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Cancer-killing benefits of popular obesity treatment
Findings from the Republic of Ireland, in relation to GLP-1 obesity treatment showcase its ability to restore the body’s natural cancer-killing defences.
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Latest developments in COVID-19 research
As COVID-19 continues to evolve, researchers are still on the lookout for new ways to protect against the virus. Drug Target Review brings you some of the most recent pre-clinical developments.
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SK bioscience collaborates with IVI to support global R&D
SK bioscience and IVI convened in consultative meeting to discuss cooperation for next pandemic and announced KRW3 billion donation to IVI to support advancement of global vaccine R&D
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Drug discovery for COPD treatments
In this article, Drug Target Review’s Ria Kakkad shares some of the most recent progress in discovering a drug for COPD, a disease that remains a major challenge in the medical industry.
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Targeting tau – chasing a treatment for Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease remains one of the largest challenges for the global ageing population. In this article, Victoria Rees, Editor of Drug Target Review, reviews some of the latest research, highlighting how progress has been made in understanding tau as well as how to potentially target this protein as a therapeutic strategy against…
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Scientists develop promising new gonorrhoea antibiotic
The drug candidate, JSF-2659, has been developed to be administered orally, and could be a game changer in treating gonorrhoea.
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The hunt for new hepatitis treatments
In this exclusive interview for World Hepatitis Day with Drug Target Review, Professor Ziv Ben Ari from the Sheba Medical Center discusses recent progress towards hepatitis treatment.
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Monkeypox an international health emergency, WHO declares
The World Health Organization has declared monkeypox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the highest level of alert.
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Chiral nanostructures could help accelerate drug discovery
A new photonic effect in semiconducting helical particles with nanoscale dimensions has been discovered by an international team of scientists from the University of Bath, UK and the University of Michigan, US. Here, Professors Nicholas Kotov and Ventsislav Valev discuss their study and the observed effect which has the potential…
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Thanks to existing vaccines, monkeypox could be containable
Governments outside of Africa have launched limited vaccinations to fight against the rising number of monkeypox cases.
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The legacy of COVID in vaccine research
Dr Owen Seddon, University Hospital of Wales, looks at how lessons learned during the pandemic can inform pre-clinical and early R&D phases of future vaccine work.
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VBI Vaccines announces progress from coronavirus programme
Pre-clinical research from VBI Vaccines has demonstrated an encouraging ability to boost and broaden the immune response against the coronavirus Beta variant.
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Scientists discover compound to combat multidrug-resistant bacteria
Taking a novel approach to antibiotic discovery, researchers at Rockefeller University have hit upon a promising solution to the problem of superbugs – a pervasive threat in hospitals the world over.
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WHO and Switzerland launch BioHub for pathogen storage and analysis
The WHO and Swiss Confederation are set to launch a BioHub Facility, intended to facilitate the sharing of pathogens globally.
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Fighting HIV: could antibodies be the answer?
Although a cure for HIV continues to elude scientists, strategies to control the virus and immunise people are developing at rapid pace. Here, Drug Target Review’s Victoria Rees discusses why researchers are focusing on antibodies as approaches to combat HIV and highlights recent findings from two pre-clinical studies into how…