news
Bladder cancer model could pave the way for better drug efficacy studies
Researchers have created a tool that may help them to uncover why only a fraction of patients responds to new immune-based treatments...
List view / Grid view
Drug Targets
A drug target is anything within a living organism to which a drug is directed and/or binds, resulting in a change in its behaviour or function.
news
SB216763 shows preclinical efficacy in Rett syndrome
Researchers describe how a new drug is able to reduce the symptoms and activate the dormant neurons characteristic of Rett Syndrome...
news
Scientists screen molecules for new prostate cancer drugs
Cancer researchers have measured systematically how efficient molecules are at suppressing the activity of a protein associated with prostate and other cancers...
news
Targeting cPLA2 may improve the treatment of epilepsy
New findings demonstrate that there may be ways to address blood-brain barrier dysfunction in epilepsy...
news
Researchers develop a new method to discover drugs to treat epilepsy
Method uncovers a promising new use for a well-known cancer drug in stopping difficult-to-treat seizures...
news
Male contraceptive compound stops sperm without affecting hormones
In preclinical tests, researchers have shown how a new compound can immobilise sperm temporarily without side effects...
news
Nanoparticles shown to be effective in treating NSCLC
Non-small cell lung cancer Nanoparticles pass the next stage of development in preclinical tests...
news
New class of drugs could help tackle treatment-resistant cancers
Researchers have discovered a new class of drug that has the potential to help cancer patients who no longer respond to existing therapies...
news
Study develops compound that activates tumour-fighting iNKT cells
Researchers have discovered a significant new compound that helps to mobilise a type of T cell – invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells – in the fight against disease.
news
I-BET-762 may stop cancer-causing gene in its tracks
Scientists are testing a promising drug that may stop a gene associated with obesity from triggering breast and lung cancer...
news
Medicinal cannabis is safe and effective — it’s time to reboot research
Researchers claim that medicinal cannabis is safe and effective for pain relief, and are calling for the treatment to be properly established in our modern medical arsenal...
news
Three-in-one molecule shows promise in helping certain breast cancer patients
A newly designed three-part molecule could be the one answer patients with a certain form of breast cancer are looking for...
news
Researchers identify compound to prevent breast cancer cells from activating in brain
Researchers have used computer modelling to find an existing investigational drug compound for leukaemia patients to treat triple negative breast cancer...
news
Scientists identify genes that could develop therapies for EBV-related cancers
Researchers have identified two genes that are responsible for governing the replication of the Epstein-Barr virus, an infection that drives the growth of several types of cancer...
news
Microglia in the retina can spontaneously regenerate
NIH discovery in mice could lead to therapies to reduce vision loss from diseases of the retina...
