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Georgia State University via Lab Manager
A method to activate targeted drugs, or smart drugs, only at the selected site of action, an approach that improves the drug's therapeutic effect and minimizes side effects, has been developed in a study led by Georgia State University.
Smart drugs, developed to improve the delivery problems of pharmaceutical drugs, are like guided missiles with warheads. They need a targeting molecule to guide pharmaceutical drug molecules to the desired site of action and a trigger to "drop the bomb" or release or activate the drug.
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Medical News Today
Researchers have found the molecular mechanism underpinning HIV's decision to remain in an active or dormant state. This may lead to new therapies that work by keeping the virus in a permanently dormant state.
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HealthDay News
Some vacationers may be more lucky than others if they catch a case of "traveler's diarrhea."
Researchers found that for people infected with the type of E. coli bacteria that causes the condition, the severity of their symptoms seemed to depend on their blood type.
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Medical News Today
It might be possible to change the course of glioblastoma, a very aggressive brain cancer, by manipulating small molecules that switch genes on and off inside cells.
This was the conclusion of a study in which researchers in the United Kingdom and India manipulated gene-regulating molecules known as microRNAs in "human glioblastoma cells."
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Scientific American
A campaign to vaccinate people at risk of developing Ebola in the latest outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could begin soon, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization, said recently.
Tedros said the government of the DRC has formally asked to use an experimental vaccine being developed by Merck.
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Infectious Disease Advisor
In 2016, the majority of reported patients with gonorrhea received the recommended regimen regardless of age or race/ethnicity. However, patients diagnosed with gonorrhea in sexually transmitted disease or family planning/reproductive health clinics were more likely to receive this regimen than patients diagnosed in other provider settings, according to a recently published report in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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Infection Control Today
A new rabies test developed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could mean people exposed to potentially rabid animals could forego the weekslong regimen of shots to prevent the deadly disease.
The new test, designed for use in animals, can more easily and precisely diagnose rabies infection, according to a study published today in PLOS One.
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DARK Daily
Genetic counselors struggle to explain direct-to-consumer genetic test data — or correct provider misinterpretations of results — while often encountering resistance and anger from patients who don't accept their counseling
Healthcare consumers who want to know more about their family's genealogy are purchasing direct-to-consumer home genetic tests in record numbers. It is a trend that worries some medical laboratory professionals and certain federal government agencies.
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University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine via ScienceDaily
A robotic system has been developed to automate the production of human mini-organs derived from stem cells. The ability to rapidly, mass produce organoids promises to expand the use of mini-organs in basic research and drug discovery. The system was tested in producing kidney organoids, including models of polycystic kidney disease. The robots were also programmed to analyze the organoids they produced.
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