'Pushing Limits' - new drug strategies for MS
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:56 pm
Researchers at the University of Houston (UH) are recommending a new strategy for developing drugs to treat cancer, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's and cardiovascular diseases.
In an invited review published in the October issue of Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, scientists at the Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling (CNRCS) at UH outline the results of years of research following the team's 1996 discovery of the estrogen receptor beta (ERβ).
"We have known for some time that female sex hormones - estrogens - influence a number of functions in the human body," said Dr. Jan-Åke Gustafsson, UH professor and CNRCS director. "Only recently have we and others found that one of the estrogen receptors - ERβ - is a potential target for the treatment of Alzheimer's and other chronic diseases."... Read More - http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseact ... ageid/3249