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£2m grant for University collaboration antibiotic resistance study
Dr Reda Lebcir from the University of Hertfordshire is part of an international team of researchers awarded a £2m grant from the ESRC (Economic and Social research Council).
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Major new appetite regulator successfully manipulated in mice
A new study has found a link between certain brain receptors and obesity, giving a possible new drug target for appetite regulation.
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Optibrium, Imperial College and DNDi to collaborate on drug development
The collaboration will provide MSc students with industry-relevant learning tools and pharma with a new pipeline of candidate compounds.
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Dartmouth tuberculosis vaccine passes important milestone
Investigators at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine announced that two new studies of DAR-901, their investigational vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), have moved it to the forefront of new vaccines in development for global control of this deadly infectious disease.
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Kymab appoints Dr Sonia Quaratino as Chief Medical Officer
Kymab Group Limited, a leading human monoclonal antibody biopharmaceutical group, announces the appointment of Dr Sonia Quaratino as its first Chief Medical Officer. Dr Quaratino will manage the clinical development of the Group's expanding therapeutic antibody portfolio.
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How to stop pain from serious burns using epigenetics
The unpleasant sensation sparked by the nervous system when confronted with a harmful stimulus can be alleviated by blocking a genetic marker that switches off the activity of the neurons involved.
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Breath test could help detect stomach and oesophageal cancers
A test that measures the levels of five chemicals in the breath has shown promising results for the detection of oesophageal and stomach cancers, in a large patient trial.
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HIV test performed on USB stick
10 November 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
The technology could enable patients with HIV to be managed more effectively in remote locations and can produce a result in under 30 minutes...
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SCI and Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium join forces to fight against schistosomiasis
17 October 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
Aims to develop, register and make available a new child-friendly formulation for the more than 25 million children suffering from schistosomiasis...
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£18 million for UK universities to research new healthcare technologies
29 September 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
The University of Manchester, Imperial College London, the University of Leeds, and University of Glasgow have all been included in the research grant...
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Pancreatic tumour tissue development stopped by vitamin A process
8 September 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
Through a process involving vitamin A, researchers from Imperial College London observed that it was possible to switch off pancreatic stellate cells...
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LSD study shows psychedelic psychotherapy as potential mental health treatment
18 August 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
Researchers at Imperial College have studied how the psychedelic substance LSD works in the brain and the effect on speech and language, discovering that...
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Scientists identify antibodies that can neutralise Zika and dengue
24 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Scientists have identified antibodies that can efficiently neutralise both the dengue virus and the Zika virus...
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LSD research could lead to treatments for psychiatric disorders
13 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The effects of LSD on the human brain have been visualised for the first time and may lead to new treatments for psychiatric disorders...
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Desktop Genetics receives grant for site-specific epigenetic CRISPR editing
23 February 2016 | By Victoria White
Given the key role of epigenetics in all tumour types, Desktop Genetics' research has wide potential applications across all histological types of cancer...