Reactivating happy memories can cure the symptoms of depression
22 June 2015 | By Victoria White
MIT neuroscientists have shown that they can cure the symptoms of depression in mice by artificially reactivating happy memories...
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HIV vaccine research generates key antibodies in animal models
22 June 2015 | By Victoria White
New studies have demonstrated techniques for stimulating animal cells to produce antibodies that could stop HIV from infecting human cells in the laboratory...
PSMA-617 can be used to irradiate prostate cancer cells from the inside
22 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists at the German Cancer Research Centre have developed an agent, PSMA-617, which is capable of attaching specifically to prostate cancer cells...
MERS-CoV candidate vaccine gears up for clinical trials
22 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers from LMU have demonstrated the protective effect of a candidate vaccine directed against MERS-CoV in preclinical studies...
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...
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...