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• Malaria drug target raises hopes for new treatments
• Innovative screening strategy swiftly uncovers new drug candidates, new biology
• Where Alzheimer's starts and how it spreads
• Two-drug combo helps adolescents with ADHD, aggression

Malaria drug target raises hopes for new treatments Posted: 22 Dec 2013 01:00 PM PST Scientists have taken an important step towards new malaria treatments by identifying a way to stop malaria parasites from multiplying.

Innovative screening strategy swiftly uncovers new drug candidates, new biology Posted: 22 Dec 2013 01:00 PM PST Scientists have demonstrated a drug-discovery strategy with a double payoff —- it enables the rapid selection of chemical compounds that have a desired effect on cells and also highlights how the compounds work.

Where Alzheimer's starts and how it spreads Posted: 22 Dec 2013 01:00 PM PST Using high-resolution fMRI imaging in patients with Alzheimer's disease and in mouse models of the disease, researchers have clarified three fundamental issues about Alzheimer's: where it starts, why it starts there, and how it spreads. In addition to advancing understanding of Alzheimer's, the findings could improve early detection of the disease, when drugs may be most effective.

Two-drug combo helps adolescents with ADHD, aggression Posted: 20 Dec 2013 11:30 AM PST Prescribing both a stimulant and an antipsychotic drug to children with physical aggression and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), along with teaching parents to use behavior management techniques, reduces aggressive and serious behavioral problems in the children, according to researchers.

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