Peer-reviewed journal that published the study (DOI 10.1002/adhm.202504351).
Researchers at Washington State University and the University of Michigan slowed endometriosis lesion spread in mice with a repackaged tapeworm drug. The treatment also reduced inflammation, and the team is working toward clinical trials for a disease with limited treatment options.
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Vanderbilt engineers coaxed human smooth muscle cells into the helical alignment of natural resistance vessels using protein coatings in gelatin channels. Whether the cells can change a vessel's diameter is the stated next step.
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Researchers linked the tapeworm drug niclosamide to a carrier that cleared detectable endometriosis lesions in up to five of eight treated mice after one dose. It points to a non-hormonal option for a disease with no cure, though the test used eight mice per group over two weeks.
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The group swapped non-degradable titania for three polymers already used in microneedle patches, then measured how much more drug got into pig skin after a 10-second or 30-second rub.
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Ohio State researchers assembled extracellular vesicles from red blood cell lipids, loading cargo as the particles form. The interesting part is the process, not the biology.
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