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JQ1 prevents and reverses liver fibrosis in mice

9 December 2015 | By Victoria White

The discovery, made by scientists from the Salk Institute, could help the millions of people worldwide affected by liver fibrosis and cirrhosis, caused by alcoholism and diseases like hepatitis...

Viking announces new preclinical results for VK5211

8 December 2015 | By Victoria White

VK5211 is an orally available, non-steroidal selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) designed to selectively stimulate muscle and bone formation with reduced activity in peripheral tissues such as skin and prostate...

Nosopharm joins ENABLE to help combat antibiotic resistance

7 December 2015 | By Victoria White

The €100m ENABLE project aims to identify at least three antibacterial lead molecules with promising antibacterial activity, two antibacterial clinical candidate molecules and to enter at least one compound into preclinical and Phase 1 clinical studies...

UCL researchers discover the recipe for painlessness

4 December 2015 | By Victoria White

The researchers made the discovery using mice modified to carry the same mutation as people born without Nav1.7. Their research revealed that people who lack Nav1.7 also produce higher than normal levels of natural opioid peptides...