Gene discovery could lead to new treatments for sepsis
22 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Scientists have isolated the gene that produces Gasdermin-D - a protein that plays a critical role in the pathway to sepsis...
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Medlab to start human trials using its NanoCelle platform
22 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Medlab will apply its nanotechnology delivery system to an existing statin compound, atorvastatin, for patients suffering high levels of cholesterol...
Amgen Foundation invests $4 million in the Amgen Biotech Experience
22 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The Amgen Biotech Experience was designed to inspire the next generation of innovators and give school students the opportunity to experience real science...
Launch of Dementia Discovery Fund to deliver new dementia treatments by 2025
21 October 2015 | By Kate Douetil
This innovative new global investment fund has gained support from a wide variety of investors, including the UK Government’s Department of Health (DoH), Alzheimer’s Research UK and world-leading major pharmaceutical companies Biogen, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Lilly, Pfizer and Takeda...
Investigational aerosol TB vaccine induces potent immune response
21 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The investigational aerosol vaccine protected rhesus macacques from pulmonary TB infection better than the similarly delivered BCG vaccine...
Team successfully performs surgery on a human genome
21 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The research team have changed how the genome is folded inside the nucleus. The advance may lead to new methods of understanding and overcoming genetic diseases...
BBI acquires exclusive global licence for MERS and SARS vaccines
21 October 2015 | By Victoria White
BBI has acquired an exclusive global license for the clinical development and commercialisation of the vaccines...
Domainex and ICL team up to discover myocardial infarction therapies
20 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Domainex has been selected as Imperial’s strategic drug discovery partner to provide services including biochemical and biophysical assay development...
HIFalpha gene could hold key to treating Parkinson’s disease
20 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers found that when HIFalpha was ‘switched off’, nerve function in flies with Parkinson’s disease was restored...
Scripps scientists make leukaemia cells kill each other
20 October 2015 | By Victoria White
The surprise finding could lead to a powerful new therapy for leukaemia and possibly other cancers...
Positive results for DelMar’s VAL-083 in ovarian cancer
19 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Preclinical data demonstrate the effectiveness of VAL-083 against cisplatin-resistant ovarian cancers...
Investigational New Drug Application filed for MERS vaccine
19 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Earlier this year, Inovio’s MERS vaccine induced 100% protection from a live virus challenge in a preclinical study...
Data on pGlu-3 Abeta antibody presented at Neuroscience 2015
19 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Pyroglutamate-3 Abeta (pGlu-3 Abeta), a post-translational modified Abeta, is a highly toxic Abeta variant which is abundant in brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease...
New project aims to establish genome sequencing as a clinical tool
19 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Genomics has entered into a collaboration agreement in a research project focused on the translation of whole genome sequencing into clinical practice...
Nuevolution in drug discovery collaboration with Janssen
19 October 2015 | By Victoria White
Within the framework of the collaboration, Nuevolution will apply its drug discovery platform Chemetics to discover and advance drug candidates...
