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Five recent Parkinson’s disease drug target discoveries

10 September 2019 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

This article highlights five of the latest findings that could be used in the development or design of new therapies to treat Parkinson’s disease.

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Urine-derived stem cells as innovative platform for drug testing and disease modelling

20 July 2018 | By Audrey Ncube, James Adjaye (Heinrich-Heine-University), Lisa Nguyen, Lucas-Sebastian Spitzhorn, Martina Bohndorf, Shaifur Rahman, Wasco Wruck (Heinrich-Heine-University)

Kidneys are crucial for filtration of drugs and toxins and their proper function is essential for overall health. Unfortunately, due to disease and improper function, kidney transplantation or dialysis are necessary for millions of patients annually all over the world.1,2

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Structure of amyloid fibrils determined with previously unachieved resolution

11 September 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Researchers have displayed structural details of amyloid structures which may answer many questions on the growth of harmful deposits...