Recent news on Cyclosporin

Man with a mission  -  May 20, 2007
Malaysia Star,In 1960, he became the first to use drugs to control kidney rejection, with the anti-cancer medicine azathioprine and, 20 years later, cyclosporin.

Deactivating Protein May Protect Nerve Fibers In MS  -  Apr 28, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),One class of compounds Forte and Bourdette are particularly interested in is non-immunosuppressive derivative of cyclosporin A (CsA).

England footballer Geoff Thomas on his greatest victory of all ...  -  May 8, 2007
Daily Mail,..."The disease has to be suppressed by the drug Cyclosporin, so your body can get used to the new system and allow it to take hold. It takes months.

Immune Function Clarified In Post-Transplant Cancer  -  May 3, 2007
eMaxHealth.com,...because the function of their CD4 and CD8 cells is dramatically altered by immunosuppressive drugs like cyclosporin and rapamycin," says Oberyszyn,

Bioscience firm wins an award  -  May 2, 2007
Frederick News Post (subscription),...n Maas BioLAB in Albuquerque, NM, to test cyclosporin to treat traumatic brain injuries and nerve agent exposure from the battlefield.

Life in a lab  -  Apr 26, 2007
Daily - University of Washington,Because a normal organism would reject such a transplant, they suppress the immune system of these mice with cyclosporin, which is put in their water.

After DeBakey and Cooley, Bud Frazier becomes a leader in ...  -  Apr 29, 2007
Houston Chronicle,He has had that in large supply since 1982, when the drug cyclosporin became available. It helps the body not reject donated tissues and opened a new era of

Life in a lab  -  26 Apr 2007
Daily - University of Washington,Because a normal organism would reject such a transplant, they suppress the immune system of these mice with cyclosporin, which is put in their water.

Mitochondrial Death Throes  -  Apr 24, 2007
Scientist,..."The pore can open even in the absence of cyclophilin D or in the presence of cyclosporin A," says Paolo Bernardi, senior author on a fourth CyPD-knock out

Deactivating protein may protect nerve fibers in MS  -  Apr 25, 2007
innovations report,One class of compounds Forte and Bourdette are particularly interested in is non-immunosuppressive derivative of cyclosporin A (CsA).

A list of species: Every blessed thing  -  Apr 17, 2007
Fort Wayne News Sentinel,Think of the immunosuppressive substance cyclosporin, isolated in 1971 from the fungus Tolypocladium inflatum Gams. Cyclosporin has helped revolutionize

In this section  -  Apr 2, 2007
LA Downtown News Online,There is a concern that this herb can trigger rejection and loss of a transplanted organ by interfering with the drug Cyclosporin. Ginkgo biloba, which many

Martinsburg Man Files Lawsuit for Muscle Failure  -  Apr 9, 2007
Student Operated Press,At the time, MacDonald was on Cyclosporin, an immune system suppressant, for a renal transplant he had in 1988. Under the care of Ahmed, licensed under the

Could a Pig's Sexual Maturity Hold a Key to Reversing Diabetes?  -  Mar 28, 2007
HULIQ,Many years ago, I was involved in the development of the drug called Cyclosporin-A which is used to prevent transplants rejecting. The big breakthrough that

Case 12-2007 — A 56-Year-Old Woman with Renal Failure after Heart ...  -  Apr 18, 2007
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),Calne RY, Williams R. Kidney pathology in liver allograft recipients after long-term treatment with cyclosporin A. Lab Invest 1988;58:395-402.

Berkeley man says prescribed medicine injured him  -  Mar 9, 2007
West Virginia Record,The next day, he was given Lipotor, Diflucan and Cyclosporin. On Nov. 3 McDonald was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit, then on Nov.

West Nile Virus Transmission Through Blood Transfusion—South ...  -  Mar 20, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),...immunosuppressive therapy, including 750 mg of mycophenolate mofetil twice daily, 125 mg of cyclosporin twice daily, and 20 mg of prednisone daily.

More than just dry eyes  -  Mar 3, 2007
Deseret News,Others need prescription cyclosporin or prednisone drops. Moshirfar tells patients to do things that will support their immune systems, including good

Maas BiolAB Awarded Department of Defense/DTRA Contract  -  Feb 5, 2007
Business Wire (press release),The DTRA Extramural Program funding will complement an ongoing intramural cyclosporin neuroprotection research effort lead by Drs. Richard A. Bauman and

Maas Biolab Joins Efforts to Develop Brain-Protecting Drug Against ...  -  Feb 5, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) awarded $117000 to Maas Biolab for the continued investigation of the neuroprotective properties of cyclosporin

Diabetes Reversal Key: A Pig’s Sexuality  -  Feb 21, 2007
The Conservative Voice,Many years ago, I was involved in the development of the drug called Cyclosporin-A which is used to prevent transplants rejecting. The big breakthrough that

Medical advances increasing the success of organ transplants  -  Feb 21, 2007
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers,The emergence of cyclosporin as an effective anti-rejection agent in 1978 made transplantation a safer and more realistic option.

The curse of ignorance  -  Feb 4, 2007
GreaterKashmir.com (press release),Mukhtar was accordingly put on more strong anti-TB drugs which included Cyclosporin, Kanamycin and Ofloxicin. Surprisingly these drugs did not show the

Cell and animal models of mtDNA biology: progress and prospects  -  Feb 12, 2007
AJP - Cell Physiology (subscription)Administration of cyclosporin A, a potent antiapoptotic drug that specifically inhibits the mitochondrial transition pore opening, which initiates apoptosis

The days of thriving kidney trade in city  -  Jan 11, 2007
Daily News & Analysis,The recipients were given Cyclosporin, potent immunosuppressive or anti-rejection drug, which had a rather alarming list of side-effects.

Long-Term Outcome Of Pediatric Renal Transplantation: Follow-Up Of ...  -  Jan 11, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),They feel that they can predict that a 10 year old child receiving a transplant in 2000 also on cyclosporin-based immunosuppression can expect a transplant

Unusual lesions will fade over time  -  Jan 7, 2007
Orlando Sentinel,Cyclosporin, an immune suppressant drug used to prevent rejection after organ transplants, has been used with some success.

WRAIR and Maas BiolAB Manufacture Neuroprotective Cyclosporin ...  -  Dec 14, 2006
PharmaLive.com (press release),WRAIR is researching the neuroprotective effects of cyclosporin against concussive and contusive traumatic brain injury (TBI), and seizure-induced nerve

WRAIR and Maas BiolAB Manufacture Neuroprotective Agen  -  Dec 15, 2006
Genetic Engineering News (press release),WRAIR researchers note that the cyclosporin formulation was neuroprotective in models of traumatic brain injury and seizure-induced brain injury from

INNOVIVE Pharmaceuticals Presents Data on Oncology Drug Programs ...  -  Dec 12, 2006
Earthtimes.orgResearchers additionally found that Cyclosporin A significantly enhanced anti leukemia effects of INNO-406. Central nervous system relapse accompanying

Two-edged sword  -  Dec 11, 2006
Birmingham News,The discovery of immunosuppressive drugs like cyclosporin and Prograf have revolutionized organ transplantation, but the drugs have a double edge.

Data From INNOVIVE Pharmaceuticals' Oncology Drug Programs to Be ...  -  Dec 6, 2006
Earthtimes.orgINNO-406 * Abstract #834: "Cyclosporin A, a P-gp Inhibitor, Augments the Anti-Central Nervous System Ph+ Leukemia Effects of INNO-406.

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