A new method for efficient synthesis of anti-cancer drugs
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One potential application of HWE reactions is to develop (E)-isomers of conjugated carbonyl compounds that are useful for synthesizing chemicals called hynapene analogues with promising anti-cancer properties.
Unexpected discovery revives abandoned breast cancer treatment
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Despite the efforts of the North American researchers, many years of research and development and millions of dollars spent, a medicine named ganitumab that had shown promising results against breast cancer in animal trials was shelved.
Gluing treatment to cancer
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Common heart drug may slow progression of Huntington's disease
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Using clinical information from a large, observational database of over 21,000 people with HD, the UI team found that the use of beta-blocker drugs - commonly used to treat heart and blood pressure issues - was associated with both a significantly later onset of HD symptoms for people in the pre-symptomatic stages, and a slower rate of symptom worsening for those with symptoms.
NIH-developed AI algorithm successfully matches potential volunteers to clinical trials release
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AI can predict study results better than human experts
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The findings, published in Nature Human Behaviour, demonstrate that large language models (LLMs) trained on vast datasets of text can distil patterns from scientific literature, enabling them to forecast scientific outcomes with superhuman accuracy.
First new treatment for asthma attacks in 50 years
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The findings, published today in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, could be "game-changing" for millions of people with asthma and COPD around the world, scientists say.
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