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14 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The US National Institutes of Health has awarded $30 million in annual funding to help advance science towards a cure for HIV...
5 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The study aims to improve understanding of how the Zika virus persists in the body and to identify potential factors that influence the course of infection...
28 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Combining engineered anthrax toxin proteins and existing chemotherapy drugs could potentially yield a therapy to reduce or eliminate cancerous tumours...
21 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
NIH and Fiocruz have begun a study to evaluate the health risks that Zika virus infection poses to pregnant women and their developing foetuses...
8 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers have discovered that boosting the transport of mitochondria along neuronal axons enhances the ability of nerve cells to repair themselves...
4 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers have identified a metabolite of ketamine, hydroxynorketamine, that quickly reverses depression in mice, but without ketamine's side effects...
6 April 2016 | By Victoria White
Laura Bohn, principal investigator of the project, will focus on the kappa opioid receptor, which helps regulate the release of dopamine...
5 April 2016 | By Victoria White
Research will include studies into how combinations of adjuvants interact with the immune system, and how synergies between adjuvants can be optimised...
21 March 2016 | By Victoria White
The finding may lead to new options for male contraception as well as treatments for infertility resulting from problems with sperm mobility...
10 February 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer, Drug Target Review
The MRC has launched a £1m rapid response funding initiative to better understand the nature of the risk posed by the Zika virus. Find out about this initiative and NIH's call for research here...
8 February 2016 | By Victoria White
NIH says one of the highest priorities is to establish conclusively what role, if any, Zika virus has played in the marked increase in suspected microcephaly cases...
4 February 2016 | By Victoria White
Compounds that produce elevated levels of TTP in humans may offer an effective treatment for inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis...
20 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The collaboration will focus on identifying ligands for NR2F6 using Regen's screening methodology and the expertise and unique chemical libraries of NCATS...
4 January 2016 | By Victoria White
BPN14770 may be a possible treatment for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease with less potential for side effects than rolipram...
22 December 2015 | By Victoria White
A study suggests that enhancing proteasome activity with drugs during the early stages of Alzheimer’s may prevent dementia and reduce damage to the brain...
