Inside job: new radioactive agents for colon cancer work inside cells

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Johns Hopkins scientists have developed a potentially novel way to fight colorectal cancer using tiny molecules to deliver potent barrages of radiation inside cancer cells, unlike current treatments that bind to the surface of cells and attack from the outside and cause unwanted side effects.

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New drug makes weight loss safer

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Dr. Nir Barak of TAU has adapted a well-known drug used to treat vertigo for a new purpose: to treat obesity without dangerous side effects.

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Implanon, Norplant and Jadelle are all effective contraceptives -- but side effects vary

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A Cochrane Systematic Review that set out to assess the effectiveness and tolerability of subdermal implantable contraceptives compared to other reversible methods of contraception found that they were all good at preventing pregnancy. No one subdermal implant was found to be any more or less effective than the others in preventing unwanted pregnancies.

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Study finds HIV protease inhibitor drugs may adversely affect the scaffolding of the cell nucleus

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UCLA scientists, along with collaborators from Purdue University, have demonstrated that HIV protease inhibitors -- crucial drugs for HIV treatment -- block a cellular enzyme important for generating the structural scaffolding for the cell nucleus. The findings may offer insight into the side effects of HIV protease inhibitors.

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