Posts Tagged ‘Drugs’

Third World to muscle in on low-cost drugs

Monday, September 19th, 2011
Chinese and Indian drug makers now manufacture more than 80 per cent of the active ingredients in drugs sold worldwide.

Researchers show that Sirt3 enzyme decreases in skeletal muscle of diabetes patients

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have shown that an enzyme found in the mitochondria of cells is decreased in the skeletal muscle of those with diabetes, a finding that could lead to the development of drugs to boost the activity of this enzyme in an effort to fight the disease.

Vitamin D relieves joint, muscle pain for breast cancer patients

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
High-dose vitamin D relieves joint and muscle pain for many breast cancer patients taking estrogen-lowering drugs, according to a new study.

Vitamin D relieves joint, muscle pain for breast cancer patients

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
High-dose vitamin D relieves joint and muscle pain for many breast cancer patients taking estrogen-lowering drugs, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Scientists Discover Why Bones Grow on Muscle

Monday, July 25th, 2011
Though there's no way to prevent the bone growing phenomenon, scientists now have a starting point to develop drugs that can treat the problem.