Anti-hormone therapy reduces recurrence of prostate cancer 5 September 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) British scientists have investigated the impact of anti-hormone therapy on patients with prostate cancer...
New fluorescent dyes could advance biological imaging 5 September 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) With a new technique swapping out specific chemical building blocks in rhodamines researchers have generated a fluorescent dye for biological imaging...
Drug may curb female infertility from cancer treatments 4 September 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) An existing drug may protect premenopausal women from life-altering infertility that commonly follows cancer treatments...
Chemo-boosting drug discovered for leukaemia 4 September 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) Drugs developed to treat heart and blood vessel problems could be used to treat leukaemia...
Genetic testing leads to response in MET fusion lung cancer 1 September 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) Researchers have identified a rare fusion involving the gene MET leading researchers to treat the cancer with a targeted therapy...
CRISPR gives new insight into autoimmune disorders 1 September 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) Researchers have used a modified version of the gene-editing technique CRISPR in search for gene activators...
New potential strategy to combat Alzheimer’s disease 1 September 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) Researchers have revealed the molecular mechanism behind a rare mutation has been associated with numerous neurodegenerative diseases...
Sequencing all 24 human chromosomes uncovers rare disorders 31 August 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) Study from NIH may help improve prenatal genetic screening...
MRI can measure kidney and predict future kidney function 31 August 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) Researchers have made what are believed to be two world first discoveries: an magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that can measure kidney damage and predict future kidney function...
Cell culture system could offer cancer breakthrough 31 August 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) A new cell culture system that provides a tool for preclinical cancer drug development and screening has been developed...
Imaging technique to aid IVF embryo selection 30 August 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) Researchers have successfully developed an advanced new imaging technique, which can help assess the quality of early-stage embryos...
New technology could predict the risk of type 2 diabetes 30 August 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) Researchers have announced a new technology-based approach that could lead to a more accurate identification of type 2 diabetes...
Nanoparticles give disease-fighting properties to cells 30 August 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) A new biomedical tool has been developed using nanoparticles that deliver transient gene changes to targeted cells...
Breakthrough for mosquito virus outbreaks 29 August 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) A team of researchers are developing ways to treat debilitating diseases caused by alphaviruses such as Chikungunya and Ross River virus...
Antibody targets create potential for a unified treatment approach 29 August 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) Antibody targets thought to cause the most damage in neurological disorders, creates potential for a unified treatment approach...