Auranofin effective against amoebas in lab and animal studies - News-Medical.Net

A team of researchers from UCSF and UC San Diego has identified an approved arthritis drug that is effective against amoebas in lab and animal studies, suggesting it could offer a low-dose, low cost treatment for the amoebic infections that ...

Inexpensive arthritis drug may treat dysentery, giardiasis - Los Angeles Times

An inexpensive arthritis drug called auranofin has been shown in lab and animal tests to kill the parasites that cause amoebic dysentery and giardiasis, and human trials are expected to start soon. The gold-containing drug, marketed under the ...

Auranofin Can Treat Amoebic Dysentery - TopNews United States

As per a research, which has been published in the Nature Medicine, it has been revealed that auranofin, which is used to treat arthritis, can now used to fight amoebic dysentery as well. Amoebic dysentery is generally caused by Entamoeba histolytica ...

Old drug for arthritis is effective against killer parasites - YAHOO!

Researchers in California found that auranofin, an oral therapy for arthritis that has been around since 1985, is highly effective against the parasite Entamoeba histolytica. Carried in water and food, the parasite is a major but often neglected hazard in ...

Arthritis Drug Effective Against Amoebic Parasites - Med India

Researchers in California found that auranofin, an oral therapy for arthritis that has been around since 1985, is highly effective against the parasite Entamoeba histolytica. Carried in water and food, the parasite is a major but often neglected ...

Drug for parasite behind major cause of death worldwide found - Smash Hits.com

Using a high-throughput screen for drugs developed by them, a collaborative group of scientists from UC San Diego School of Medicine, UC San Francisco and Wake Forest School of Medicine discovered that auranofin - a drug approved by the US Food ...

RA drug effective against Entamoeba histolytica - News-Medical.Net

"Because auranofin has already been approved by the FDA for use in humans, we can save years of expensive development," said Reed. "In our studies in animal models, auranofin was ten times more potent against this parasite than metronidazole."

Arthritis drug is able to fight dysenteric death worldwide - Newstrack India

Using a high-throughput screen for drugs developed by them, a collaboration of scientists from UC San Diego School of Medicine, UC San Francisco and Wake Forest School of Medicine discovered that auranofin - a drug approved by the US Food and ...

Drug found to combat parasite that kills thousands worldwide - SmartPlanet.com

They found that auranofin — a drug approved by the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) 25 years ago to treat arthritis is ten times more effective than metronidazole. The drug works by honing in on an enzyme that defends the amoeba from oxygen-based ...