Promising Dystrophy Drug Clears Early Test
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Researchers in the Netherlands have developed a drug that may eventually be used to treat children with a severe and fatal type of muscular dystrophy.
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TUESDAY, Oct. 5 (HealthDayNews) -- A trial for what appeared to be a promising new therapy for Parkinson's disease has been halted, although researchers haven't given up hope that the drug will one day prove useful.
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Scientists claim a drug can reverse some early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease - with effects seen within 10 minutes.
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A  test capable of diagnosing the early signs of Alzheimer's disease has been developed in the US using nanotechnology.
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A new drug that fights a form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, won applause if not approval from a panel of advisors to the US Food and Drug Administration.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Genzyme Corp. won clearance from US regulators to market Renvela, a medicine for patients on kidney dialysis.
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Genentech and Biogen Idec's drug shows positive results against multiple sclerosis.
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LONDON - The Football Association announced yesterday that it will introduce a test for the banned drug erythropoietin (EPO) &#39;in the near future&#39;.
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New drugs that mimic mutations found in buff animals could treat muscle-wasting diseases.
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An experimental cancer drug made by Abbott Laboratories Inc. passed its first round of human testing about six months faster than usual, thanks to a new program that aims to speed drug development.
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Scientists say a defect in a key protein may cause the muscle-wasting disease muscular dystrophy.
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The company faces a pivotal clinical trial.
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The Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved a drug for multiple sclerosis that has shown early evidence of being more effective than existing drugs.
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Here's what a newly approved drug looks like.
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A treatment for muscular dystrophy may be within view after US scientists reported Sunday they used stem cell transplants to improve muscle function in mice afflicted with the disease.
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A popular baldness drug taken by more  than 4 million men worldwide can mask an important marker used  in screening tests to detect prostate cancer, scientists said  on Monday.
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Medarex's partner advances one of its compounds into later stage clinical testing.