New target identified for the treatment of asthma 8 March 2016 | By Victoria White Researchers have identified that nociceptin has substantial activity in asthma models given before or during an asthma attack...
Collaboration to develop new treatments for tuberculosis 8 March 2016 | By Victoria White Scientists at the Universities of Dundee and Cape Town are teaming up with Bayer to develop critically needed new treatments for tuberculosis...
Researchers identify PHGDH inhibitor to target serine biosynthesis in cancer 8 March 2016 | By Victoria White Researchers have shown that CBR-5884 was able to inhibit cell proliferation of breast cancer and melanoma cells lines that overexpress PHGDH...
BH3-mimetic drugs offer potential to treat Legionella infections 8 March 2016 | By Victoria White Turning off BCL-XL with BH3-mimetic drugs killed Legionella-infected cells, allowing the infection to be cleared from the body...
Researchers grow 3-D heart and liver tissues using AngioChip 7 March 2016 | By Victoria White AngioChip is a powerful platform for discovering and testing new drugs, and could eventually be used to repair or replace damaged organs...
Spotted gar could help advance biomedical research 7 March 2016 | By Victoria White The genome of the spotted gar is so much like both zebrafish and humans that it can be used as a bridge species that could open a pathway to important advancements in biomedical research..
Urine of premature babies a novel source of kidney stem cells 7 March 2016 | By Victoria White A team, led by Professor Elena Levtchenko from KU Leuven, discovered that kidney stem cells are abundant in the urine of premature babies...
Bristol-Myers Squibb teams up with LabCentral to support promising biotech startups 7 March 2016 | By Victoria White LabCentral is an innovative, shared laboratory space designed as a launch pad for life-sciences and biotech startups...
New insights reported on the function of BRCA1 in breast cancer 7 March 2016 | By Victoria White Scientists have provided a deeper insight into how BRCA1 functions in normal breast tissue and how its loss results in breast cancer...
Likely link found between Zika virus and microcephaly 4 March 2016 | By Victoria White Working with lab-grown human stem cells, a team of researchers suspect they have discovered how the Zika virus probably causes microcephaly in foetuses...
Scientists derive naïve pluripotent stem cells from human embryos 4 March 2016 | By Victoria White Naïve pluripotent stem cells are one of the most flexible types of stem cell, which can develop into all human tissue other than the placenta...
Vaxart initiates preclinical testing of its oral Zika virus vaccine 4 March 2016 | By Victoria White Vaxart’s vaccine platform enables delivery of recombinant vaccines using a convenient room temperature-stable tablet that can be shipped and stored without refrigeration...
Oxford Global’s free webinars: “drug discovery – what will the future hold?” registration open 4 March 2016 | By Oxford Global This upcoming webinars hosted by Oxford Global will provide an insight on Drug Discovery & Antibody Research...
Researchers make ‘groundbreaking’ cancer immunotherapy discovery 4 March 2016 | By Victoria White Researchers have found the tools necessary to give immunotherapy the precision guidance that patients with cancer so desperately need...
Immunotherapy shows promise in treating high-grade glioma 3 March 2016 | By Victoria White Combined with chemotherapy, a novel cell-based immunotherapy drastically increased the survival rates of mice afflicted with brain tumours. Almost 50% of the mice were completely cured...
