High-throughput platform could map cancer drug target activity 30 November 2018 | By Drug Target Review Manchester University researchers have developed a high-throughput platform to analyse and study a family of enzymes that are linked to cancer...
Technique to identify small molecules could speed up drug discovery 29 November 2018 | By Drug Target Review UCLA-led research has shown how using electron microscopes to analyse small molecules coud be beneficial in speeding up the drug discovery process...
Vaccine signatures point to a better understanding of infectious diseases 29 November 2018 | By Drug Target Review Researchers have developed a comprehensive way to evaluate how immune responses of humanised mice measure up to actual humans...
Starving lung cancer could be an effective treatment 29 November 2018 | By Drug Target Review A recently discovered enzyme could lead to the development of a treatment where cancer cells are starved of 'food' provided by this protein...
Supercoils in DNA could give insights to antibiotic drug development 28 November 2018 | By Drug Target Review DNA gyrase, a molecular machine used to prevent DNA from coiling, could be used to ensure bacterial DNA coils, reducing the risk of infection to humans...
Cryoablation could treat low risk breast cancer 28 November 2018 | By Drug Target Review A study by Princeton Radiology researchers has found that cryoablation could be effective in targeting low risk breast cancer...
Stimulating fibroblasts can trigger hair growth in wound healing 28 November 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) Stimulating fibroblasts through the sonic hedgehog pathway can trigger hair growth not previously seen in wound healing...
Ageing hallmark in neurons discovered by biologists 27 November 2018 | By Drug Target Review Oxidative stress occuring in neurons produces unusual piles of short snippets of RNA and could be a marker of neurodegenerative diseases...
Mechanism could aid methods to combat immune attacks on the body 27 November 2018 | By Drug Target Review Chemical changes on mRNA were found to control the production of a protein called interferon beta, which could give insights on tackling immune diseases...
Molecular Devices introduces enterprise-level SoftMax Pro 7.1 GxP Software 27 November 2018 | By Molecular Devices Molecular Devices announced the launch of the new SoftMax® Pro 7.1 GxP Software with complete validation tools which achieves full FDA 21 CFR Part 11 compliance in GMP/GLP labs...
Freeze-dried vaccine may help eradicate polio 27 November 2018 | By Drug Target Review Researchers have developed a polio vaccine that doesn't require refrigeration, meaning it could someday be used all over the world...
slincR gene could shed light on chemical exposure effects in humans 26 November 2018 | By Drug Target Review The discovery of a new gene in zebrafish could lead to a better understanding of how exposure to chemicals leads to disease in humans...
Transporting proteins into cells to mitochondria 26 November 2018 | By Drug Target Review J-proteins such as Xdj1, as helpers of the heat shock protein 70 chaperones, and were found to be involved in the transport of proteins to the mitochondria...
Halting the spread of brain cancer 26 November 2018 | By Drug Target Review Mouse models used to show how convection enhanced delivery caused glioma cells to invade the rest of the brain could help to prevent this spread in future...
Breast cancer recruits cells from bone marrow to boost growth 23 November 2018 | By Drug Target Review A study has shown that breast cancer uses stromal cells originally formed in bone marrow to boost their growth and metastasis of the cancer...
