news Non-invasive imaging for small airway lung disease 14 March 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review) A non-invasive method of imaging tiny bronchioles in the lungs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease means patients could detect the disease earlier...
news Machine-learning model to analyse protein sequences 14 March 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review) A machine-learning model has been developed to analyse protein sequences, giving an insight to their structure, function and phylogeny...
news Optical imaging technique to detect tiny tumours 8 March 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review) A method of imaging using longer wavelengths could mean that tiny tumours and clusters of cancer cells may be detected earlier than current methods allow...
news Potential EBV-associated cancer treatment in small molecule inhibitors 7 March 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review) A small molecule inhibitor has been observed to activate a dramatic reduction in tumour growth in EBV-associated tumours...
news Salamander gene partnerships could help spinal cord regeneration 6 March 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review) Gene partnerships found in salamander could give insights into how spinal cord injuries and neurodegenerative conditions could be better treated...
news Anthelmintic drug niclosamide repurposed to treat Helicobacter pylori 5 March 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review) Researchers have repurposed use of niclosamide to treat Helicobacter pylori cell lines, focusing on how it is effective in infection models...
news Genetic study confirms that numerous genes contribute to Tourette’s syndrome 1 March 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review) A meta-analyses of a number of studies has found that variants in numerous genes work together to contribute to Tourette's syndrome...
news Counteracting T-cell exhaustion in CAR-T cancer therapies 27 February 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review) Engineered T-cells that target NFAT and Nr4a proteins could help to prevent the exhaustion of T-cells during CAR-T immunotherapy...
news Microfluidics device to detect cancer cells in blood 26 February 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review) A recently developed microfluidics device is able to detect and separate out cancer cells in blood, without the need for dilution...
news Book mechanism identified as communication method for bacterial toxins 25 February 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review) Researchers have identified the mechanism by which highly toxic compounds communicate, and how they use vesicles to be transported...
news Taking a BiTE out of lung cancer 22 February 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review) Bispecific T-cell engager technology (BiTE) could be used to quickly and accurately diagnose patients suffering from lung cancer...
news Immunotherapy and DNA damage repair combo could target lung cancer 18 February 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review) Combination therapy with a CHK1 or PARP inhibitor, with an immune checkpoint inhibitor caused the regression of small cell lung cancer in all mice treated...
news Reprogramming stem cells using the measles virus vector 15 February 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review) A method has been developed to reprogram stem cells using the measles virus vector, cutting a four-step process to only one stage...
news Developing a blood test for pain measurement 14 February 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review) A blood test to measure pain has been developed, and could potentially aid physicians with more accuracy in diagnosis and prescriptions...
news Reversible antiplatelet therapy fights cancer metastasis and clotting 14 February 2019 | By Iqra Farooq (Drug Target Review) A novel antiplatelet therapy could help to prevent heart attacks and stroke through preventing the formation of blood clots...
