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SA trucking industry encouraged by progress in fight against drugs,...
2015-05-30 06:42:21| Trucking - Topix.net
South Australia's trucking industry says it is winning the fight to stamp out drugs, with less than 6 per cent of drivers returning positive tests during a recent police operation targeting truck safety. An annual national truck inspection blitz called Operation Austrans resulted in nearly 3,700 drivers being tested in SA, with 217 returning positive tests.
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[More cancer success with drugs that enlist immune system
2015-05-29 22:24:18| Biotech - Topix.net
For the first time, a major study shows that a drug targeting the body's disease-fighting immune system may improve survival for the most common form of lung cancer. These newer kinds of drugs have transformed treatment of melanoma, the deadliest kind of skin cancer.
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Fight over hot new cholesterol drugs may be won in milligrams
2015-05-26 09:24:03| Biotech - Topix.net
Two powerful and innovative cholesterol drugs likely to be approved this summer both target the same protein and have been shown to sharply lower LDL in high-risk patients. But there is at least one significant difference between the two offerings: the dosages in which they will be sold.
Prospecting for drugs in the cerebral minefield
2015-05-15 19:00:43| Extremetech
Companies that make drugs for neurodegenerative disease, like Biogen, are now coming up with ingenious new way to get around the blood brain barrier.
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RPT-INSIGHT-How DNA sequencing is transforming the hunt for new drugs
2015-05-14 00:37:39| Biotech - Topix.net
Drug manufacturers have begun amassing enormous troves of human DNA in hopes of significantly shortening the time it takes to identify new drug candidates, a move some say is transforming the development of medicines. The efforts will help researchers identify rare genetic mutations by scanning large databases of volunteers who agree to have their DNA sequenced and to provide access to detailed medical records.
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