Topical formulation MGB-BP-3 completes feasibility study
17 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The study showed that two preliminary topical formulations of MGB-BP-3 were successful in killing approximately 60% of MRSA in a skin infection model...
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy identified as a stem cell disease
17 November 2015 | By Victoria White
A new study is the first to show that Duchenne muscular dystrophy directly affects muscle stem cells...
TIGIT identified as new target for immuno-oncology therapies
17 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Antibodies against TIGIT could improve the function of the DNAM-1 protein, thereby improving the ability of natural killer cells to destroy tumour cells...
Crucial cause of eczema during childhood discovered
17 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers have discovered that butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) produced by bacteria in the intestine, plays a crucial role in the development of infant eczema...
Potential target for reducing obesity-related inflammation
16 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Investigators found that a protein called SIRT3 provides resistance to obesity-related inflammatory response...
Scientists use light to treat Alzheimer’s disease
16 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have conducted research to suppress an abnormal assembly of beta-amyloids by using photo-excited porphyrins...
Chemists turn bacterial molecules into potential drug molecules
16 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers have created molecules that mimic and dominate toxic ones secreted by bacteria. The implications for the study of biology and pharmacology are said to be enormous...
Improved gene therapy shows promise in cystic fibrosis
16 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have reported an improved gene therapy treatment can cure mice with cystic fibrosis. Cell cultures also responded well to the treatment...
Super natural killer cells destroy lymph node cancer cells and halt metastases
13 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The engineered cells induce apoptosis, where the cancer cells self-destruct and disintegrate, preventing the lymphatic spread of cancer any further...
Researchers discover enzyme critical to telomere length
13 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The researchers say the new method they used to find the enzyme should speed discovery of other proteins and processes that determine telomere length...
PPF could limit the spread of glioblastoma multiforme
13 November 2015 | By Victoria White
PPF works to limit the spread of glioblastoma multiforme by targeting a protein called TROY...
Experimental Alzheimer’s drug J147 shows anti-aging effects
13 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Mice treated with J147 had better memory and cognition, healthier blood vessels in the brain and other improved physiological features...
Regen BioPharma initiates NR2F6 T-cell immunotherapy preclinical studies
12 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The studies will evaluate the utilisation of NR2F6 gene silencing as a means of stimulating the immune system in cancer patients...
Enterome and Gustave Roussy in microbiome collaboration
12 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The collaboration’s ambitious objective is to develop a new generation of drugs and non-invasive monitoring tools of the gut microbiome in immuno-oncology...
Study finds levodopa delays onset of macular degeneration
11 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists found that patients who began taking levodopa before they developed macular degeneration were diagnosed with the eye disease eight years later than those who had never taken the treatment...