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Scientists create therapeutic venom database

26 November 2015 | By Victoria White

Venom Knowledge Base summarises the results of 5,117 studies in the medical literature describing the use of venom toxins as painkillers and as treatments for diseases...

Gene map identifies genes unique to different cancers

26 November 2015 | By Victoria White

Scientists from the University of Toronto have switched off, one by one, almost 18,000 genes - 90% of the entire human genome - to find the genes that are essential for cell survival...

A drug that heals broken bones faster and better

23 November 2015 | By Victoria White

Using bone samples from people undergoing hip replacement surgery, researchers were able to show that a drug that activates the Wnt pathway causes stem cells found within bones to divide and to turn into more bone cells...

Evgen expands pipeline with novel compounds

23 November 2015 | By Victoria White

Evgen has said it will use its Sulforadex platform to synthesise and stabilise the newly acquired compounds with a view to taking the most promising into clinical development...