Clinical Updates

Over-the-counter allergy and asthma drugs helped obese, diabetic mice lose weight and control their blood sugar, researchers reported on Monday.… »   

GlaxoSmithKline’s Typherix vaccine shields children as young as 2 from typhoid fever, and widespread vaccination can even protect people who… »   

A particular class of medication used to treat high blood pressure could protect older adults against memory decline and other… »   

Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced that a study published online in the… »   

Taking eye drops multiple times a day can be difficult for patients to do, and because of blinking and tearing,… »   

21 July 2009: Interim results of a study being conducted by scientists at the University of Liverpool suggest that children… »   

Every year, 42,000 Americans are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Few live very long, and less than 5% are still alive… »   

Human Genome Sciences Inc said on Monday its experimental drug to treat lupus was successful in a late-stage clinical trial.… »   

A review of published studies indicates that the use of iron supplements to prevent iron-deficiency anemia in children does not… »   

Blood pressure-lowering drugs called ACE inhibitors that penetrate the blood-brain barrier cut the risk of dementia, new research suggests.

The aloe vera plant has a long history of healing power. Its ability to heal burns and cuts and soothe… »   

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shed new light on a process that fixes breaks… »   

Government orders for vaccines against the new H1N1 flu strain are flowing in, but manufacturers are unlikely to benefit until… »   

Scientists have mapped out the genomes of two parasites that cause snail fever, a disease that afflicts 210 million rural… »   

Dimebon, Medivation Inc’s promising experimental Alzheimer’s drug, significantly raised levels of a toxic protein in the brains of mice, yet… »