New therapy halts progression of ALS in mice
29 January 2016 | By Victoria White
Researchers have announced that they have essentially stopped the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) for nearly two years in one type of mouse model...
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Karolinska Institutet and Biovica to evaluate promising cancer treatments
29 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The lab headed by Thomas Helleday at Karolinska Institutet and Biovica are to collaborate to improve evaluation of new, promising cancer therapies...
WHO emergency team to convene to discuss Zika virus
28 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The Committee will meet to ascertain whether the outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern...
ADDoPT project set to transform the UK pharma industry
28 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The ADDoPT project addresses the key challenge of getting new innovative medicines to market in the quickest and most cost-effective way...
AbCellera and MSD enter antibody collaboration
28 January 2016 | By Victoria White
Under the agreement, AbCellera will apply its high-throughput antibody discovery platform to identify antibodies that specifically modulate target function...
Myeloma UK and the SGC in first-of-its-kind collaboration
27 January 2016 | By Victoria White
Myeloma UK and the SGC have entered into an open-access research partnership to discover drug targets for myeloma using structural biology and chemical proteomics...
UW-Madison researchers look for ways to stop Zika virus
27 January 2016 | By Victoria White
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Universidad de Sucre ran the first tests confirming the presence of Zika virus transmission in Columbia. Now they're looking for ways to control the virus...
CRISPR used to repair genetic mutation in retinitis pigmentosa
27 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The study marks the first time researchers have replaced a defective gene associated with a sensory disease in stem cells that were derived from a patient's tissue...
Nanoparticles inhibit liver cancer tumour growth in study
26 January 2016 | By Victoria White
Scientists from UTSW have crafted synthetic "dendrimer" nanoparticles that are able to provide a tumour-suppressing effect without further damaging the liver or neighbouring tissue...
Laser cut microwells could lower the cost of cancer research
26 January 2016 | By Victoria White
Researchers say the fabrication technique could slash 90% of the cost of mass-producing metastatic microtumours and therapeutic microtissues for screening and research...
MD Anderson and AbbVie join forces to fight cancer
26 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The three-year collaboration agreement provides a framework for MD Anderson and AbbVie to efficiently choose and carry out preclinical and clinical studies evaluating new ideas in immuno-oncology...
New mechanism of anti-tumour action identified in ABTL0812 study
26 January 2016 | By Victoria White
During trials of ABTL0812, researchers identified a new mechanism of action: the activation of the PPAR receptors and the TRIB3 gene, leading to inhibition of the Akt/mTOR pathway...
Institut Pasteur sequences genome of the Zika virus
25 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The Zika virus is responsible for an unprecedented epidemic currently sweeping through the tropical regions of the Americas...
Apollo Therapeutics Fund launched to drive therapeutic innovation
25 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The Apollo Therapeutics Fund will support the translation of ground-breaking academic science into innovative new medicines for a broad range of diseases...
Domainex and Cresset form drug discovery services alliance
25 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The alliance will give clients access to the expertise of Domainex in protein expression, biochemical assays, hit identification, computational and medicinal chemistry; and to Cresset’s approach to hit identification and drug design...