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Wellcome Trust gives Polyphor CHF 2.3 million for antibiotic development
Polyphor has received a CHF 2.3 million award from the Wellcome Trust to advance the development of broad-spectrum, Gram-negative pre-clinical product candidates.
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Parasitic worms resistant to treatment & affect up to 40% of UK children
21 November 2016 | By Dr Nick Thompson, Holisticvet Consultancy
Holistic Vet Dr Nick Thompson explains how over use of worming treatment has lead to epidemic resistance affecting up to 40% of UK children...
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BioMed X to collaborate with Johnson & Johnson on oral biofilm research
6 September 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
This research group is seeking the potential to unravel novel methods to remove bacterial biofilms from oral surfaces. Oral biofilms consist of a large variety of microorganisms embedded in a complex and robust extracellular matrix...
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Killing three deadly diseases with one compound
9 August 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
Three diseases; Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness, all caused by parasites called ‘kinetoplastids, all sharing similar biology and genetics, leading scientists to investigate the possibility of a single chemical to destroy all three...
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Flu vaccines fail to protect obese mice
8 August 2016 | By St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Using vaccines prepared from killed viruses, the scientists targeted an influenza A H1N1 seasonal flu strain, finding that obese mice are not protected against influenza infections through vaccines, raising concerns about vaccine response in obese humans, who are known to be at an increased risk for severe flu...
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How NIH’s $30 million research fund will help find HIV cure
20 July 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
The NIH recently awarded $30 million to advance science towards a cure for HIV. Drug Target Review caught up with the Wistar Institute‘s Dr. Luis Montaner, co-leader of the BEAT-HIV project...
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Zika Virus: a public emergency of international concern
4 February 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer, Drug Target Review
The Zika virus has taken hold in South America. Its possible link to microcephaly in newborn babies and neurological conditions has led the World Health Organization to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Here we discuss the virus, countermeasures and the race for a vaccine...
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WHO emergency team to convene to discuss Zika virus
28 January 2016 | By Victoria White
The Committee will meet to ascertain whether the outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern...