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Can Pepcid Treat COVID-19? With clinical trials ongoing, doctors try to unravel how famotidine could be working to fight the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2
Chemical & Engineering News ∙ 06/16/2020 ∙ NCATS
Doctors and scientists are studying many existing drugs with the hope of finding therapies they can repurpose to fight COVID-19. Some of these, like Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir, directly go after the virus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease. Others, like Incyte’s ruxolitinib, aim to dampen the overactive immune response that characterizes later stages of disease in COVID-19.
And then there are the oddballs. Take famotidine, the active ingredient in the over-the-counter heartburn drug Pepcid. The histamine-H2-receptor antagonist works by preventing stomach acid production. That it would have any activity in an infectious disease is a bit of a head-scratcher.
June 2020
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Identifying Drugs to Fight COVID-19
The Hindu ∙ 06/20/2020 ∙ NCATS -
NIH Partners with Israeli Startup to Generate Synthetic COVID-19 Data
Nextgov.com ∙ 06/18/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
NIH Launches COVID-19 Data Analytics Platform With a Focus on Securing Data
MeriTalk ∙ 06/17/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
Could Tracking RNA in Body Fluids Reveal Disease?
Nature ∙ 06/17/2020 ∙ ExRNA -
NIH Launches Analytics Platform to Harness Nationwide COVID-19 Patient Data to Speed Treatments
PHARMABIZ.com ∙ 06/17/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
NIH Creates Central Database for COVID-19
Federal Computer Week ∙ 06/17/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
Type 1 Diabetes: All Ages See Improved Glycemic Control with CGM
Physician’s Weekly ∙ 06/17/2020 ∙ NCATS -
NIH Launches Analytics Platform to Harness COVID-19 Patient Data to Speed Treatments
Medical Xpress ∙ 06/16/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
PCORnet COVID-19 Common Data Model Design and Results
Zenodo ∙ 06/16/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
Can Pepcid Treat COVID-19? With clinical trials ongoing, doctors try to unravel how famotidine could be working to fight the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2
Chemical & Engineering News ∙ 06/16/2020 ∙ NCATS -
NIH Launches Centralized National Enclave For COVID-19 Patient Data
Bio-IT World ∙ 06/15/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
Increasing Systolic Pressures Make for Increased ASCVD Risks
Physician’s Weekly ∙ 06/15/2020 ∙ NCATS -
High Blood Sugar During Pregnancy Ups Risk of Mother’s Type 2 Diabetes, Child’s Obesity
Paper Dabba ∙ 06/15/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
Pharmacist-Prescribed Contraception May Improve Usage in Younger, Uninsured Women
Mirage News ∙ 06/12/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
Hesperos Human-on-a-Chip System Supports COVID-19 Therapeutic Development
SelectScience 2020 ∙ 06/10/2020 ∙ SBIR/STIR, Tissue Chip -
Early Screening of Seattle-Area Pregnant Women Shows Low Infection Rate for COVID-19
HealthNewsDigest.com ∙ 06/09/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
How Rubbish Sleep Might Increase Your Risk of a Stroke
scimex ∙ 06/05/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
Disrupted Sleep Increases the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease by Promoting Inflammation
Medical Xpress ∙ 06/04/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
The Coronavirus Pandemic Claims Another Victim: Medical Research for Deadly Rare Diseases
The Washington Post ∙ 06/04/2020 ∙ Rare Diseases -
Human-on-a-Chip Provides an Accurate Model for the Immune System
Advanced Science News ∙ 06/03/2020 ∙ Tissue Chip -
NASA-SpaceX Launches Will Boost Science Research on the Space Station
CNN ∙ 06/02/2020 ∙ Tissue Chip -
Expression of Certain Genes May Affect Vulnerability to PTSD
Neuroscience News ∙ 06/02/2020 ∙ CTSA Program
May 2020
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UNC Joins Effort to Create COVID-19 Patient Database in Bid to Improve Treatment
WRAL TechWire ∙ 05/30/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
Health Literacy Is Key to Heart Failure Outcomes
Physician’s Weekly ∙ 05/26/2020 ∙ NCATS -
The Lancet: First Prospective Study of Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients from New York City Sheds Light on How Virus Affects Adult Patients in USA
Scienmag ∙ 05/20/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network Opens Online Survey on COVID-19
ALS News Today ∙ 05/13/2020 ∙ RDCRN -
Acer Therapeutics to Develop Emetine as Potential COVID-19 Treatment in Collaboration with National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, One of the National Institutes of Health
GlobeNewswire, Inc. ∙ 05/11/2020 ∙ NCATS -
Madison-based GoDx Developing Rapid Test for COVID-19
Wisconsin State Journal ∙ 05/10/2020 ∙ NCATS, SBIR/STIR -
Artificial Intelligence Jump Starts Clinical Trial for Rare Genetic Disease
Medical Xpress ∙ 05/08/2020 ∙ Rare Diseases -
Pushing Rare Disease Drug Development Forward Despite COVID-19
PR Newswire ∙ 05/07/2020 ∙ Rare Diseases -
New Technology Could Reduce Misdiagnosis and Improve Alzheimer’s Detection in Low-Resource Areas, Researchers Report
Futurity ∙ 05/07/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
Treatment with Blood Thinners Improves Survival in Sickest Covid-19 Patients
Physician's Weekly ∙ 05/07/2020 ∙ NCATS -
Evidence Builds Linking Anticoagulation to COVID-19 Survival
WebMD ∙ 05/07/2020 ∙ NCATS
April 2020
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Myocardial Injury Common in COVID-19
MedPage Today ∙ 04/27/2020 ∙ NCATS -
Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Announces Pre-IND Submission to the FDA of Design for TSC Trials to Treat Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in COVID-19
GlobeNewswire, Inc. ∙ 04/27/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
NIH Recruiting 10K Adults for Coronavirus Infection Study
GenomeWeb ∙ 04/13/2020 ∙ NCATS -
COVID-19 Daily: Early Remdesivir Data Published, World Leader Recovers
WebMD ∙ 04/12/2020 ∙ NCATS -
NIH Tracks Undetected Virus Spread in Healthy Americans
Bloomberg Law ∙ 04/10/2020 ∙ NCATS -
Antiviral Drug for Covid-19 Heads to Clinical Trial
Futurity ∙ 04/08/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
Adolescents at Risk of Nutritional Deficiencies after Bariatric Surgery
MDedge GI & Hepatology News ∙ 04/07/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
Rutgers Studies COVID-19 while Bracing for Its Surge
The Cancer Letter Inc. ∙ 04/06/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
Woman Whose Skin Is So Sensitive to Sunlight She Has to Apply SPF100 Every Two Hours while Indoors Reveals People Called Her a Zombie after Part of Her Nose and Lip Were Removed
Daily Mail ∙ 04/06/2020 ∙ GARD
March 2020
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NIH, CDC to Receive Billions in Additional Funding Under Coronavirus Stimulus Bill
GenomeWeb ∙ 03/27/2020 ∙ NCATS -
COVID-19 Updates (See: Congress passes coronavirus relief bill, slating $4.3B for CDC, $3.5B for BARDA, $945M for NIH, $80M for FDA)
The Cancer Letter Inc. ∙ 03/27/2020 ∙ NCATS -
Keros Outlines IPO Plans amid Markets Rocked by Coronavirus Pandemic
Xconomy, Inc. ∙ 03/23/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
Prospective Algorithm Favors Vaginal Hysterectomy
MDedge ObGyn ∙ 03/18/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
Simoa Blood Test for Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's & Dementia Weekly ∙ 03/15/2020 ∙ RDCRN -
Rare Neurological Disease Special Report
MDedge Neurology ∙ 03/11/2020 ∙ RDCRN
February 2020
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She was asked to speak about her two ‘ultrarare’ diseases. She did, while also telling of a rare place.
The Washington Post ∙ 02/29/2020 ∙ Rare Diseases -
What's Holding Back Gene Therapy?
MedPage Today ∙ 02/19/2020 ∙ NCATS -
New Pipeline Pathways
PharmaVOICE.com ∙ 02/01/2020 ∙ New Therapeutic Uses -
SHOWCASE: Rare Disease: Rare But Not Scarce: The Struggle Faced By Millions
PharmaVOICE.com ∙ 02/01/2020 ∙ RDCRN
January 2020
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To Replace Controversial Plastic Additive BPA, a Chemical Company Teams up with Unlikely Allies
Science ∙ 01/23/2020 ∙ Tox21 -
Opioid Rx Drop When Default EMR Settings Change
MedPage Today ∙ 01/21/2020 ∙ CTSA Program -
App Enables Sharing Off-Label Treatments for Infectious Diseases
JAMA Network ∙ 01/21/2020 ∙ NCATS -
How This Doctor Is Chasing a Cure for His Own Rare Disease
Healthline Media ∙ 01/10/2020 ∙ Rare Diseases -
Local Sixth-Graders Design Oxygen Tank Holder for Toddler with Rare Syndrome
wsoctv.com ∙ 01/10/2020 ∙ GARD -
Pediatric Telehealth Research Supported by Multimillion-Dollar Grant
South Carolina Public Radio ∙ 01/08/2020 ∙ CTSA Program
December 2019
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A Promising Drug Combination against Lethal Childhood Brain Cancers
Oncology Times ∙ 12/20/2019 ∙ Chemistry Technology -
CURE ID Crowdsources Novel Uses of Existing Drugs
Healio ∙ 12/16/2019 ∙ NCATS -
Find a Novel Use for an Existing Drug? FDA Has an App for That
Bloomberg Law ∙ 12/05/2019 ∙ New Therapeutic Uses
November 2019
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A Near-Hopeless Childhood Cancer Succumbs to Drug Duo
Nature ∙ 11/22/2019 ∙ Chemistry Technology
October 2019
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Biogen Resurrects Alzheimer’s Drug for FDA Approval
CenterWatch ∙ 10/28/2019 ∙ Rare Diseases -
HudsonAlpha Wins $7 Million in NIH Funding for Project to Expand National Health Data
Business Alabama ∙ 10/24/2019 ∙ All of Us Research Program -
Brain Studies Show Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Gulf War Illness are Distinct Conditions
HealthNewsDigest.com ∙ 10/24/2019 ∙ CTSA Program -
Genomics Research Effort to Use $8.5M Grant to Expand Data Sharing
Health Data Management ∙ 10/24/2019 ∙ CTSA Program -
Enhanced Informatics Tool Could Help Better Identify Nonfatal Opioid Overdose Cases in the ED
News-Medical.net ∙ 10/24/2019 ∙ CTSA Program -
New ‘Prime’ Genome Editor Could Surpass CRISPR
Science ∙ 10/21/2019 ∙ Somatic Cell Genome Editing -
The NCATS Universal Biomedical Data Translator
FierceBiotech ∙ 10/21/2019 ∙ Biomedical Data Translator -
Super-Precise New CRISPR Tool Could Tackle a Plethora of Genetic Diseases
Nature Research ∙ 10/21/2019 ∙ Somatic Cell Genome Editing -
New Ohio State Research Shows Vaping Can Cause Lung Inflammation in Non-Smokers
The Columbus Dispatch ∙ 10/16/2019 ∙ NCATS -
$37 Million Collaborative Grant to Support Research at UT Health Science Center at Tyler
Longview News-Journal ∙ 10/11/2019 ∙ CTSA Program -
Drug Tailored to One Girl with Brain Disease Paves Way for Similar Customized Treatments
Science ∙ 10/09/2019 ∙ NCATS -
Montana Molecular Wins NIH HEAL Initiative Awards to Advance Preclinical Biological Assays for Innovation in Pain and Addiction
NBC2 News ∙ 10/08/2019 ∙ ASPIRE, HEAL
September 2019
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Elkhorn Mom Fighting for Sons with Rare Disease Helps Researchers Win $1 Million Grant
Omaha World-Herald ∙ 09/30/2019 ∙ TRND -
Gene Editing Enables Researchers to Correct Mutation in Muscle Stem Cells in DMD Model
Stem Cells Portal ∙ 09/23/2019 ∙ Rare Diseases -
Some Anticancer Molecules Are Off Target
Chemical & Engineering News ∙ 09/16/2019 ∙ NCGC -
American Heart Association Says Former NFL Players May Face Higher Risk of Atrial Fibrillation
Clarksville Online ∙ 09/06/2019 ∙ CTSA Program -
Overdose Death More Likely after Coming off Opioids for Pain
Futurity ∙ 09/06/2019 ∙ NCATS -
No Longer Lost in Translation
PharmaVOICE.com ∙ 09/03/2019 ∙ NCATS
August 2019
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Discovery of ‘Hidden’ Outbreak Hints that Zika Virus Can Spread Silently
ScienceBlog.com ∙ 08/26/2019 ∙ CTSA Program -
Concussions Linked to Sexual Health in Former NFL Players
ScienceBlog.com ∙ 08/26/2019 ∙ CTSA Program -
A Multi-Animal Model Collaboration to Speed Up Rare Disease Research
Lab Animal ∙ 08/26/2019 ∙ TRND -
HIGH PROFILE: Dr. Cam Patterson Nourishes UAMS with Rock ’n’ Roll Fervor after Taking it on in a Bluesy Time
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ∙ 08/25/2019 ∙ CTSA Program -
NIH All of Us Project Tops 270,000 Sign-Ups and on Track to Enrolling 1M Participants by 2024
TechaPeek ∙ 08/16/2019 ∙ NCATS, NIH -
ISS Astronaut to Talk to Ill Children About Space Medical Research
ChildrensInn.org ∙ 08/16/2019 ∙ Tissue Chip -
For a decade, Francis Collins has shielded NIH—while making waves of his own
SCIENCE ∙ 08/16/2019 ∙ -
The Peculiarity of Cancer Metastasis may be the Key to Controlling the Disease
WuXi AppTec ∙ 08/14/2019 ∙ NCATS, NCGC, NIH
July 2019
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NIH-Funded Project Aims to Build a ‘Google’ for Biomedical Data
STAT ∙ 07/31/2019 ∙ Biomedical Data Translator
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Identifying Drugs to Fight COVID-19
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