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UCL researchers discover the recipe for painlessness

4 December 2015 | By Victoria White

The researchers made the discovery using mice modified to carry the same mutation as people born without Nav1.7. Their research revealed that people who lack Nav1.7 also produce higher than normal levels of natural opioid peptides...

MabVax files IND with the FDA for HuMab 5B1

2 December 2015 | By Victoria White

In preclinical research, the 5B1 antibody has demonstrated high specificity and affinity, and has shown potent cancer cell killing capacity and efficacy in animal models of pancreatic, colon and small cell lung cancers...

CFTR interacts with the wrong partners in cystic fibrosis

30 November 2015 | By Victoria White

By removing these interactions, the researchers partially restored the protein’s normal function. The findings suggest that therapies could one day treat the root cause of cystic fibrosis, not just the symptoms...