Venom peptides have shown promise in treating pain. Our study uses computer screening to identify a peptide that targets a sodium channel (NaV1.7) linked to chronic pain. We produced the peptide in the laboratory and refined its design, advancing the search for innovative pain therapies.
Gagan Sharma+8 more
wiley +1 more source
Practical considerations for optimal designs in clinical dose finding studies [PDF]
Determining an adequate dose level for a drug and, more broadly, characterizing its dose response relationship, are key objectives in the clinical development of any medicinal drug.
Bretz, Frank+2 more
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Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic modelling approaches in paediatric infectious diseases and immunology. [PDF]
Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PKPD) modelling is used to describe and quantify dose-concentration-effect relationships. Within paediatric studies in infectious diseases and immunology these methods are often applied to developing guidance on ...
Abdel-Rahman+208 more
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Predicting Drug-Drug Interactions from Heterogeneous Data: An Embedding Approach [PDF]
Predicting and discovering drug-drug interactions (DDIs) using machine learning has been studied extensively. However, most of the approaches have focused on text data or textual representation of the drug structures. We present the first work that uses multiple data sources such as drug structure images, drug structure string representation and ...
arxiv
Identification of novel small molecule inhibitors of ETS transcription factors
ETS transcription factors play an essential role in tumourigenesis and are indispensable for sprouting angiogenesis, a hallmark of cancer, which fuels tumour expansion and dissemination. Thus, targeting ETS transcription factor function could represent an effective, multifaceted strategy to block tumour growth. The evolutionarily conserved E‐Twenty‐Six
Shaima Abdalla+9 more
wiley +1 more source
Episcleral Venous Pressure and the Ocular Hypotensive Effects of Topical and Intracameral Prostaglandin Analogs. [PDF]
There is a limit beyond which increasing either the concentration of a prostaglandin analog (PGA) or its dosing frequency fails to produce increases in ocular hypotensive efficacy with topical dosing.
Alm+36 more
core +2 more sources
Background: We aimed to determine the minimum effective volume (MEV) of 0.5% bupivacaine for infraclavicular brachial plexus block. Methods: We assigned patients to volume groups consisting of five consecutive patients.
Semih Başkan+3 more
doaj
Social context prevents heat hormetic effects against mutagens during fish development
This study shows that sublethal heat stress protects fish embryos against ultraviolet radiation, a concept known as ‘hormesis’. However, chemical stress transmission between fish embryos negates this protective effect. By providing evidence for the mechanistic molecular basis of heat stress hormesis and interindividual stress communication, this study ...
Lauric Feugere+5 more
wiley +1 more source
Palbociclib has no clinically relevant effect on the QTc interval in patients with advanced breast cancer. [PDF]
The aim of this study was to assess the potential effects of palbociclib in combination with letrozole on QTc. PALOMA-2, a phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, compared palbociclib plus letrozole with placebo plus letrozole in ...
Durairaj, Chandrasekar+12 more
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HeTriNet: Heterogeneous Graph Triplet Attention Network for Drug-Target-Disease Interaction [PDF]
Modeling the interactions between drugs, targets, and diseases is paramount in drug discovery and has significant implications for precision medicine and personalized treatments. Current approaches frequently consider drug-target or drug-disease interactions individually, ignoring the interdependencies among all three entities.
arxiv