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Metabolic markers accurately diagnose typhoid fever
Researchers have identified a metabolite 'signature' that can accurately distinguish typhoid from other fever-inducing tropical diseases using patient blood samples.
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Novel antibacterial wound cover made from crustaceans
Researchers develop bacteria-fighting wound dressing made with the help of crustaceans…
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Kymab receives $9m R+D grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The monoclonal antibody biopharmaceutical group Kymab announced today that it has received a $9m grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate the development of novel vaccines and therapeutics for infectious diseases, including HIV.
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Eisai and Charles River announce drug discovery collaboration
15 February 2016 | By Victoria White
Eisai and Charles River have signed a collaboration agreement which will see Charles River scientists work at Eisai’s research and development facilities in Hatfield...
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£1 billion fund set up to fight malaria and other infectious diseases
23 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The Ross Fund includes £115 million to develop new drugs, diagnostics and insecticides for malaria, TB and other infectious disease resistance...
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Malaria vaccine provides hope for a cure for cancer
13 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have created a malaria protein with a toxin seeks out cancer cells. The protein is absorbed, the toxin released inside, and then the cancer cells die...
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Nobel Prize recognises discoveries in parasitic diseases
5 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been split this year to recognise work that has revolutionised the treatment of some parasitic diseases...
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New CRISPR system could change the scientific landscape
28 September 2015 | By Victoria White
The newly described Cpf1 system differs in several important ways from Cas9, with significant implications for research and therapeutics...
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Takeda joins malaria and TB drug discovery consortium, WIPO Re:Search
14 September 2015 | By Victoria White
WIPO Re:Search provides access to the intellectual property of certain pharmaceutical compounds, technologies, know-how and data for R&D activities around TB and malaria...
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Kymab on Sunday Times Tech Track ‘Ones to Watch’ list
7 September 2015 | By Victoria White
The ranking recognises Kymab’s potential for rapid future sales growth and increasing international presence...
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Anti-malaria drugs could be a potential treatment for Parkinson’s disease
17 July 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have found that existing anti-malaria drugs, Chloroquine and Amodiaquine, could be a potential treatment for Parkinson's disease...
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The Francis Crick Institute and GSK join forces to forge new scientific discoveries
14 July 2015 | By Victoria White
The Francis Crick Institute and GSK are to partner up to explore new avenues of medical research and drug discovery across a broad range of diseases...
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Scientists identify a new way to kill the malaria parasite
7 July 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have discovered new ways in which the malaria parasite survives in the blood stream of its victims, a discovery that could lead to new treatments...
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Researchers programme solitary yeast cells to talk to one another
1 July 2015 | By Victoria White
A team researchers has engineered yeast cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) that can "talk" to one another, using a versatile plant hormone called auxin...
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New target may increase odds of successful mosquito-based malaria vaccine
16 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have located a new target for a potential vaccine against malaria...