3 stories tagged "preclinical"
A Korean state lab reports that a tool compound called UNI418 strips out the DNA-repair proteins cancer cells use to escape PARP inhibitors. The data are preclinical: cell lines and mouse xenografts. UNI418 is not yet a drug.
Autoimmune & InflammationA Brazilian team gave EPA-heavy fish oil to a non-obese diabetic rat strain for eight weeks. Glucose, insulin sensitivity, and lipids all moved in the friendlier direction. The T-cell balance shifted alongside them, and that is the part of the paper worth chewing on.
Nutrition & FoodA Yale mouse study reported in Cancer Discovery is being sold as proof that olive oil fuels pancreatic cancer. The lab fed the mice purified oleic acid, the effect only showed up in males, and no one has tested it in a person.