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19 May 2016 | By SMI
SMi are thrilled to have Dr Carl Dolman from the National Institute for Biologics, Standard and Control (NIBSC), a centre of the MHRA, present an opening keynote at the 3rd annual Allergies conference when it returns to London on 6th & 7th July...
18 May 2016 | By Katie Sadler
A trial funded by the Medical Research Council has found psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, reduced depressive symptoms.
17 May 2016 | By Katie Sadler
Virologists have discovered that an antiviral drug against hepatitis C has helped slow down the development of Zika virus in Mice.
13 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Scientists have identified cells, NG2-glia, that play a crucial role in appetite and weight gain - a discovery that could lead to anti-obesity treatments...
13 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Scientists also found that inhibiting oestrogen synthesis just after seizure onset strongly suppressed seizures in both sexes...
12 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The UT Health Science Centre at San Antonio has filed for patent protection on the finding because it may eventually lead to a drug to treat PTSD...
12 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Dr Andrei Goga of UC San Francisco has taken a multi-faceted approach to identifying new therapeutic targets in MYC-driven triple-negative breast cancers...
11 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
In the models, the Zika virus was observed migrating from the bloodstream into the placenta, where it multiplied...
11 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Pfizer has awarded a total of more than $1 million in funding to five leading advocacy organisations to support metastatic breast cancer scientific research...
11 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Scientists have proven that a model of the human gut - HuMiX - is representative of the actual conditions and processes that occur within our intestines...
11 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Boehringer Ingelheim will have the option of exclusive rights to a new compound for the treatment of schizophrenia to be discovered and developed at the LDC...
10 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Scientists have designed a drug candidate, Targaprimir-96, that decreases the growth of tumour cells in animal models of triple negative breast cancer...
10 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Scientists have designed dozens of molecular “warheads” that can detect a key biomarker of cancer and could be developed into a new class of drug candidates...
10 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
A new mouse model of a genetically-linked type of autism, developed by scientists at Duke Health, reveals more about the role of genes in the disorder...
10 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers have described a potential new intraocular treatment that prevents and reverses some characteristics of diabetic retinopathy in a mouse model...
