Research points to microglia as potential therapeutic target in retinitis pigmentosa
2 July 2015 | By Victoria White
A new study shows that microglia accelerate damage wrought by blinding eye disorders, such as retinitis pigmentosa...
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Scientists use cryo-EM to image one of the central proteins of life
2 July 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have pioneered the use electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM) to picture in exquisite detail one of the central proteins of life...
First European nanomedicine characterisation laboratory launches
1 July 2015 | By Victoria White
A European Nano-Characterisation Laboratory has launched with the aim of reaching a level of international excellence in nanomedicine characterisation...
Researchers programme solitary yeast cells to talk to one another
1 July 2015 | By Victoria White
A team researchers has engineered yeast cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) that can "talk" to one another, using a versatile plant hormone called auxin...
Removing a protein slows the growth of tumour blood vessels
1 July 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have discovered a new protein which triggers the growth of blood vessels in breast cancer tumours which have spread to the brain...
Research reveals new insights into a key antibiotic target in the fight against TB
30 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have unravelled a key process in the bacterium that causes TB, potentially paving the way for new antibiotics to fight the disease...
Celgene and Juno Therapeutics announce 10 year immunotherapy collaboration
30 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Celgene and Juno Therapeutics have entered into a global collaboration for the development and commercialisation of immunotherapies...
Regeneron’s Veloci-technologies used to develop human antibodies in the fight against MERS
30 June 2015 | By Victoria White
A study has demonstrated that Veloci-technologies enabled rapid identification and validation of potential candidates that could be developed to treat MERS...
Faron and Turku PET Centre team up to develop Clevegen
30 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Faron Pharmaceuticals is to collaborate with the Turku PET Centre on the development of its novel cancer immunotherapy Clevegen...
Bioiberica to trial new compound that may prevent memory loss in patients with mild Alzheimer’s
29 June 2015 | By Victoria White
A new compound of animal origin, developed by Bioiberica, has achieved positive results in slowing down the progression of Alzheimer's in animal models...
Researchers find new antibodies that protect against Marburg virus
29 June 2015 | By Victoria White
A study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has identified new immune molecules that protect against Marburg virus, a relative of Ebola...
Immunocore and Lilly announce immunotherapy-based clinical trial collaboration in melanoma
29 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Immunocore and Lilly have entered into a collaboration to explore the utility of IMCgp100 in combination with galunisertib and merestinib in melanoma...
Preclinical data on Neuralstem’s genetically modified HK532-IGF-1 stem cells in Alzheimer’s disease presented at ISSCR
26 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Neuralstem has presented preclinical data on genetically modified HK532-IGF-1 stem cells in Alzheimer's disease at the ISSCR Annual Meeting...
A close-up view of the Ebola virus life cycle
26 June 2015 | By Victoria White
A new study by scientists from the Scripps Research Institute reveals a key part of the Ebola virus life cycle at a higher resolution than ever before...
Siemens and BioNTech cooperate on production of personalised cancer vaccines
26 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Siemens and BioNTech will work together on the construction of a fully automated and digitalised production site for BioNTech's personalised cancer vaccines...