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Biomarkers for diagnosing intake of OXIZID synthetic cannabinoids

Biomarkers for diagnosing intake of OXIZID synthetic cannabinoids

November 29, 2022

NUS pharmaceutical scientists have successfully identified the urinary biomarkers of an emerging OXIZID subclass of synthetic cannabinoids to monitor potential…

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Simulation technologies for optimising COVID-19 drug therapies

Simulation technologies for optimising COVID-19 drug therapies

June 30, 2022

NUS pharmaceutical scientists have developed a modelling and simulation strategy to evaluate the pharmacotherapy of COVID-19 related drugs and help…

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Novel strategy for identifying biomarkers of synthetic cannabinoids

Novel strategy for identifying biomarkers of synthetic cannabinoids

August 30, 2021

NUS pharmaceutical scientists have developed a strategy to biosynthesize metabolites of a novel synthetic cannabinoid, ADB-BUTINACA, and identify its optimal…

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Diagnosing intake of two new psychoactive substances

Diagnosing intake of two new psychoactive substances

February 05, 2021

NUS pharmaceutical scientists have developed a systematic approach to understand how the human body manages two new psychoactive substances (NPS)…

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Optimising Drug Therapy of Prostate Cancer

Optimising Drug Therapy of Prostate Cancer

July 06, 2020

NUS pharmaceutical scientists identified novel binding kinetics of the prostate cancer drug abiraterone to its pharmacological target. This allows optimisation…

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Mechanism of paracetamol toxicity

Mechanism of paracetamol toxicity

October 31, 2018

31 Oct 2018. NUS pharmaceutical scientists have discovered a mechanism associated with paracetamol toxicity for the development of safer and…

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Gut bacteria influences drug-induced liver injury

Gut bacteria influences drug-induced liver injury

September 05, 2017

5 Sep 2017. NUS pharmaceutical scientists found that modulation of gut bacteria could enhance drug therapeutic value. Pharmaceutical drugs are broken…

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Metabonomics reveals biomarkers of diabetic retinopathy in blood

Metabonomics reveals biomarkers of diabetic retinopathy in blood

September 13, 2016

13 Sep 2016. NUS pharmacists have discovered signatures of diabetic retinopathy in blood samples which can identify those at a higher…

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Inhibition of key cardiac enzyme by heart rhythm controlling drug

Inhibition of key cardiac enzyme by heart rhythm controlling drug

April 18, 2016

18 Apr 2016. NUS scientists have discovered for the first time that dronedarone inhibits human cardiac cytochrome P450 2J2 (CYP2J2).Patients…

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