New insights reported on the function of BRCA1 in breast cancer
7 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Scientists have provided a deeper insight into how BRCA1 functions in normal breast tissue and how its loss results in breast cancer...
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Likely link found between Zika virus and microcephaly
4 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Working with lab-grown human stem cells, a team of researchers suspect they have discovered how the Zika virus probably causes microcephaly in foetuses...
Scientists derive naïve pluripotent stem cells from human embryos
4 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Naïve pluripotent stem cells are one of the most flexible types of stem cell, which can develop into all human tissue other than the placenta...
Vaxart initiates preclinical testing of its oral Zika virus vaccine
4 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Vaxart’s vaccine platform enables delivery of recombinant vaccines using a convenient room temperature-stable tablet that can be shipped and stored without refrigeration...
Oxford Global’s free webinars: “drug discovery – what will the future hold?” registration open
4 March 2016 | By Oxford Global
This upcoming webinars hosted by Oxford Global will provide an insight on Drug Discovery & Antibody Research...
Researchers make ‘groundbreaking’ cancer immunotherapy discovery
4 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Researchers have found the tools necessary to give immunotherapy the precision guidance that patients with cancer so desperately need...
Immunotherapy shows promise in treating high-grade glioma
3 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Combined with chemotherapy, a novel cell-based immunotherapy drastically increased the survival rates of mice afflicted with brain tumours. Almost 50% of the mice were completely cured...
New study looks at why pharma may prefer to invest in drugs over vaccines
3 March 2016 | By Victoria White
According to the research, a drug for a disease that affects twice as many people will generate twice the revenue. But vaccine revenue depends on finer details about how the risk is distributed in the population...
ANGPTL4 inhibition linked to reduced risk of coronary artery disease
3 March 2016 | By Victoria White
ANGPTL4 inhibits lipoprotein lipase (LPL), an enzyme that helps break down triglycerides, a form of fat derived from food...
Fighting Proteus mirabilis infections with viruses
3 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Scientists at the University of Brighton have shown that bacteriophage can treat infections caused by Proteus mirabilis and prevent catheter blockage...
Researchers find Achilles’ heel of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
2 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Researchers have discovered that a GSK-J4 can kill acute lymphoblastic leukaemia that involves the TAL-1 gene...
Researchers investigate defects in the DJ1 gene in Parkinson’s
2 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Researchers looked at the metabolism of neurons lacking DJ1 and discovered that two key metabolic pathways are affected...
Cypralis appoints a new Chief Scientific Officer
2 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Cypralis, a company focussed on the discovery of novel therapeutics based on modulation of PPIases, has appointed Dr Michael Peel as Chief Scientific Officer...
Celyad gets patent for TCR-deficient CAR T-cell method
2 March 2016 | By Victoria White
The US Patent 9,273,283 is the second patent of Celyad allogeneic intellectual property portfolio that is awarded by the USPTO...
UCI study points to new treatments to limit effects of Alzheimer’s
1 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Using pexidartinib to flush away the inflammatory cells produced in reaction to beta-amyloid plaques, scientists restored memory function in test mice...