Biotech drug shows promise against Crohn&#39;s disease
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ALBANY, NY A small, preliminary study has found that an experimental drug can offer relief to people suffering from the bowel disorder Crohn&#39;s disease.
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For 16 years, a Columbia biotechnology company has been developing a drug, consisting of adult stem cells derived from healthy bone marrow samples, to treat severe inflammatory diseases that can destroy the body's organs.
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Potentially deadly staph bacteria may be easily defeated by the body's own immune system once stripped of their golden hue by a drug developed to lower cholesterol, according to new research.
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Promising trials for a hepatitis C treatment bode well for the pharmaceutical.
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Researchers have identified a faulty inflammatory signaling process that may lead to the development of Crohn&#39;s disease. Further research on this signaling process may help
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A protein produced by immune cells could lead to more effective treatments for HIV, researchers believe.
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Scientists say initial studies show promising results for a vaccine which could combat a common type of bacteria.
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Researchers at Brigham and Women&#39;s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have found a faulty genetic signaling process that may help explain how Crohn&#39;s disease develops.
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A new antibiotic shows promise, thus far in mice, for treating tuberculosis much faster than current drugs do, scientists report. Additional evidence indicates that the antibiotic may work against multidrug-resistant strains of the tuberculosis bug.
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Parasitic worms may offer effective treatment for Crohn's disease, research suggests.
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New drugs that mimic mutations found in buff animals could treat muscle-wasting diseases.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said on  Sunday its experimental drug for rheumatoid arthritis showed  highly promising results in two late-stage clinical trials.
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Two drugs provide good results in preliminary trials.
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WASHINGTON -- For patients suffering from a severe form of Crohn's disease, a remedy already on the shelf to treat other maladies and a brand-new drug could offer new hope.
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American scientists have claimed that an enzyme present in almost all animal and human cells can be used for the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
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Cancer drug shows exceptional promise as it moves toward FDA review.
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A drug widely used to treat H.I.V. infection may also be effective in fighting cancer, a new study suggests, and a human trial of the medicine is already under way.