Tumours may ‘seed’ cancer metastases earlier than expected
30 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The researchers said the findings highlight the urgent need for new methods to diagnose cancers early and new treatments to fight growing metastases...
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MD Anderson’s expands its Moon Shots Programme
30 October 2015 | By Victoria White
MD Anderson's Moon Shots Programme is an unprecedented effort and novel organisational model designed to more rapidly convert scientific discoveries into life-saving advances...
RNA-binding proteins play important role in motor neurone disease
30 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The discovery about the FUS protein could be a major milestone on the path to a treatment for both motor neurone disease and dementia...
Researchers identify protein that drives progression of MS
29 October 2015 | By Victoria White
If scientists can find an antagonist to block the CCR2 receptor, they may be able to control the progression of MS...
Domainex expands its drug discovery service business
29 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Domainex is expanding all aspects of its drug discovery service business including biology, analytical chemistry and medicinal chemistry...
UCLA discovery could lead to better recovery after stroke
28 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers have identified a molecule that, after a stroke, initiate repairs to the brain...
SGK1 identified as potential target to reverse effects of PTSD
28 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Experimentally reducing SGK1 activity in rats induced learned helplessness ( a behaviour thought to mimic one aspect of PTSD), while overexpressing the protein reduced it...
Manipulation of primary cilia shows promise in osteoarthritis
28 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have demonstrated that medical manipulation of the primary cilia disrupts a key biological process called 'Hedgehog Signalling'...
SRI International awarded $40m to develop contraceptive products
28 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Under the contract, SRI International will conduct all research and testing necessary to submit Investigational New Drug applications for promising drugs...
XBiotech to develop antibody against C. Difficile
27 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Using its proprietary True Human technology, the Company has begun screening human blood samples from donors to identify and clone a therapeutic antibody candidate...
Scientists discover a switch associated with epileptic seizures
27 October 2015 | By Victoria White
If the researchers blocked a central switch in epileptic mice, the frequency and severity of the seizures decreased...
Scientists build protein cage cancer drug delivery system
27 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Testing the system with lung cancer cells, the researchers showed that the ligand-guided protein cages selectively penetrated and killed more than 70% of the cancer cells...
Ipsen and EpiVax produce next generation botulinum toxins
27 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Their "stealth" botulinum neurotoxin programme capitalises on technological advances and promises to bring better drugs, with defined mechanisms of action...
Scientists discover switched off gene in prostate cancer cells
26 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The discovery could shed light on how prostate cancer spreads and provides a possible new target for the disease...
Chemical probe switches off two cancer-causing proteins
26 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The discovery sheds new light on the role these proteins play in driving cancer cell proliferation...