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Nestle, Takeda sue Lupin, Torrent over patents
Galderma Laboratories, a joint venture dermatology company between Nestle and L'Oreal, and the New York University have sued Lupin Ltd for infringing the patent rights of one of its main drugs, Oracea.
Community-acquired MRSA: Oral doxycycline highly effective
Las Vegas — Oral doxycycline has been shown to be effective in treating community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus , according to clinical studies and experience, an expert says.
Centers for Disease Control and Preve...
Rickettsia felis Infection in Man, France
Author affiliations: Universit de la Mditerrane, Marseille, France ; and Centre Hospitalier de Salon de Provence, Salon-de-Provence , France To the Editor: In August 2008, a 64-year-old man was admitted to the Salon-de-Provence Hospital, France.
Ask The Pharmacist: Many medicines spark nasty sunburns
Q: I just started taking "doxycycline" for acne. The prescription label says to "avoid prolonged exposure to sunlight" and the guys in my apartment are razzing me because I won't play tennis with them anymore.
Smad7 inhibits fibrotic effect of TGF-Beta on renal tubular...
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Many medicines spark photosensitive reactions, nasty sunburns
Dear Pharmacist: I just started taking "doxycycline" for acne. The prescription label says to "avoid prolonged exposure to sunlight." My roommate says he took doxycycline before going on a cruise and nothing happened to him.
Concern over rising incidence of leptospirosis
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The district health administration is concerned over the spiralling incidence of leptospirosis in the district this year, with many local outbreaks linked to the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme .
[Article] Nitric Oxide in Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-Induced...
Chanhung Z. Lee MD, PhD; Zheng Xue MD; Qi Hao PhD; Guo-Yuan Yang MD, PhD; and William L. Young MD* From the Center for Cerebrovascular Research , Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, and the Departments of Neurological Surgery and Neurology , University of California, San Francisco, Calif; and the Department of Neurology , Tongji ...
Combating Infection: Babesiosis: Another tick-borne disease
COMBATING INFECTION: Babesiosis: Another tick-borne disease CAUSED BY A GROUP of hemoprotozoan parasites called Babesia , babesiosis is an infectious malaria-like disease transmitted by infected deer ticks.
The eyes have it: Systemic antibiotics produce response in patients with ocular rosacea
National report - Treatment for ocular rosacea usually consists of systemic antibiotics, administered at either a low dose or regular dose, according to dermatologists.
State's first verified case of a Tick-Borne Disease reported
Missouri's tick season officially got under way late last month with the year's first confirmed case of potentially life-threatening tick-born disease.
State health officials urge awareness of tick-borne diseases
Missouri's tick season officially got under way late April with the year's first confirmed case of a potentially life-threatening tick-borne disease, state health officials said.
Drug May Cut Aneurysm Risk for Heart Defect Patients
The drug doxycycline delays dangerous aneurysm rupture in mice genetically engineered to have many of the clinical features of humans with Marfan syndrome, says a U.S. study.
Cempra Pharmaceuticals Inc. Announces Lead Macrolide is Active in...
Apr 28, 2009 - Cempra Pharmaceuticals today announced the publication of new research in the May issue of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology, demonstrating that its lead compound, CEM-101, is active in vitro against six clinically important human Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma species.
Activation of p53-regulated pro-apoptotic signaling pathways in PrP-mediated myopathy
We have reported that doxycycline-induced over-expression of wild type prion protein in skeletal muscles of Tg mice is sufficient to cause a primary myopathy with no signs of peripheral neuropathy.
Just one tick away from Lyme disease
Edward Dougherty never saw the tick that bit him. It wasn't until his doctor, during a checkup, spotted a circular red rash on his shoulder that he discovered he had Lyme disease.
Effect of induced expression of an antimicrobial peptide melittin on...
Abstract A plasmid construct was designed in which the gene of antimicrobial peptide melittin is controlled by the tetracycline-responsive promoter of human cytomegalovirus, aided by a constitutively expressed trans-activator protein gene.
piggyBac transposition reprograms fibroblasts to induced pluripotent stem cells
Abstract Transgenic expression of just four defined transcription factors is sufficient to reprogram somatic cells to a pluripotent state.
[Article] Clinical Trial of Doxycycline for Matrix...
Jan H.N. Lindeman MD, PhD*, Hazem Abdul-Hussien MD, J. Hajo van Bockel MD, PhD, Ron Wolterbeek MD, and Robert Kleemann PhD From the Departments of Vascular Surgery and Medical Statistics , Leiden University Medical Center, and TNOQuality of Life, Department of Vascular and Metabolic Diseases , Leiden, the Netherlands.
Two cases of lower respiratory tract infection due to Chlamydia pneumonia in Singapore.
Abstract Chlamydia pneumoniae, previously known as Chlamydia psittaci strain TWAR, causes both upper and lower respiratory tract infection.