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Category: Drug discovery

Posted on December 14, 2019February 3, 2020

Rheumatoid arthritis: CDRI’s peptide effective in preventing cartilage destruction

CDRI researchers have used a specific fragment of a protein secreted by the parasitic worm liver fluke to protect the cartilage of joints from being destroyed, thus preventing rheumatoid arthritis…

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Posted on December 7, 2019February 3, 2020

IIT Roorkee’s novel molecule effective against multi-drug resistant bacteria

A molecule identified by IIT Roorkee researchers exhibits broadspectrum bactericidal activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria. The molecule was found to be effective against persister bacteria as well. Screening a small-molecule library…

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Posted on November 30, 2019November 30, 2019

Combination therapy using malaria drug quickly clears TB

IISc researchers have discovered the mechanism by which TB bacteria develop tolerance to TB drugs. They found a combination of malaria and TB drug can prevent the bacteria from developing…

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Posted on October 12, 2019October 12, 2019

IISER Pune identifies druggable targets for multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

IISER Pune researchers have identified novel drug targets to kill multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. They increased the small molecule’s ability to cross the cell barrier and bind to multiple proteins. A…

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Posted on August 16, 2019August 18, 2019

Explainer: What makes the new drug-resistant TB medicine Pretomanid promising

When used in combination with bedaquiline and linezolid, the newly approved pretomanid drug for MDR-TB and XDR-TB had an overall treatment success rate of about 90%. Besides better effectiveness, the…

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Posted on May 24, 2019May 24, 2019

IMTECH’s novel compound treats colistin-resistant bacteria

A novel compound isolated from a soil bacterium by IMTECH researchers shows promise in killing Gram-negative bacteria (Klebsiella pneumoniae and E. coli) that are resistant to colistin. Compared with colistin,…

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Posted on October 6, 2018October 7, 2018

JNCASR team fully restores long-term memory in mice with Alzheimer’s 

JNCASR researchers along with French counterparts have been able to fully restore neuron to neuron connections and long-term memory in mice with Alzheimer’s disease using a small molecule that activates…

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Posted on September 29, 2018

Podcast: New approaches to kill TB bacteria

  Amit Singh from IISc explains how a protein (WhiB4) that condenses the DNA of TB-causing bacteria in response to oxidative stress was identified. The team found that artificially elevating the…

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