Medical research
Common drug is re-engineered to improve surgery outcomes
A Northwestern University research team potentially has found a safer way to keep blood vessels healthy during and after surgery.
Apr 7, 2015
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News tagged with antidote
Cardiology
Researchers aim to simplify life saving drug
Heparin, the life saving blood thinner used in major surgeries and treatment of heart diseases, is a complicated drug but a research team from the University of British Columbia has set out to make its use a lot safer by ...
Oct 29, 2014
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Medications
NIH's Fauci says vaccine for Ebola not far away
The nation's top infectious disease official says there's hope that a vaccine against Ebola will be available as early as next July.
Aug 4, 2014
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Medications
Experimental trial represents promising step toward universal antidote for snakebite
A team of researchers, led by Dr. Matthew Lewin of the California Academy of Sciences and Dr. Stephen P. Samuel of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland has taken another promising step toward developing a universal antidote for ...
May 28, 2014
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Medications
FDA OKs quick-acting antidote for prescription painkiller overdose (Update)
(HealthDay)—People suffering a potentially fatal narcotic overdose now can receive lifesaving treatment from folks around them, using a new device just approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Apr 3, 2014
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Cardiology
Newly developed antidote successfully reversed anti-clotting medication dabigatran
For the first time, an antidote developed specifically for dabigatran successfully reversed the effects of the anti-clotting medication in healthy volunteers, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's ...
Nov 18, 2013
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Medical research
Wake Forest Baptist leads $24 million project to develop 'Body on a Chip'
Whether it's the Ebola virus or Sarin and Ricin, a key to responding to chemical or biological attacks is having effective antidotes at the ready. To accelerate the development of new therapies, Wake Forest Baptist Medical ...
Sep 10, 2013
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Medical research
Researcher studies protein's role in aging
With time, the amino acid known as asparagine will eventually degrade. Long considered a type of protein "damage," the phenomenon has come to be accepted as yet another part of aging: our hair turns gray, our joints begin ...
Jul 24, 2013
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Pediatrics
Teen girls who exercise are less likely to be violent
Regular exercise is touted as an antidote for many ills, including stress, depression and obesity. Physical activity also may help decrease violent behavior among adolescent girls, according to new research to be presented ...
May 6, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Study finds experimental drug inhibits growth in all stages of common kidney cancer
Researchers at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida have discovered a protein that is overly active in every human sample of kidney cancer they examined. They also found that an experimental drug designed to block the protein's ...
Apr 30, 2013
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