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Improved accuracy when testing cancer drugs

3 July 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

A method to more accurately test anti-cancer drugs has now been developed at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg.

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Study asks if mistaken antibodies led research down 20-year dead end

3 July 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

For nearly two decades researchers have sought a way to target an oestrogen receptor in the hope they could improve breast cancer survival, but an article contends that the effort may never pan out.

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Scientists jump hurdle in HIV vaccine design

30 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have made another important advance in HIV vaccine design.

Making biological drugs with spider silk protein

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Making biological drugs with spider silk protein

25 May 2017 | By Sarah Wills (Drug Target Review)

Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have managed to synthesise lung surfactant, a drug used in the care of preterm babies, by mimicking the production of spider silk.

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Spread of tau protein measured in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients

18 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

In a new study researchers measured how deposits of the pathological protein tau spread through the brain over the course of Alzheimer’s disease.

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Global partnership launched to enable personalised therapies in multiple sclerosis

5 January 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

In this project, universities and companies across 11 European countries and the US will unite efforts to tailor the development and application of therapies to the individual MS patient.

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Genetic carbohydrate digestion defects linked to irritable bowel syndrome

22 November 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer

Research coordinated by Karolinska Institutet have identified a link between defective sucrase-isomaltase gene variants and irritable bowel syndrome...

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Breakthrough in production of dopamine neurons for Parkinson’s disease

31 October 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer

"In our preclinical assessments of stem cell-derived dopamine neurons we noticed that the outcome in animal models varied dramatically, even though...

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Collaboration to further explore the role of citrullinated proteins in cancer

11 March 2016 | By Victoria White

Scancell is to collaborate with the Karolinska Institutet to explore the scientific and clinical role of citrullinated proteins in the treatment of cancer...

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Karolinska Institutet and Biovica to evaluate promising cancer treatments

29 January 2016 | By Victoria White

The lab headed by Thomas Helleday at Karolinska Institutet and Biovica are to collaborate to improve evaluation of new, promising cancer therapies...

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Scientists identify gene variant linked to bipolar disorder

15 December 2015 | By Victoria White

A new study, conducted by researchers at the Karolinska Institutet and Gothenburg University, describes a possible mechanism for how the gene variant produces clinical symptoms by affecting levels of specific proteins in the brain...

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Giovanna Zinzalla

24 January 2014 | By

Assistant Professor in Chemical Biology, Centre for Advanced Cancer Therapies (ACT), Microbiology, Tumour and Cell Biology (MTC) Dept., Karolinska Institutet

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