PRÉMIOS PFIZER 2013 – Effective drug against severe general infection
On 30 January, 2014 FMUL News | 2014 Comments Off on PRÉMIOS PFIZER 2013 – Effective drug against severe general infection No tagsThree research projects were awarded prizes for the optimization of biological therapies in chronic inflammatory and disabling diseases.
Effective drug against severe general infection
Luís Ferreira Moita and Nuno Figueiredo, of the Institute of Molecular Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, found that the pharmacological class of Anthracyclines used in cancer treatment is effective in the treatment of severe sepsis in mice. The ten thousand euros prize will be used in clinical trials in patients at Santa Maria Hospital.
Source: Prevenir