16 Sept 2026, 07:11 UTC15 views1 reactionsread 16 September 2026 From 7,000 drugs to one active against resistant strains: AI advances pneumonia drug repurposing
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a bacterial pathogen that causes life-threatening infections, including pneumonia and meningitis. These infections are commonly treated with antibiotics, but antibiotics are becoming less effective against S. pneumoniae over time because of changes in the pathogen that cause drug resistance. T…
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15 Sept 2026, 19:04 UTC27 viewsread 16 September 2026 Drug improves sexual function for patients with depression, study finds
Patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and an inadequate response to standard antidepressants who received add-on treatment with the drug lumateperone had significantly improved sexual function, according to a new study led by a University of Virginia School of Medicine researcher.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-drug-sexual-funct…
15 Sept 2026, 18:22 UTC22 viewsread 16 September 2026 Experimental drug shows potential for hard-to-treat heart disease
An experimental drug has been shown to improve symptoms, exercise capacity and heart failure status in patients with an inherited heart disease, according to a pair of newly published studies.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-experimental-drug-potential-hard-heart.html
14 Sept 2026, 18:43 UTC36 viewsread 16 September 2026 Common epilepsy drug levetiracetam presents potential clot risk for patients taking blood thinners
Researchers from the University of Liverpool and the University of Zurich have identified a potential safety consideration involving levetiracetam, one of the world's most commonly prescribed antiseizure medications.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-common-epilepsy-drug-levetiracetam-potential.html
14 Sept 2026, 14:14 UTC39 viewsread 16 September 2026 Common antibiotic linked to possible higher death risk
Cefepime is a fourth-generation antibiotic widely used to treat serious bacterial infections and febrile neutropenia—a fever in patients with abnormally low white blood cell counts. Unlike many antibiotics that are falling prey to antimicrobial resistance, cefepime is relatively stable against AmpC β-lactamases, giving it an advantage against bacteria that produ…
13 Sept 2026, 22:30 UTC38 viewsread 16 September 2026 New US Medicare pricing policies could reshape global pharmaceutical markets
A new modeling study published in The Lancet suggests that U.S. Medicare's new "Most-Favored-Nation" pricing policy, which ties what Medicare pays for medicines to prices charged in other high-income countries, could push pharmaceutical manufacturers to raise prices or delay launches. For about three in four medicines studied, the resulting…
13 Sept 2026, 21:01 UTC32 viewsread 16 September 2026 Masked antibodies may open intracellular treatment route for Parkinson's disease
Over the past few decades, antibody-based therapies have revolutionized modern medicine and are now widely used to treat cancer, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disorders and even infectious diseases. Despite their success, however, antibodies have a significant limitation: They struggle to penetrate cells and are therefore largely li…
12 Sept 2026, 15:24 UTC45 viewsread 16 September 2026 AI virtual cell uses protein dynamics to predict personalized breast cancer treatments
Not all cancer cells are the same, and neither are their responses to drugs. Finding the right drug for the right cancer cell is a long battle in drug development and in designing effective treatments. A new AI tool called ProteinTalks makes this task easier by accurately predicting whether a drug will be effective against a cance…
12 Sept 2026, 00:03 UTC39 viewsread 16 September 2026 Promising broad-spectrum antiviral candidate against enteroviruses identified
Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have identified a promising antiviral compound that can inhibit a range of enteroviruses, including Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), an emerging respiratory virus linked to severe respiratory illness and acute flaccid myelitis, a condition that …
11 Sept 2026, 09:00 UTC47 viewsread 16 September 2026 Chemotherapy alters 'Darwinian battleground' in our bodies
Cancer treatments, including chemotherapy and radiation therapy, give a growth advantage to cells with particular genetic changes in healthy tissue, new research finds.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-chemotherapy-darwinian-battleground-bodies.html
10 Sept 2026, 22:34 UTC40 viewsread 16 September 2026 Potentially harmful drug combinations prescribed to older adults identified
A new Ontario-wide study reveals that common medications, from statins to iron supplements, are quietly setting off prescribing cascades that leave older adults unknowingly taking drugs to treat side effects of other drugs.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-potentially-drug-combinations-older-adults.html
10 Sept 2026, 14:22 UTC35 viewsread 16 September 2026 Blood protein analysis suggests a lung disease drug could be fighting aging at the same time
In 2025, Insilico Medicine developed an experimental drug called rentosertib as a treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a severe age-related lung disease. The drug works by inhibiting the protein TNIK, which is involved in both scar tissue formation in the lungs and fundamental hallmarks of biological aging. The resea…
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