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9 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers from the University of Manchester have devised a method to selectively deliver drugs to a pregnant woman’s placenta without harming the foetus...
6 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Research shows that inhibiting this mechanism reduces brain cell damage, hinting at a new therapy to mitigating the effects of prenatal Zika virus infection...
6 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The new animal model was generated when researchers crossed two genetically modified mice: mice lacking the Mef gene and mice with a Rad50 gene mutation...
6 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The microRNA miR551b has been shown to impact STAT3 protein levels, contributing to resistance to cell death and increased proliferation of cancer cells...
5 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Scientists have discovered how interleukin 18 hijacks a brain circuit and reduces appetite. The research points to potential targets for treating appetite loss...
5 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The purpose of this study was to determine whether d-Methadone elicits antidepressant-like effects after a single administration...
4 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers have identified a metabolite of ketamine, hydroxynorketamine, that quickly reverses depression in mice, but without ketamine's side effects...
4 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers have developed a process to grow the majority of bacteria from the gut, which will enable scientists to understand more about our microbiome...
4 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The technique, developed by scientists at Cambridge University, could open up new avenues of research aimed at helping improve the chances of success of IVF...
4 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The findings of a new study suggest a class of drugs previously developed to treat atherosclerosis could be repurposed for treatment of pancreatic cancer...
4 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
By expressing the genes involved in the production of pleuromutilin in a different type of fungus, researchers increased production by more than 2,000%...
4 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Biotechnology company Orchard Therapeutics has officially launched with a £21-million Series A financing led by F-Prime Capital...
3 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Oral administration of a Jakinib lessened the destructive inflammation and nerve cell degradation in the area of the brain affected by Parkinson's...
3 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Scientists have shown how small structural changes in a key breast cancer receptor can produce predictable effects in curbing or accelerating cancer growth...
3 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers also looked at how the identified gene regions might be increasing the risk of cancer, and these findings may lead to new treatments...
