news Predicting persistent taxane-induced peripheral neuropathy 15 July 2024 | By Drug Target Review Researchers have developed a prediction model to ascertain breast cancer survivors’ risk of persistent taxane-induced peripheral neuropathy.
news Using proteomics to predict long-term disability outcomes in MS 10 January 2024 | By Drug Target Review Data from protein analyses, combined with data from patient journals, enabled the discovery of proteins that predict disease progression.
news Molecules from resin combat epileptic seizures in pre-clinical studies 9 June 2021 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review) Drug molecules from pine and spruce trees can affect certain ion channels and had antiseizure effects in pre-clinical studies.
news Artificial intelligence trained to find disease-related genes 17 February 2020 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review) Researchers have developed an artificial neural network using deep learning to identify genes that are related to disease.
news Development of a gel for liver cell culture on microchips 13 February 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review) Hydrogels could be used to build organs on chips to test potential medications, with the aim that they could potentially replace animal studies...
news Blood marker can predict heart disease risk in type-2 diabetes patients 25 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review) Measuring a blood marker, copeptin, can successfully predict the risk of heart attacks in people with type-2 diabetes.
news People with alcohol dependency lack important enzyme 30 August 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer A research group has identified an enzyme, PRDM2, whose production is turned off in nerve cells of the frontal lobe when alcohol dependence develops...