Ebola virus mutated slower than first thought
18 June 2015 | By Victoria White
The Ebola virus responsible for the outbreak in West Africa mutated at a similar rate to previous outbreaks, according to a new study led by PHE...
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ImmunoGen’s IMGN529 demonstrates synergistic activity with rituximab in preclinical models of non-hodgkin lymphoma
18 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Findings from ImmunoGen’s preclinical assessments of IMGN529 in combination with rituximab have been presented at ICML 2015...
Anika Therapeutics announces strategic collaboration with the Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) at the University of Massachusetts
17 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Anika Therapeutics is set to collaborate with the Institute for Applied Life Sciences at UMass to develop a therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...
GSK invests $95m to launch Altius with goal of radically changing and improving medicines development
17 June 2015 | By Victoria White
GSK is making a substantial investment to launch the Altius Institute for Biomedical Sciences (Altius), an independent, non-profit research institute...
Researchers identify stem cell population important in the growth of colon cancer
17 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute have identified a new stem cell population in the colon linked to colon cancer growth...
AstraZeneca and Inserm collaborate to investigate new therapeutic approaches to diabetes and CKD
17 June 2015 | By Victoria White
AstraZeneca is to collaborate with Inserm to investigate new therapeutic approaches to type 2 diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)...
Inhibition of 15-PGDH has a positive effect on tissue regeneration
17 June 2015 | By Victoria White
A new study suggests 15-PGDH shows promise as a drug target to help tissue regeneration, particularly after bone marrow transplantation and tissue injuries...
New target may increase odds of successful mosquito-based malaria vaccine
16 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have located a new target for a potential vaccine against malaria...
Chemists find scalable way to synthesise the potential brain-protecting compound jiadifenolide
16 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Chemists have invented the first practical, scalable method for synthesising jiadifenolide, a molecule that may have powerful brain-protecting properties...
Rapamycin reduces body fat and appetite in older rats
16 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Rapamycin, a pharmaceutical used to coat coronary stents and prevent transplant rejection, reduces obesity and preserves lean body mass when given to rats...
Understanding regulation of urocortin 3 could lead to new diabetes treatments
16 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers have found that a hormone called urocortin 3 is released at the same time as insulin and acts to damp down insulin production...
Scripps Florida study points to drug target for Huntington’s disease
16 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have established conclusively that a protein called “Rhes” plays a pivotal role in focusing the toxicity of Huntington’s in the striatum...
Antibiotics research risks another lost decade while rare diseases research steams ahead
16 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Marks & Blerk’s latest report highlights the striking difference between research levels into rare diseases, vaccines and antibiotics across the globe...
Agalimmune licenses KODE Biotech’s FSL technology for development of cancer immunotherapeutics
16 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Agalimmune has licensed KODE Biotech’s Function-Spacer-Lipid (FSL) cell surface membrane modification technology (KODE™ Technology)...
Modulation of B lymphocyte function may regulate T lymphocyte function
15 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers have found that modulation of B lymphocyte function may be a means of regulating T lymphocyte function to treat immune-mediated disorders...