Scientists decipher 3D structure of promising molecular target for cancer treatment
5 April 2019 | By Drug Target Review
Columbia University discovery could be a major step in developing therapies for cancer, controlling cholesterol...
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Kidney disease biomarker could help detect COPD
28 September 2018 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review)
A biomarker usually used with kidney disease, could potentially be used to detect COPD through identifying levels of albuminuria in urine...
Profiling the genome hundreds of variations at a time
24 May 2018 | By Drug Target Review
A CRISPR-Cas9 high-throughput strategy creates the possibility to rapidly profile and identify genes and DNA sequence variations key to different traits and diseases.
CRISPR used to restore retinal function
14 May 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)
Researchers have developed a new technique to restore retinal function in mice afflicted by a degenerative retinal disease, retinitis pigmentosa...
Cell therapy aids heart recovery
25 April 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)
Biomedical engineers invent an innovative technique to help injured hearts regenerate...
Early stimulation improves performance of bioengineered human heart cells
5 April 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)
Researchers are now able to use induced pluripotent stem cells to form a model of human adult-like cardiac muscle...
Alzheimer’s tau spreads through brain via extracellular space
19 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Karen Duff of Columbia University says that learning how tau spreads may lead to therapies that stop the toxic protein from jumping between neurons...
Landmark cancer research consortium announced
22 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Four cancer centres in the US are coming together in a new consortium to accelerate the discovery and development of novel cancer therapeutics...
Scientists create therapeutic venom database
26 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Venom Knowledge Base summarises the results of 5,117 studies in the medical literature describing the use of venom toxins as painkillers and as treatments for diseases...
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