Scientists create complex transmembrane proteins from scratch
Advance paves the way for the design of transmembrane proteins with useful new functions...
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Change in neuron size could shed light on new treatments for ALS
Understanding how motor nerve cells respond to motor neurone disease could help researchers identify new treatment options...
Researchers find transferable antibiotic resistance gene in pathogen of developing nations
A team of investigators has found that the mcr-1 drug resistance gene, which encodes resistance to a drug that is used as a last resort, has been found for the first time in Shigella flexneri.
Scientists advocate less toxic treatment for rare leukaemia (MPAL)
Researchers in the US have undertaken meta-analysis studies to ascertain the optimum approach for doctors treating rare mixed phenotype acute leukaemia (MPAL). They found that a less-toxic regimen gives better results.
Scientists find that dectin-1 receptor protects against allergies
Contrary to previous notions that the receptor dectin-1 causes allergic reactions, new research from the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has found that it actually prevents this response, indicating new targets for allergy and asthma drugs.
Staphylococcus epidermidis may protect against skin cancer
Researchers have reported a potential new role for some bacteria on the skin, protecting against cancer...
Six leading pharma firms to participate at Pharmaceutical Microbiology event in San Diego
SMi’s 2nd Annual Pharmaceutical Microbiology West Coast Conference will be taking place in San Diego, USA on the 7th - 8th June 2018.
Scientists identify new stem cell that helps regenerate lung tissue after trauma
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have identified a lung stem cell that repairs the organ's gas exchange compartment, providing potential new approach to treat lung disease.
Pancreatic stem cells have potential to regenerate beta cells
Findings pave way for regenerative cell therapies in type 1 diabetes patients...
Researchers evaluate tau phosphorylation related targets for Alzheimer’s research
Scientists in Moscow have extended the reach of QSP modelling by applying it to tau phosphorylation to better understand Alzheimer’s disease (AD) progression.
Pro72Arg gene variant increases tumour cell metabolism
Scientists have found a mechanism through which mutant p53 enhances metastasis by controlling tumour metabolism...
EMA’s building approval process in Amsterdam initiated
New permanent building to be completed by 15 November 2019...
Tempol provides a potential treatment for Chuvash polycythemia
A study in mice suggests that experimental drug may be effective against mountain sickness and other polycythemias...
Charles River Laboratories announces new tumour model compendium
The Compendium provides scientists an online resource to help design efficient in vitro and in vivo oncology research studies.
New directions found in understanding, fighting glaucoma
Two distinctive handfuls of short molecules that regulate gene expression have been found in the eye fluid of patients with two distinct types of vision degenerating glaucoma.