January 30, 2020
Millions of adults in the U.S. are affected by chronic pain each year and biologic drugs play a big role, a Purdue researcher said. Bumsoo Han, a professor of mechanical engineering, and Yingnan Shen, a postdoctoral research associate, developed a biometric pain model to quantitatively measure pain during the administration of biologics, which are drugs made up of living things or components of them.
January 30, 2020
About a dozen Hoosier pet dogs are considered success stories after undergoing an experimental therapy for bladder cancer being developed at Purdue University. Each dog had a bleak prognosis—all were terminally ill and had exhausted all existing treatment options. Amazingly, the pooches were treated with what most non-chemists would consider a chemical weapon: anthrax. Purdue researchers believe the bacterial toxin—when purified and modified—could be the key to treating bladder cancer for humans too.
Anthrax-based Cancer Therapy for Dogs: Enough Bite for Humans?
January 29, 2020
Attention dog owners: Identifying factors that maximize health and longevity in our furry friends could be key in discovering how humans can live longer, healthier lives, researchers say. A team of more than 40 scientists spanning the U.S. announced the launch of the largest research project to date designed to assess different aspects of a dog’s life. The Dog Aging Project will look at breeds across the country and explore canine general health and well-being and how certain factors might also apply to humans.
Want to know more about your own health? Man’s best friend may have the answers
January 28, 2020
As the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak causes worldwide concern, Purdue University scientists say control measures are an absolute necessity and that medical treatments for similar disease are on the horizon.
Coronavirus therapies slowed by intermittent nature of outbreaks
January 28, 2020
Purdue Online has partnered with Evidence In Motion (EIM), a leading provider of online and hybrid health care education, to offer the therapeutic pain specialist certification for licensed health care professionals in the U.S. and around the world. The multidisciplinary specialty certification will equip health care providers with evidence-based therapeutic approaches to treat the millions of patients who suffer with persistent pain and place these providers in a key position to combat the opioid epidemic.
January 27, 2020
The human brain has some remarkable capabilities – including the ability to block cancer drugs from effectively reaching cancer cells in the brain. The greatest obstacle when it comes to treating cancer that has spread to the brain is the blood-brain barrier, the brain’s natural defense mechanism that is a collection of blood vessels that can filter out what goes in and out of the brain
Getting cancer drugs to the brain is difficult – but a new ‘road map’ might make it easier
January 27, 2020
The local United Way kicked off 2020 with its annual meeting. Volunteers, board members and associated organizations are working toward their goal of driving change in Greater Lafayette.
January 27, 2020
As the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak causes worldwide concern, Purdue University scientists say control measures are an absolute necessity and that medical treatments for similar disease are on the horizon. Purdue scientists Andrew Mesecar, Purdue's Walther Professor in Cancer Structural Biology and head of the Department of Biochemistry, and Arun Ghosh, the Ian P. Rothwell Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, have been working to develop both oral medicines and vaccines to fight coronavirus, and over the next two weeks, will be working to test their potential drug molecules on the new SARS-like Wuhan coronavirus.
January 27, 2020
As you're reading this post now, the death toll of the deadly coronavirus stands at 100. As stock markets suffer a tumble, the number of cases of the virus originating from Wuhan, China, also grows. As of the time of writing this post, some 4,500 cases have been reported worldwide.
Yes, the coronavirus is scary. But here's why you should be optimistic.
January 27, 2020
Wuhan city in the Hubei Province of China witnessed an outbreak of pneumonia towards the end of December 2019 and on December 31, World Health Organization (WHO) put out an alert about it. Interestingly, the virus did not match any other previously known virus. This never-seen-before virus, till now, has claimed lives of 80 people and infected more than 2,000 Chinese citizens, according to reports.
