Brain inflammation targeted in first Dementia Consortium drug discovery project
22 June 2015 | By Victoria White
The Dementia Consortium is funding a new project to target the immune system in the hunt for new treatments for Alzheimer's disease...
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ReNeuron and Benitec extend research collaboration
22 June 2015 | By Victoria White
ReNeuron Group has extended its ongoing research collaboration with Australia-based Benitec Biopharma following positive results in early studies...
SciFluor Life Sciences patented compound SF0034 highlighted in The Journal of Neuroscience
19 June 2015 | By SciFluor Life Sciences
SciFluor Life Sciences has announced that pre-clinical research demonstrating the potential effectiveness of its patented novel compound, SF0034, for treating epilepsy and preventing tinnitus was published in the peer-reviewed publication, The Journal of Neuroscience...
New tool identifies potential anti-diabetes compound, azoramide
18 June 2015 | By Victoria White
A new drug screening technology developed at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has identified a new potential anti-diabetes compound - azoramide...
New biomarkers might help personalise metastatic colorectal cancer treatment
18 June 2015 | By Victoria White
New research has revealed two genes that could help physicians make more informed treatment decisions for patients with colorectal cancer...
Discovery could lead to targeted melanoma therapies
18 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Melanoma patients with high levels of a protein that controls the expression of pro-growth genes are less likely to survive, according to a new study...
Ebola virus mutated slower than first thought
18 June 2015 | By Victoria White
The Ebola virus responsible for the outbreak in West Africa mutated at a similar rate to previous outbreaks, according to a new study led by PHE...
ImmunoGen’s IMGN529 demonstrates synergistic activity with rituximab in preclinical models of non-hodgkin lymphoma
18 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Findings from ImmunoGen’s preclinical assessments of IMGN529 in combination with rituximab have been presented at ICML 2015...
Anika Therapeutics announces strategic collaboration with the Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) at the University of Massachusetts
17 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Anika Therapeutics is set to collaborate with the Institute for Applied Life Sciences at UMass to develop a therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...
GSK invests $95m to launch Altius with goal of radically changing and improving medicines development
17 June 2015 | By Victoria White
GSK is making a substantial investment to launch the Altius Institute for Biomedical Sciences (Altius), an independent, non-profit research institute...
Researchers identify stem cell population important in the growth of colon cancer
17 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute have identified a new stem cell population in the colon linked to colon cancer growth...
AstraZeneca and Inserm collaborate to investigate new therapeutic approaches to diabetes and CKD
17 June 2015 | By Victoria White
AstraZeneca is to collaborate with Inserm to investigate new therapeutic approaches to type 2 diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)...
Inhibition of 15-PGDH has a positive effect on tissue regeneration
17 June 2015 | By Victoria White
A new study suggests 15-PGDH shows promise as a drug target to help tissue regeneration, particularly after bone marrow transplantation and tissue injuries...
New target may increase odds of successful mosquito-based malaria vaccine
16 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have located a new target for a potential vaccine against malaria...
Chemists find scalable way to synthesise the potential brain-protecting compound jiadifenolide
16 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Chemists have invented the first practical, scalable method for synthesising jiadifenolide, a molecule that may have powerful brain-protecting properties...