Daily Archives: December 28, 2020

Scientists speak about terrible impact of pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is terrible not only because it is killing people, but also because it will lead to the spread of antibiotic resistance in the future, which in turn will kill many people, the PLOS Pathogens journal reports. According to MedicalXpress, about 10 million people are expected to die each year due to resistant…

Scientists find unexpected cure for brain cancer

Loperamide, a drug used to treat diarrhea, can induce cell death in cultured glioblastoma, a deadly and incurable form of brain tumor that usually does not respond well to chemotherapy, said scientists from the Goethe University in Frankfurt. According to MedicalXpress, the authors of the study found that in some types of tumor cells, loperamide…