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Cause of MS damage in the brain identified

18 July 2019 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

A study has discovered that the damage of projection neurons in the brain is caused by immune cells, leading to MS.

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‘CRISPR babies’ may have shorter life expectancy

6 June 2019 | By Drug Target Review

A study of almost half a million people links a mutation that protects against HIV infection to an earlier death.

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Female animals should be included in trials, new argument proposes

3 June 2019 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

Using exclusively male animals in experiments biases results, argues Rebecca Shansky.

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New avenues open for the treatment of thrombosis

28 May 2019 | By Drug Target Review

New study describes for the first time the structure of Ixolaris and its action on the inhibition of thrombus formation.

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CRISPR-Chip enables digital detection of DNA without amplification

26 March 2019 | By Drug Target Review

Researchers have found multiple applications for the CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspersed Short Palindromic Repeats) gene editing technology since it came into use by the scientific community...

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CRISPR repurposed to develop better antibiotics

14 January 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review)

Mobile-CRISPRi could be used to guide gene expression, in turn control levels of proteins produced, enabling scientists to identify key antibiotic targets...

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Ebola-fighting protein found in the human body

13 December 2018 | By Drug Target Review

A study has found that the human protein, RBBP6, helps fight Ebola virus by interfering with the virus replication cycle…

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Disrupting serotonin receptors to control spread of dengue and Zika

18 October 2018 | By Drug Target Review

Researchers are developing methos to decrease the body size and weight of mosquitoes in order to control the spread of dengue and Zika...

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Bacterial outer membranes may be key to new antibiotics

22 July 2018 | By Drug Target Review

The outer membrane surrounding the cell wall of bacteria may be a key target for approaches to a new form of antibacterial drugs...

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Artificial gene defect reveals target to fight genetic disease

13 June 2018 | By Drug Target Review

Scientists have deployed a novel genetic screen to search for synthetic viable interactions on special lines of Fanconi Anaemia-defective cells...

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DNMT3A crystal structure linked to cancer development

12 February 2018 | By Drug Target Review

Scientists offer important information for understanding de novo DNA methlylation...

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Immune system found to protect against MRSA infections

7 February 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Researchers have discovered how the immune system might protect a person from recurrent bacterial skin infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus...

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Blocking ApoE4 may prevent nerve cell death in Alzheimer’s disease

21 September 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Researchers have identified that the presence of ApoE4 exacerbates the brain damage caused by toxic tangles of tau protein...

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New fluorescent dyes could advance biological imaging

5 September 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

With a new technique swapping out specific chemical building blocks in rhodamines researchers have generated a fluorescent dye for biological imaging...

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Study identifies new brain death pathway in Alzheimer’s disease

24 July 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Evidence that the activation of a biological pathway necroptosis is closely linked with Alzheimer's...

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