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Targeted oral treatments for severe asthma

22 January 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review)

Researchers are aiming to identify whether antibiotics could be used to treat severe asthma in place of steroids which often have unwanted side effects...

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Mitochondrial disease can be inherited from healthy parents

15 January 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Researchers have shown for the first time how children can inherit a severe -- potentially fatal - mitochondrial disease from a healthy mother...

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Universities collaborate on NIHR’s £1.5million antibiotic resistance study

30 June 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

University of Warwick expertise is contributing to a world-first £1.5million study aiming to tackle one of the biggest public health threats we face - antibiotic resistance.

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Show me the money: How to get funding for biomedical research

31 October 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer

The UK's Medical Research Council (MRC) has created an interactive "map" that identifies biomedical research funding opportunities for researchers...