Muscular dystrophy trial to start
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Scientists are beginning a gene therapy trial which they hope will extend the lives of patients with muscular dystrophy.
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By Reuters. In the first major trial to test a drug only in blacks, an experimental drug developed by NitroMed Inc., combined with standard therapy, helped heart failure patients live significantly longer, researchers said yesterday.
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Two drugs provide good results in preliminary trials.
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A top compound in development could become an important MS treatment.
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Trials on humans and rats show promise of a gene therapy cure for erectile dysfunction, scientists say.
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The first attempt at gene therapy against Parkinson&#39;s disease has yielded promising results and is safe, according to early data from this ground-breaking experiment.
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UK researchers are to begin testing a vaccine on people which they believe will cure Type 1 diabetes.
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(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:
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At the International Diabetes Federation meeting in Los Angeles, USA, it will be announced today that a larger clinical trial with Diamyd will start in type 2 diabetes patients in Sweden.
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A new way to manipulate human embryonic stem cells offers hope of a treatment for muscular dystrophies.
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Modified stem cells from muscular dystrophy patients eased symptoms of the disease in mice, says a small study that raises hopes for treating patients with tissue from their own bodies.
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A new national clinical trial that began as a pilot in several states, including North Carolina, will investigate genetic and environmental causes of breast cancer by enrolling
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Scientists launched a trial on Monday to test whether a new drug works as an initial treatment against the most common form of lung cancer.
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Danish biotech firm NeuroSearch has found enough patients to start Phase II trials with its NS2330 compound for the treatment of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, it said on Tuesday.
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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 drugmaker gets a step closer to starting a clinical trial for a hepatitis C drug.
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The results from the new clinical trial could increase the chances that the Food and Drug Administration will approve the drug for that use.