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Regulatory Actions
Research reports on regulatory actions from University of Washington provide new insights
June 21st, 2009
"The hair cells of the larval zebrafish lateral line provide a useful preparation in which to study hair cell death and to screen for genes and small molecules that modulate hair cell toxicity. We recently reported preliminary results from screening a small-molecule library for compounds that inhibit aminoglycoside-induced hair cell death," scientists in the United States report. "To potentially reduce the time required for development of drugs and drug combinations that can be clinically useful, we screened a library of 1,040 FDA-approved drugs and bioactive compounds (NINDS Custom Collection II). Seven compounds that protect against neomycin-induced hair cell death...
Source: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2009-06-21)
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