Traditional chemotherapy drugs like 5-fluorouracil are poorly soluble, inefficient at reaching cancer cells, and cause severe side effects by damaging healthy tissue. In a promising advance for cancer ...

Cancer treatment has always been a balancing act—hit the tumor hard enough to kill it, but not so hard that the patient ...

In a promising advance for cancer treatment, Northwestern University scientists have re-engineered the molecular structure of ...

Of the 2.3 million women diagnosed annually with breast cancer worldwide, research shows more than half report having ...

Scientists at Northwestern University have redesigned the chemotherapy drug 5-fluorouracil as a spherical nucleic acid ...

A large new study found that the side effects of antidepressants vary significantly by drug. Some medications resulted in weight loss, while others resulted in weight gain. Heart rate and blood ...

Elinzanetant belongs to a new class of drugs designed to target what is believed to be a key mechanism responsible for ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Lynkuet, a new medication that does not contain hormones to treat hot ...

The drug, one of the few nonhormonal options for menopausal women, reduced hot flashes and night sweats, and appears to help ...

Women dealing with hot flashes could soon have a new option for relief. The FDA has approved a nonhormonal drug designed to ...