Merck and Selvita announce oncology drug discovery collaboration
3 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The aim of the collaboration is to deliver potential first-in-class small molecules as lead candidate drugs for multiple oncology indications...
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Leading HIV scientists launch project to develop HIV vaccine
3 November 2015 | By Kate Douetil
The European AIDS Vaccine Initiative (EAVI2020) is a new EUR 23 million project, financed by the European Commission...
InteRNA Technologies secures final extension Series A financing
30 October 2015 | By Victoria White
InteRNA says the proceeds of this financing will be used to progress several of its lead product candidates...
Tumours may ‘seed’ cancer metastases earlier than expected
30 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The researchers said the findings highlight the urgent need for new methods to diagnose cancers early and new treatments to fight growing metastases...
MD Anderson’s expands its Moon Shots Programme
30 October 2015 | By Victoria White
MD Anderson's Moon Shots Programme is an unprecedented effort and novel organisational model designed to more rapidly convert scientific discoveries into life-saving advances...
RNA-binding proteins play important role in motor neurone disease
30 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The discovery about the FUS protein could be a major milestone on the path to a treatment for both motor neurone disease and dementia...
Researchers identify protein that drives progression of MS
29 October 2015 | By Victoria White
If scientists can find an antagonist to block the CCR2 receptor, they may be able to control the progression of MS...
Domainex expands its drug discovery service business
29 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Domainex is expanding all aspects of its drug discovery service business including biology, analytical chemistry and medicinal chemistry...
UCLA discovery could lead to better recovery after stroke
28 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers have identified a molecule that, after a stroke, initiate repairs to the brain...
SGK1 identified as potential target to reverse effects of PTSD
28 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Experimentally reducing SGK1 activity in rats induced learned helplessness ( a behaviour thought to mimic one aspect of PTSD), while overexpressing the protein reduced it...
Manipulation of primary cilia shows promise in osteoarthritis
28 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have demonstrated that medical manipulation of the primary cilia disrupts a key biological process called 'Hedgehog Signalling'...
SRI International awarded $40m to develop contraceptive products
28 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Under the contract, SRI International will conduct all research and testing necessary to submit Investigational New Drug applications for promising drugs...
XBiotech to develop antibody against C. Difficile
27 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Using its proprietary True Human technology, the Company has begun screening human blood samples from donors to identify and clone a therapeutic antibody candidate...
Scientists discover a switch associated with epileptic seizures
27 October 2015 | By Victoria White
If the researchers blocked a central switch in epileptic mice, the frequency and severity of the seizures decreased...
Scientists build protein cage cancer drug delivery system
27 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Testing the system with lung cancer cells, the researchers showed that the ligand-guided protein cages selectively penetrated and killed more than 70% of the cancer cells...