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Research identifies trigger responsible for regenerating hair and skin after trauma

11 August 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Drug Target Review

Johns Hopkins researchers have identified a novel cell signalling pathway in mice through which mammals can regenerate hair and skin while healing from wounds. The discovery, summarised in an article published on 6th August in the journal Cell Stem Cell, could, they say, eventually help spur the growth of new…

Round 8 of Biomedical Catalyst awards announced

10 August 2015 | By Charlotte Batchelor, Drug Target Review

Twelve new treatments, diagnostics and medical technologies will receive funding from the eighth round of the successful Biomedical Catalyst (BMC)...

Scientists mimic realistic tumour conditions

6 August 2015 | By Victoria White

Researchers placed cancer cells in a three-dimensional scaffold and subjected them to the forces that push, pull and continually flow through the body...

Scientists discover why moles stop growing

6 August 2015 | By Victoria White

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have identified a major genetic factor that keeps moles in their usual non-cancerous, no-growth state...