Some lab rats win reprieve as drug test dropped
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A lucky few laboratory rats and mice won a reprieve on Tuesday following an extensive European review of drug research practice, which found one standard safety test to be redundant.
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Because of PfizerÂs failed trial, drugs similar to torcetrapib from other companies could face greater scrutiny Â and delays Â in getting to market.
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With the EU set to enact a ban on animal testing for cosmetics in March 2009, companies are searching for tech alternatives. One team of researchers has developed a small glass chip that may provide a cheap, efficient replacement for some types of animal testing.
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GenVec Inc. has suspended human testing of its leading drug, a potential cancer therapy, after a patient died during a study. The Gaithersburg biotechnology company&#39;s stock plunged
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A major trail looking at drugs to treat high blood pressure has been stopped early because the results were so good.
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WASHINGTON -- Researchers have figured out how to give an entire community a drug test using just a teaspoon of wastewater from a city's sewer plant.
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Scientists believe they may have found a way to stop the problem of bacteria becoming resistant to drug treatments.
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A planned government study into how children's bodies absorb pesticides and other chemicals has been temporarily suspended due to ethical concerns.
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Animal drug tests are often of poor quality and conflict with human trials, researchers warn.
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A drug combination that produced such positive results in clinical trials that they were stopped before their scheduled completion date reduces death from coronary heart disease by up to 43 percent, a new study reports.
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A local researcher&#39;s invitation to participate in a federal drug-safety board meeting was rescinded after he spoke out about his concerns regarding the safety of some arthritis drugs.
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A drug tested on lab mice slows and may even halt the progress of Parkinson&#39;s, offering the brightest pharmacological hope in decades of rolling back this tragic disease, US researchers report on Sunday.
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Chinaâs recent crackdown on unsafe pharmaceuticals came too late for some victims, like Du Haipeng and Liu Sichen, who were treated with a contaminated drug.
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Although a lab blunder forced the International Olympic Committee to drop the doping case against Olympic time trial gold medalist Tyler Hamilton, the IOC and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have maintained that the test to detect blood transfusions
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Promising drug test results make this a company to watch.
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A longstanding request to grow marijuana at the University of Massachusetts so it can be tested for medical uses has been turned down by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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Patients in trials of drug treatments are being left in the lurch when the research finishes, doctors say.