An international team of researchers headed by scientists at the University of Copenhagen has discovered that venoms produced by one group of fish-hunting deep sea cone snails contain compounds ...

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The editorial by Öberg, entitled, “Is It Time to Widen the Use of Somatostatin Analogs in Neuroendocrine Tumors?” (J Clin Oncol 10.1200/JCO.2009.23.6711) was published online August 24, 2009 with ...

Agents that directly lower ACTH secretion by a pituitary adenoma represent an attractive option for the treatment of Cushing's disease, as these drugs directly target the pathogenesis of disease.

A marine cone snail uses the "taser and tether" hunting strategy. Credit: Helena Safavi Scientists already know that the venom of cone snails, which prowl the ocean floor for a fish dinner, contains ...

The author(s) indicated no potential conflicts of interest. Corresponding author: Laurent Zelek, MD, Service d'Oncologie, Hôpital Avicenne, 125 rue de Stalingrad, 93009 Bobigny, France; e-mail: [email ...

They’re icky, slimy, slow and, maybe to some, creepy. But snails might lead to the next breakthrough in treatments for pain and diabetes. Two studies published recently by University of Utah ...

NEEDHAM, Mass., June 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chiasma, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHMA), a commercial stage biopharmaceutical company, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ...