Researchers find way to trigger red blood cells on demand
4 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The discovery could represent a significant step forward in the battle against anaemia...
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Novo Nordisk and UW to explore the role of the brain in obesity
3 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The collaboration aims to understand factors mediating brain control of blood glucose and appetite with the ultimate goal of developing new therapeutic agents for the treatment of diabetes and obesity...
Sanofi and BioNTech enter cancer immunotherapy collaboration
3 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The collaboration will leverage the scientific expertise of the two organisations to discover and develop up to five cancer immunotherapies...
Hercules receives Eurostars grant to develop CB7993113 for breast cancer
3 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Hercules has said that the Eurostars grant will enable the company to advance CB7993113 through preclinical development towards clinical trials in patients with triple negative breast cancer...
Lilly announces $70 million expansion of its R&D headquarters
3 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Adding 130,000 square feet to Lilly's existing complex, the new building will feature a multi-disciplinary laboratory that facilitates collaboration across multiple research functions...
Merck and Selvita announce oncology drug discovery collaboration
3 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The aim of the collaboration is to deliver potential first-in-class small molecules as lead candidate drugs for multiple oncology indications...
Leading HIV scientists launch project to develop HIV vaccine
3 November 2015 | By Kate Douetil
The European AIDS Vaccine Initiative (EAVI2020) is a new EUR 23 million project, financed by the European Commission...
InteRNA Technologies secures final extension Series A financing
30 October 2015 | By Victoria White
InteRNA says the proceeds of this financing will be used to progress several of its lead product candidates...
Tumours may ‘seed’ cancer metastases earlier than expected
30 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The researchers said the findings highlight the urgent need for new methods to diagnose cancers early and new treatments to fight growing metastases...
MD Anderson’s expands its Moon Shots Programme
30 October 2015 | By Victoria White
MD Anderson's Moon Shots Programme is an unprecedented effort and novel organisational model designed to more rapidly convert scientific discoveries into life-saving advances...
RNA-binding proteins play important role in motor neurone disease
30 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The discovery about the FUS protein could be a major milestone on the path to a treatment for both motor neurone disease and dementia...
Researchers identify protein that drives progression of MS
29 October 2015 | By Victoria White
If scientists can find an antagonist to block the CCR2 receptor, they may be able to control the progression of MS...
Domainex expands its drug discovery service business
29 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Domainex is expanding all aspects of its drug discovery service business including biology, analytical chemistry and medicinal chemistry...
UCLA discovery could lead to better recovery after stroke
28 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers have identified a molecule that, after a stroke, initiate repairs to the brain...
SGK1 identified as potential target to reverse effects of PTSD
28 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Experimentally reducing SGK1 activity in rats induced learned helplessness ( a behaviour thought to mimic one aspect of PTSD), while overexpressing the protein reduced it...
