Researchers discover new peptide toxins in cone snail venom
21 July 2015 | By Victoria White
University of Queensland researchers have discovered thousands of new peptide toxins hidden deep within the venom of just one type of cone snail...
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Emergent awarded $19.7 million BARDA contract to develop Ebola monoclonal antibodies
21 July 2015 | By Victoria White
Emergent BioSolutions has been awarded a BARDA contract valued at $19.7 million to develop and manufacture three Ebola monoclonal antibodies...
New insights into biofilm formation could lead to better therapies
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Researchers have now shown that a “messenger molecule” produced by P. aeruginosa encourage bacteria to colonise catheters, forming a biofilm...
Symic Biomedical selects SBCV-030 as vascular clinical candidate
21 July 2015 | By Victoria White
Symic Biomedical has selected SBCV-030 as its vascular clinical candidate. SBCV-030 inhibits the scarring response that occurs when a vessel is injured...
Scientists see iron-containing microglia in Alzheimer’s brains
21 July 2015 | By Victoria White
Examining post-mortem tissue from the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease, researchers identified iron-containing microglia in the hippocampus...
TRV 101 reduces amyloid beta and tau toxic aggregates in Alzheimer’s disease models
20 July 2015 | By Victoria White
TRV 101 has successfully demonstrated significant reduction in both amyloid beta and tau toxic aggregates in mouse models of Alzheimer’s Disease...
Novel treatments emerging for human mitochondrial diseases
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Using existing drugs to restore basic biological processes in human cells, researchers may have devised effective treatments for mitochondrial diseases...
Genetic markers linking risk for type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s identified
20 July 2015 | By Victoria White
Certain patients with type 2 diabetes may have specific genetic risk factors that put them at higher risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease...
Cholesterol metabolism in immune cells linked to HIV progression
20 July 2015 | By Victoria White
Lower levels of cholesterol in certain immune cells may help explain why some HIV-infected people are able to naturally control disease progression...
Cellecta receives NIH grant to develop CRISPR knockout library of guide RNA sequences
20 July 2015 | By Victoria White
Cellecta has announced the receipt of Phase I SBIR grant funds from the NIH to further its CRISPR-mediated genome-editing library...
In Conversation – Thoughts on the current status of the sequencing industry. An interview with Jacqueline Boultwood, University of Oxford
17 July 2015 | By Oxford Global
In the run up to our 2015 Next Generation Sequencing Congress, Single Cell Congress & Genome Editing Congress we spoke with Jacqueline Boultwood, University of Oxford...
Teva to share a case study on how Biosimilarity has supported their Biosimilar projects | Biosimilars and Biobetters
17 July 2015 | By Biosimilars and Biobetters
This year's conference will address recent regulatory updates, pharmacovigilance of biosimilars, patent litigation, market access & global market developments...
Anti-malaria drugs could be a potential treatment for Parkinson’s disease
17 July 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have found that existing anti-malaria drugs, Chloroquine and Amodiaquine, could be a potential treatment for Parkinson's disease...
Novogen’s Anisina receives Orphan Drug Designation from FDA for neuroblastoma
16 July 2015 | By Victoria White
Novogen has received notification FDA that its chemotherapy candidate drug, Anisina, has been granted Orphan Drug Designation for neuroblastoma...
Achaogen awarded $4.5 million contract to advance LpxC inhibitors
16 July 2015 | By Victoria White
Achaogen has been awarded a $4.5 million contract for the discovery and development of LpxC inhibitors for the treatment of bacterial infections...
