Plasticell and Pierre Fabre in brown fat enhancement collaboration
23 February 2016 | By Victoria White
Plasticell and Pierre Fabre are to work together to discover plant-based products that enhance the metabolic function of brown adipose tissue...
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Desktop Genetics receives grant for site-specific epigenetic CRISPR editing
23 February 2016 | By Victoria White
Given the key role of epigenetics in all tumour types, Desktop Genetics' research has wide potential applications across all histological types of cancer...
Pherecydes Pharma appoints Fanneau de La Horie as CEO
22 February 2016 | By Katie Sadler
Pherecydes Pharma has announced the appointment of Guy-Charles Fanneau de La Horie, MBA as its new Chief Executive Officer.
Researchers use key mechanism to treat autoimmune diseases
19 February 2016 | By Victoria White
The discovery could change the way researchers understand and treat autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis...
Suppressing JNK3 could reduce severity of spinal muscular atrophy
19 February 2016 | By Victoria White
In a study, mice with spinal muscular atrophy saw great improvement when the JNK3 enzyme was genetically inhibited to eliminate its activity...
New nanoparticle has potential to treat ocular cancer
19 February 2016 | By Victoria White
Researchers have developed a new nanoparticle that uses a tumour cell's protective mechanism against itself - short-circuiting tumour cell metabolism and killing tumour cells...
Select Biosciences Second Annual Organ-on-a-Chip World Congress and 3D-Culture, July 7-8, 2016, Boston, USA.
18 February 2016 | By Select Biosciences
Select Biosciences is organizing its 2nd Annual World Congress focusing on Organs-on-Chips—an extremely important and cutting-edge field of important in basic research as well as pharmaceutical discovery and development...
Discover the latest developments in Organ-on-a-Chip
18 February 2016 | By SELECTBIO
SELECTBIO is delighted to announce Organ-on-a-Chip Europe 2016, which will be held on 5 - 6 April in Cambridge, UK...
MERS treatment demonstrates promising results in mice
18 February 2016 | By Victoria White
The treatment - an antibody that blocks the MERS virus - was produced by cows that had been genetically modified to mimic certain aspects of the human immune system...
Studies suggest major role for Regen’s NR2F6 target in controlling key immune functions
18 February 2016 | By Victoria White
The results demonstrate that suppression of NR2F6 in T-cells results in increased expression of key immune stimulatory proteins IL-17 and IL-18...
Scientists discover bird blood cell which destroys C. neoformans
17 February 2016 | By Victoria White
Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungus that causes fatal infections in humans with a weakened immune system...
Inovio’s DNA vaccine for Zika virus induces robust responses
17 February 2016 | By Victoria White
In preclinical studies, Inovio's Zika DNA vaccine resulted in seroconversion, or the development of detectable specific antibodies in the blood...
TAxI holds promise as a carrier for spinal cord treatments
17 February 2016 | By Victoria White
The small peptide has been shown to be an effective at shuttling functional proteins into the spinal cord after a muscle injection...
Scientists discover dual role of IL-36 in inflammatory bowel disease
17 February 2016 | By Victoria White
Scientists have discovered the dual role of IL-36 in both promoting intestinal inflammation and resolving or healing that inflammation in IBD...
Zika virus must be addressed using a multi-pronged approach, says GlobalData
16 February 2016 | By Victoria White
A GlobalData analyst says that while a Zika virus vaccine could be an effective measure in the long term, it remains several years away...
