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Dormant cancer cells can ‘wake up’ after decades
28 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers have found genetic evidence that dormant cancer cells can avoid the effects of treatment only to ‘wake up’ many years later...
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Blocking LOX enzyme could prevent breast cancer from spreading
28 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have identified an enzyme, LOX, that possibly holds the key to preventing secondary cancers in breast cancer patients...
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Merozyne Therapeutics launches project to develop a treatment for patients with MDC1A
27 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Merozyne has started a project to develop a pharmaceutical treatment against laminin alpha2 chain-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy (MDC1A)...
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TSRI chemists devise inexpensive method for synthesising amines
26 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a broad and strikingly inexpensive method for synthesising amines...
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Anti-stroke drug Vinpocetine could be effective as a treatment for middle-ear infections
22 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Vinpocetine is an effective treatment for middle-ear infections, showing the ability to improve bacterial clearance and reduce hearing loss...
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Re-engineered spectinomycin shows potential for treatment of drug-resistant bacteria
21 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers have developed a second-generation of spectinomycin that shows early effectiveness against common bacterial infections...
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First cancer-promoting oncogenes discovered in choroid plexus carcinoma
21 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers have identified three genes that play a pivotal role in choroid plexus carcinoma, a discovery that could lead to more effective treatment...
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Ipsen signs agreement to acquire Octreopharm Sciences
20 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Ipsen signed an agreement to acquire OctreoPharm Sciences, a life sciences company focusing on the development of innovative radioactive labelled compounds...
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PerkinElmer EnVision® Multilabel Plate Reader
20 May 2015 | By PerkinElmer
EnVision® Multilabel Plate Reader provides high speed, ultra high-throughput and maximum sensitivity across all detection technologies, so that your high throughput screening applications...
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Scientists discover why Streptococcus pneumoniae infections can cause fatal heart complications
19 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers have discovered a key cause of life threatening heart complications, conditions that frequently follow severe Streptococcus pneumoniae infection..
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Broad Institute receives $10 million from the Gerstner Family Foundation to research cancer drug resistance
18 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard are to receive a $10 million gift from the Gerstner Family Foundation that will expand cancer research...
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Contraceptive and cholesterol-lowering drug combination (BaP) used to treat cancer
15 May 2015 | By Victoria White
The BaP combination of a cholesterol-lowering drug, bezafibrate and a contraceptive steroid could be an effective treatment for a range of cancers.
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Anisina confirmed as effective anti-cancer agent in preclinical studies
14 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Novogen has confirmed that drug candidate, Anisina, is an effective monotherapy against human melanoma in an animal model...
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Antibiotic Research UK welcomes the O’Neill Commission’s recommendation to create $2b global fund to tackle antibiotic resistance
14 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Antibiotic Research UK has welcomed this latest report to come from Jim O’Neill's Review on Antimicrobial Resistance and has endorses its recommendations...
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Significant progress made towards individualised cancer immunotherapy
12 May 2015 | By Victoria White
Mainz-based researchers have made significant advances with regard to the development of individualised cancer immunotherapy strategies...
