Day: April 19, 2021

Einstein Researchers Develop Novel Drug That Regenerates Erectile Nerves Damaged by Prostate Surgery

April 19, 2021

(BRONX, NY)— Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have developed a topical drug that regenerates and restores the function of erectile nerves damaged by radical prostatectomy, the most common treatment for localized prostate cancer. The drug was tested in rats, and the findings were published online today in JCI Insight. These images show neurons cultured in petri dishes and treated

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New treatment for ED after prostate surgery being developed, researchers say

April 19, 2021

Men undergoing surgery for prostate cancer may no longer have to live with erectile dysfunction afterward, thanks to an innovative new treatment, researchers said in a paper published Monday by JCI Insight. The treatment, developed at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, involves the surgical implantation of a topical drug that regenerates and restores the function of

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Hope for prostate cancer patients as experimental drug ‘may allow thousands of men left impotent from drastic surgery to get erections again

April 19, 2021

An experimental nerve-growing drug could revolutionise the sex lives of prostate cancer sufferers, scientists say. Thousands of men diagnosed with the disease require drastic treatment to remove the organ, which sits in the pelvis and is about the size of a ping pong ball. But it can damage nerves that control blood supply to the penis, leaving patients completely unable

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