Phil Lambert, Ph.D., chief scientific officer of Satellos Bioscience Inc., explains the mechanism of action of the company's experimental Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug, SAT-3247, and the thinking ...

In many genetic diseases, a small error in the DNA code can have devastating effects. These errors, called nonsense mutations ...

Obesity can have a distinct impact on the absorption, effectiveness and excretion of antibiotics, medications that have been ...

Medications like zoledronic acid (Reclast ... while others damage kidney cells directly. Examples include aminoglycosides, vancomycin, acyclovir, and tenofovir (used in HIV treatment).

An international team of researchers, including scientists of the University of Groningen, has now demonstrated how the antimalarial drug mefloquine can enhance the effect of aminoglycosides, another ...

An international team of researchers, including scientists of the University of Groningen, have now demonstrated how the antimalarial drug mefloquine can enhance the effect of aminoglycosides ...

Until recently, there was no way to buy them more time. The available drugs for Alzheimer’s could only temporarily ease some symptoms—not change anything about the underlying brain disease.

They treat severe infections in people of all ages. Aminoglycoside antibiotics are ototoxic drugs that can cause hearing loss. They affect the inner ear, and some people may develop tinnitus.

This makes it difficult for researchers to assess how common it is as a side effect of aminoglycosides. Chemotherapy drugs target and kill different types of cancer cells. The type of chemotherapy ...

Additionally, some aminoglycoside antibiotics like gentamicin and tobramycin can cause your body to lose magnesium through urine. If you take one of these, your healthcare provider may want to monitor ...

Altogether, this research provides valuable insights into the mechanisms of aminoglycoside tolerance, paving the way for novel strategies to combat such cells. Bacteria that are resistant to ...