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Researchers make steps towards a universal flu vaccine
A research team has developed a potentially universal flu vaccine that has demonstrated success in mice.
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A drug target is anything within a living organism to which a drug is directed and/or binds, resulting in a change in its behaviour or function.
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Build-up in the lungs could be targeted by future severe COVID-19 treatments
Breaking down or slowing the production of a hyaluronan jelly which builds up in the lungs of some severe COVID-19 patients could reduce respiratory distress and prevent death.
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Scientists propose treating SARS-CoV-2 with sofosbuvir and remdesivir
Researchers have posited that SARS-CoV-2 could be combatted by sofosbuvir, in combination with other antivirals such as remdesivir.
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Lead drug candidate identified as potential neuroblastoma treatment
Using hit-to-lead processes, researchers have discovered that KSP inhibitors prevent tumour growth and prolong survival in mice with neuroblastoma.
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2020 Nobel Prize goes to discoverers of hepatitis C
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been bestowed upon researchers who helped identify the hepatitis C virus in the 1970s.
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New treatment could reverse vision loss caused by retinopathy
Researchers have developed an experimental compound that could treat vision loss in premature infants and adults.
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Two cytokines found to cure and prevent rotavirus infection in mice
Researchers have found that the cytokines IL-18 and IL-22 can combat and cure rotavirus infections in mice.
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SARS antiviral nitric oxide could be used to treat SARS-CoV-2
The nitric oxide treatment used during the 2003 SARS epidemic could be used as an antiviral against SARS-CoV-2, researchers say.
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![Ovarian cancer cells forming a cancer spheroid as they grow within the peptide-protein co-assembling material [Credit: Alvaro Mata].](https://drug.russellpublishing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/ovarian-cancer-spheroid-3D-model-e1601896830935.jpg)
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Novel tumour spheroids could improve ovarian cancer treatments
Researchers have developed a new self-assembling three-dimensional (3D) ovarian cancer tumour model to recreate the in vitro disease more accurately.
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Team identifies T-cell epitopes to inform COVID-19 vaccine development
Researchers studied 180 convalescent COVID-19 patients to reveal T-cell epitopes that they say can be targeted by a vaccine.
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Malaria compounds found to kill Cryptosporidium parasite
Researchers have shown that bicyclic azetidines, medicines used to treat malaria, can also kill the Cryptosporidium parasite in mice.
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Epigenetic marks could be the target of future Alzheimer’s therapies
New findings suggest that late-onset Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is driven by epigenetic changes in the brain.
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The NF-κB pathway drives fatal inflammation in COVID-19, say scientists
Researchers found that the SARS-CoV-2 infection activates the NF-κB pathway, driving unchecked inflammation that contributes to total organ failure in COVID-19 patients.
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![Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) cells in culture [Credit: Dr Jin-Min Nam].](https://drug.russellpublishing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/glioblastoma-cells-e1601552379990.jpg)
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Identifying radioresistance drivers in glioblastoma multiforme
According to researchers, Rab27b and epiregulin contribute to the development of radioresistance and could be targeted to improve glioblastoma patient survival.
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Novel RNA-targeting molecule can halt SARS-CoV-2 replication
The C5 compound targets the frameshifting element that allows SARS-CoV-2 to effectively replicate and marks the genome for destruction to stop the infection spreading.
