Pharmacists often fear complaintsI write in response to Adam Pattison Rathbone’s blog ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2015;294: 385), where he describes a colleague referring a minor paracetamol overdose in a child to accident and emergency. Perhaps the pharmacist referred the patient bec…
Resurrecting antique aleA microbrewery in Finland’s Baltic Sea archipelago of Ã…land has recently launched a beer with a 19th century recipe. The formula is derived from the chemical analysis of contaminated booze recovered from a schooner that was shipwrecked some 170 years ago.…
Researchers develop platform to aid kinase drug discovery Researchers have developed a new biochip platform that will help to make drug discovery quicker and more cost-effective, according to an article published in Scientific Reports.…
Broadly neutralising antibody shows some success in treating patients with HIV A potent type of antibody therapy trialled in HIV patients for the first time has been shown to reduce the amount of virus in patients’ blood.…
Placebo effect genes identifiedResearchers have identified at least 11 genes that influence individuals’ susceptibility to the placebo effect.…
Imatinib mimics physiological response to produce antimicrobial effectsThe anti-cancer agent imatinib at very low doses mimics a physiological innate response to infection in the bone marrow, research shows.…
Mixing medicines: how to ensure patient safety Incompatibility poses a constant risk when mixing medicines but it can be avoided by understanding the chemical reactions taking place.…
Researchers create personalised vaccines for patients with advanced melanoma A study has revealed that targeting patient-specific markers in advanced melanoma tumours effectively triggers an immune response.…
Study provides insight into why PPI users benefit from calcium supplements Researchers have identified a gene, Snx10, whose expression is required both in the bone and stomach to maintain normal gastric acidification and calcium absorption.…
Possible new antivenom from one of the oldest surviving mammal familiesOpossums have a naturally high level of immunity to certain types of snake venom. The opossum peptide responsible for this immunity has potential as an antivenom.…