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Kidney disease biomarker could help detect COPD
A biomarker usually used with kidney disease, could potentially be used to detect COPD through identifying levels of albuminuria in urine...
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A universal flu vaccine may be in sight
Researchers from Oxford have identified the initial steps on the path towards creating a universal influenza vaccine that could last for life...
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Np63a should be targeted in squamous cell carcinomas
A team of researchers have identified that to target p63, both TGFB2 and RHOA tumour suppressor genes should be activated...
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Enhanced 3D neuron imaging could diagnose brain disease
Researchers have combined an open source software programme and commercially available hardware to image neuron activity at high resolution...
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Transparent high-resolution EEG array allows brain imaging
Researchers have developed a see-through, dual-layered, mesh EEG device which is capable of measuring the electrical activity of individual neurons...
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Expert view: GMP proteins for therapeutic manufacturing: combining consistency, safety, and supply
Cell therapies offer revolutionary new approaches for treating humandisease. Most of these treatments use GMP cytokines and growthfactors for the differentiation, expansion, and maintenance of cells.It is critical that GMP protein suppliers offer the optimal combinationof consistency, safety, and stable supply chain.
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Complex biology for the precision medicine era: re-thinking the drug discovery process
Complex biology is a discipline acknowledging that performing biological experiments in vitro should take account of the complexity of the biological context.1 While this may be a noble aim, it has proven difficult to incorporate these elements into the drug discovery process, especially at the high-throughput screening (HTS) stage.2
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Computational analysis identifies a new clinical phenotype of severe malaria
Researchers have applied a computational analysis based on networks in order to identify biologically relevant phenotypes apart from those currently defined by the WHO...
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Venoms could be used to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases
Venoms are continually being researched as potential chemicals for medicinal therapeutics to treat autoimmune diseases and diabetes...
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CMPK2 inhibitor could lesson symptoms of common illnesses
CMPK2 inhibitors may reduce inflammation, pain and tissue damage in arthritis and gout and in Alzheimer’s may slow loss of cognitive function...
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Recessive disorder impairing eyesight has been discovered
Blindness in children has been linked to a recessive genetic disorder caused by the MARK3 gene...
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Bacterial outer membranes may be key to new antibiotics
The outer membrane surrounding the cell wall of bacteria may be a key target for approaches to a new form of antibacterial drugs...
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Breath tests could detect pancreatic cancer
Breath tests analysing organic compounds in exhaled breath could be used as a new diagnostic tool for pancreatic cancer...
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pGENMi predicts genomic features associated with drug responses
A new system, pGENMi, could predict genomic features associated with drug responses, by identifying differences in gene expression...
