Researchers engineer probiotics to detect liver tumours
1 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Engineers at MIT and the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) have devised a way to detect liver tumours, by enlisting the help of probiotics...
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Analysis of human aqueous humour reveals 386 new proteins as biomarker candidates
1 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers analysing human aqueous humour samples have identified 763 proteins – including 386 proteins detected for the first time...
AZ and Lilly team up to evaluate MEDI4736 and ramucirumab in advanced solid tumours
1 June 2015 | By Victoria White
AstraZeneca and Lilly have entered into a clinical trial collaboration to evaluate MEDI4736 in combination with ramucirumab in advanced solid tumours...
Padlock Therapeutics accelerates pipeline development through agreement with GSK
29 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Padlock Therapeutics has entered into an agreement to license intellectual property and a collection of assets targeted at PADs from GSK...
First subject dosed in Phase 1 clinical trial of EMB-001
29 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Embera NeuroTherapeutics has announced that the first subject has received the initial dose in a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating EMB-001...
Presence of IGFBPs correlates with tumour-promoting effects of MMP9 in breast cancer
29 May 2015 | By Victoria White
A team of researchers has found that the presence of IGFBP-1 interacted with MMP9 to promote breast cancer tumour formation in mouse models...
Degenerating white matter may be early marker of Alzheimer’s disease
29 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Degeneration of the white matter of the brain may be an early marker of specific types of Alzheimer's disease, including early-onset Alzheimer's disease...
TSRI scientists win $2.2 million to expand study of IP6K1 to help develop new obesity therapies
28 May 2015 | By Victoria White
TSRI scientists have been awarded nearly $2.2 million to advance understanding of IP6K1 and develop innovative approaches for the treatment of obesity...
Dormant cancer cells can ‘wake up’ after decades
28 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers have found genetic evidence that dormant cancer cells can avoid the effects of treatment only to ‘wake up’ many years later...
Blocking LOX enzyme could prevent breast cancer from spreading
28 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have identified an enzyme, LOX, that possibly holds the key to preventing secondary cancers in breast cancer patients...
Merozyne Therapeutics launches project to develop a treatment for patients with MDC1A
27 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Merozyne has started a project to develop a pharmaceutical treatment against laminin alpha2 chain-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy (MDC1A)...
Achilles’ heel of Ebola virus identified in new study
27 May 2015 | By Victoria White
An international team of scientists has identified the molecular “lock” that the deadly Ebola virus must pick to gain entry to cells...
An interview with Ben Busby, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
26 May 2015 | By Oxford Global Conferences
In the run up to the Next Generation Sequencing USA Congress & co-located Single Cell Genomics and Transcriptomics USA Congress, Oxford Global Conferences interviewed Ben Busby, Genomics Outreach Coordinator, NCBI...
TSRI chemists devise inexpensive method for synthesising amines
26 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a broad and strikingly inexpensive method for synthesising amines...
Eisai to promote clinical trial data disclosure for the advancement of science and medicine
26 May 2015 | By Victoria White
In order to promote transparency in clinical trial data disclosure, Eisai is making its clinical trial data available to researchers via an external website...
