Therapeutics - Advanced Science News

Drugs based on nucleic acids are easily degradable and tough to deliver, but a way around this is to coat them in protective carrier.

An inhaled drug carrier helps minimize side effects while delivering drugs to the lungs to treat diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis.

Important findings from an animal study have prompted the exploration of a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in an ongoing human trial.

A sensitive blood test has been developed to detect a protein biomarker of Alzheimer’s disease known as brain-derived tau.

Chemically driven nanomotors may help resolve chronic inflammation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Stimulating neuron growth using a new mRNA therapy, researchers hope to treat chronic pain caused by disease, injury, or chemotherapy.

Artificial enzymes could help bring down the manufacturing costs of different medications, making them more available to patients.

Early results for an anti-seizure drug administered as a nasal spray show a more targeted approach to helping get seizures under control.

In the lab, a multi-functional hydrogel was shown to not only repair defects but also strengthen bone weakened by osteoporosis.

A new in situ, personalized cancer vaccine captures molecules from growing tumors to activate the body’s immune cells against them.