Investigating cancer resistance in naked mole-rats
16 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers believe understanding the anti-cancer mechanisms of naked mole-rats may help advance human treatment in the future...
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Super-resolution microscopy reveals the surface of T cells
16 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Salk Institute researchers have imaged how vital receptors on the surface of T cells bundle together when activated using super-resolution microscopy...
The impact of antibiotic exposure on the infant microbiome
15 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
An analysis of changes in the intestinal microbial population during the first three years of life has revealed some of the impacts of antibiotic exposure...
A powerful new method for finding drug candidates
15 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have developed a powerful new method for finding drug candidates that bind to specific proteins...
GlobalData analyses the Zika virus vaccine race
15 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The development of a vaccine against the Zika virus should be viewed in the context of tackling all mosquito-borne diseases, according to GlobalData...
Prospective biobank studies can help improve drug development
15 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
According to a study, genetic research in large-scale prospective biobank studies can significantly improve the drug development pipeline and reduce costs...
New initiative to find epigenetic drug targets in respiratory disease
15 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
MRCT and AstraZeneca are seeking academics with relevant epigenetics targets to collaborate with them to develop novel treatments for respiratory diseases...
A protective strategy against pesticide-linked Parkinson’s disease
15 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
UCLA researchers have found that elimination of the α-synuclein protein protected zebrafish against ziram-induced loss of dopamine neurons...
Stem cell approach offers a first step in treating hypopituitarism
14 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Stem cell generated functional pituitary tissue promoted normal hormone release when transplanted into rats with hypopituitarism...
GBI Research identifies first-in-class as panacea for pharma companies
14 June 2016 | By Mandy Parrett, Editorial Assistant
In the face of the enormous costs involved in bringing a drug to market, pharmaceutical companies are increasingly aiming to develop first-in-class treatments to maximise return on this heavy burden, notes intelligence provider, GBI Research.
Replicating the earliest changes of Alzheimer’s disease in a dish
14 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers from the Babraham Institute have found a way to replicate one of the earliest changes in Alzheimer's disease in a dish...
CV drug Darapladib shows potential in diabetic macular oedema
14 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The discovery demonstrates that Darapladib has potential to provide protection against vision loss in a much wider group of patients with diabetes...
TXA709 treats MRSA infection and restores efficacy of cefdinir
14 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The combination of TXA709 with cefdinir, an antibiotic that has been on the market for almost two decades, successfully treated MRSA infection in animals...
Blocking LRH-1 causes liver cancer cells to starve
13 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Scientists at EPFL have found a way to starve liver cancer cells by blocking a protein that is required for glutamine breakdown - LRH-1...
Possible new target for psoriasis identified
13 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
A small protein in the skin called Rac1 appears to link well-known environmental triggers of the disease with a genetic predisposition to the condition...