Scientists use light to treat Alzheimer’s disease
16 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have conducted research to suppress an abnormal assembly of beta-amyloids by using photo-excited porphyrins...
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Chemists turn bacterial molecules into potential drug molecules
16 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers have created molecules that mimic and dominate toxic ones secreted by bacteria. The implications for the study of biology and pharmacology are said to be enormous...
Improved gene therapy shows promise in cystic fibrosis
16 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have reported an improved gene therapy treatment can cure mice with cystic fibrosis. Cell cultures also responded well to the treatment...
Super natural killer cells destroy lymph node cancer cells and halt metastases
13 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The engineered cells induce apoptosis, where the cancer cells self-destruct and disintegrate, preventing the lymphatic spread of cancer any further...
Researchers discover enzyme critical to telomere length
13 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The researchers say the new method they used to find the enzyme should speed discovery of other proteins and processes that determine telomere length...
PPF could limit the spread of glioblastoma multiforme
13 November 2015 | By Victoria White
PPF works to limit the spread of glioblastoma multiforme by targeting a protein called TROY...
Experimental Alzheimer’s drug J147 shows anti-aging effects
13 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Mice treated with J147 had better memory and cognition, healthier blood vessels in the brain and other improved physiological features...
Regen BioPharma initiates NR2F6 T-cell immunotherapy preclinical studies
12 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The studies will evaluate the utilisation of NR2F6 gene silencing as a means of stimulating the immune system in cancer patients...
Enterome and Gustave Roussy in microbiome collaboration
12 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The collaboration’s ambitious objective is to develop a new generation of drugs and non-invasive monitoring tools of the gut microbiome in immuno-oncology...
Study finds levodopa delays onset of macular degeneration
11 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists found that patients who began taking levodopa before they developed macular degeneration were diagnosed with the eye disease eight years later than those who had never taken the treatment...
Boehringer Ingelheim pledges EUR 11 billion to R&D
11 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Of the total investment, EUR 5 billion will go to preclinical R&D with EUR 1.5 billion thereof planned for collaborations with external partners...
GeneOne Life Science and WRAIR to develop MERS vaccine
11 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Earlier this year, GLS-5300 induced 100% protection from a live MERS virus challenge in a preclinical animal study...
Studies justify mode of delivery and dosing regimen for Anisina
11 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Preclinical studies confirm the efficacy of Anisina when delivered using a clinically relevant formulation, mode of administration and dosing regimen...
Scientists help launch human dark proteome initiative
10 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The initiative aims to accelerate research into biology's "invisible mass" to provide novel insights into cell function and a new frontier in drug discovery...
Scientists use dead C. sporogenes bacteria to kill cancer cells
10 November 2015 | By Victoria White
In a 72-hour experiment, the inactive bacteria were able to reduce the growth of colon tumour cells by 74%...