Scientists develop new drug treatment for TB
Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed the first non-antibiotic drug to successfully treat tuberculosis in animals. The team
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Patients want more information about their medicines, study finds
Many patients want more information on the medicines they’re prescribed and greater say in the brands they use, the first
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Red or yellow? A simple paper test detects false or substandard antibiotics
Antibiotics — medicines that treat bacterial infections — have saved millions of lives worldwide since their discovery in the early
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Lower-risk malaria regions are breeding grounds for drug-resistant strains
New drug-resistant strains of the parasite that causes malaria tend to evolve in regions with a lower risk of malaria.
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Miscarriage cause, key cellular targets of potential drugs, revealed in new research
Tragic miscarriages for a couple have led to a discovery with potentially broad implications for future disease treatments, according to
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After 60 years, scientists uncover how thalidomide produced birth defects: Defects linked to disruption of key protein involved in fetal development; finding will help guide development of new drugs
More than 60 years after the drug thalidomide caused birth defects in thousands of children whose mothers took the drug
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