What is the Half-Life of a Drug?
The elimination half-life of a drug is a pharmacokinetic parameter that is defined as the time it takes for the
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Salmonella causing bloodstream infections in central Africa resistant to nearly all drugs
The first extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains of Salmonella typhimurium, a pathogen which is responsible for millions of bloodstream infections per
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Multidrug resistance: Not as recent as we thought
Researchers from Osaka University have made the striking discovery that multidrug-resistant bacteria may have been around longer than we thought.
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Need for anti-rejection drugs in transplant recipients
For decades, immunologists have been trying to train the transplant recipient’s immune system to accept transplanted cells and organs without
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Understanding the mode of action of the primaquine: New insights into a 70 year old puzzle
Researchers at LSTM have taken significant steps in understanding the way that the anti-malarial drug primaquine (PQ) works, which they
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About 44% of high school seniors who misuse prescription drugs have multiple drug sources
Roughly 11% of high school seniors reported prescription drug misuse during the past year, and of those, 44% used multiple
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Airless worms: A new hope against drug-resistant parasites: By targeting an unusual offshoot of worm metabolism, researchers seek to fight a major global health problem
Over one billion people, including 880 million children, are infected with intestinal nematode worms, such as roundworms, hookworms and tapeworms,
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Combination of drugs may combat deadly drug-resistant fungus
As health officials in New Jersey, Illinois and New York State scramble to contain the spread of a highly infectious
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Weighing risks and benefits of drug treatment for major depression
Depression is a common and serious problem for older adults. Some 15 to 20 percent of people aged 65 and
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Diabetes drug alleviates anxiety in mice: Findings could have implications for patients with metabolic and mental disorders
The antidiabetic medication metformin reduces anxiety-like behaviors in male mice by increasing serotonin availability in the brain, according to a
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