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Biodegradable devices speed up nerve regeneration
Researchers have developed an implantable and biodegradable device to aid the regeneration of nerve after damage from accidents and sports injuries...
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Drug Discovery
In the fields of medicine, biotechnology and pharmacology, drug discovery is the process by which new candidate medications are discovered.
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Prostate and lung cancers driven by common mechanisms
Lung and prostate small cell carcinomas are driven by common mechanisms, which could lead to the development of one treatment for all small cell cancers...
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RNA-seq of 20,000 cardiac cells reveals heart disease insights
RNA analysis of 20,000 cardiac cells from heart tissue in both ordinary and deceased mice showed an insight to the development of heart disease...
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Cancer immunotherapy researchers win Nobel prize
Researchers from the US and Japan have received the Nobel prize in medicine for their development of cancer immunotherapy using PD-1 and CTLA-4...
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Rare mechanism for ALL to relapse after CAR-T therapy
A single leukemic cell has become resistant to CAR-T therapy after unknowingly engineered with the leukemia-targeting CAR lentivirus...
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Targets for chronic kidney disease treatment
The DAB2 pathway could be a crucial target in treating CKD, as mouse models show a decrease in DAB2 leads to prevention of the condition...
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Amazonian plant provides anti-tumour activity
A plant from the Amazonian region of Colombia has shown anti-tumour properties against human liver cancer cells, but not against healthy cells...
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KCNB1 may be a root cause of Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers have identified that levels of the protein KCNB1 are increased in Alzheimer's brains, which may cause the increase of amyloid-beta plaques...
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Metabolomics in drug and biomarker discovery
Metabolomics is the state-of-the-art qualitative or quantitative analysis of metabolites present in biological samples. Since the majority of diseases are associated with metabolic alterations – either as a cause or result of the disease process – metabolomics is increasingly being used in drug and biomarker discovery.
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A universal flu vaccine may be in sight
Researchers from Oxford have identified the initial steps on the path towards creating a universal influenza vaccine that could last for life...
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PD-1 and CTLA4 therapies together could benefit women with ovarian cancer
Women with ovarian cancer could in future benefit from a combined therapy using PD-1 and CTLA-4 as shown through the results of this Phase II trial...
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Amyloid beta – a good therapeutic target?
Phase III clinical trials for a drug targeting amyloid beta plaques are underway, with results expected in the next two to three years...
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ELRIG UK Drug Discovery 2018 Event
ELRIG’s (European Laboratory Research & Innovation Group) Drug Discovery meeting, will take place at ExCeL, London, UK, located in the heart of the city, from 9 -10 October 2018...
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Six compounds identified from 70,000 to help eradicate malaria
Researchers from Imperial College London have identified 6 compounds from almost 70,000 that could help to eradicate malaria...