Steve Edelman,Holly Maier,Ken Wilhelm
Steve Edelman
Pramlintide, the first member of a new class of drugs for the treatment of insulin-using patients with type 2 or type 1 diabetes mellitus, is an analog of the peptide hormone amylin. Amylin is co-secreted with insulin from pancreatic beta c...
Embryonic stem cell transplantation: promise and progress in the treatment of heart disease [0.03%]
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Feixiong Zhang,Kishore B S Pasumarthi
Feixiong Zhang
Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death worldwide, and the burden is equally shared between men and women around the globe. Cardiomyocytes that die in response to disease processes or aging are replaced by scar tissue inst...
Targeting nerve growth factor in pain: what is the therapeutic potential? [0.03%]
靶向神经生长因子治疗疼痛的潜力如何？
Judy J Watson,Shelley J Allen,David Dawbarn
Judy J Watson
Chronic pain presents a huge economic and social burden, with existing treatments largely unable to satisfy medical needs. Recently, studies have shown that nerve growth factor (NGF) is a major mediator of inflammatory and neuropathic pain,...