Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Vienna have developed a light-field laser imaging system that generates 3D movies of entire brains at a millisecond timescale to create a complete “living” brain map. The research...
Many drug hypersensitivity reactions are HLA-linked, meaning that they will occur much more often or even exclusively in individuals who have certain variants of the HLA gene. A new study elucidates the specific mechanism leading to HLA gene-linked hypersensitivity...
The 10 drugs with the largest numbers of reports sent directly to the FDA by healthcare practitioners and consumers in 2011 in order of frequency are Pradaxa, Coumadin, Levaquin, Carboplatin, Zestril, Cisplatin, Zocor, Cymbalta, Cipro and Bactrim. It is interesting...
Prospective identification and potential amelioration of cardiotoxicity is a critical component of contemporary drug development, particularly for targeted therapies (e.g., tyrosine kinases) in oncology that are designed to inhibit critical signaling pathways shared...
Side effect overload on drug labels has less to do with true toxicity and drug safety than with manufacturer liability. Examination of more than 5600 drug labels yielded over half a million side effects. An average drug label and the more commonly prescribed drugs...
