recent study, researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Washington University in St. Louis found that two drugs inhibited SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, in human cell […]

PARP inhibitors can be used to treat advanced prostate cancer

PARP inhibitors can be used to treat advanced prostate cancer

A recent clinical trial found that PARP inhibitors can be used to treat advanced male prostate cancer with BRCA1/BRCA2 gene mutations. The relevant results of the study have been published in […]

Me6TREN can promote intestinal stem cell regeneration after radiation

Me6TREN can promote intestinal stem cell regeneration after radiation

The latest research shows that the new small molecule compound Me6TREN can promote the regeneration of intestinal stem cells after radiation, and is expected to become a candidate drug for the […]

Chest: Tocilizumab can treat inflammation of COVID-19.

Chest: Tocilizumab can treat inflammation of COVID-19.

This drug reduces excessive inflammatory responses from patients receiving immunotherapy. Researchers initially used the drug called tocilizumab monoclonal antibody against tocilizumab to treat patients with the most severe symptoms especially those […]

Int J Infect Dis: Existing drugs may be effective in treating new coronaviruses!

Int J Infect Dis: Existing drugs may be effective in treating new coronaviruses!

The number of people infected with the new coronavirus continues to soar, and by the end of February, more than 80,000 people had been infected worldwide. But there is no vaccine or […]