news
Study discovers proteins which suppress growth of breast cancer tumours
Researchers have found that a type of protein could hold the secret to suppressing the growth of breast cancer tumours.
List view / Grid view
Funding
Drug discovery research is funded primarily by government and by philanthropic groups. Later development is funded mainly by pharmaceutical companies.
news
New blood test uses nanotechnology to predict prostate cancer
A new diagnostic will allow men to bypass painful biopsies to test for aggressive prostate cancer.
news
New WHO Collaborating Centre for Physical Activity and Health
The University of Zurich is launching a new WHO Collaborating Centre for Physical Activity and Health. The Physical Activity and Health Unit and other groups of the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute will support the Physical Activity Strategy for the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region.
news
Artificial intelligence to assist in the treatment of heart patients
Artificial intelligence can be used to recognise difficult to predict complications as early as possible within the home care of heart patients.
news
Human Cell Atlas data platform kicks off with support from CZI
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced financial support for the Human Cell Atlas, which uses sequencing technology to redefine every cell in the body...
news
Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s diseases share common crucial feature
A study has found that abnormal proteins found in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease all share a ability to cause damage...
news
DFG €66 million funding for 15 new research training groups
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing 15 new Research Training Groups to further support early research...
news
Wildlife conservation plans must consider Lyme disease risk
Lyme disease – an infection contracted from the bite of an infected tick– is an important emerging disease in the UK, and is increasing in incidence in people in the UK and large parts of Europe and North America.
news
Spread of tau protein measured in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients
In a new study researchers measured how deposits of the pathological protein tau spread through the brain over the course of Alzheimer’s disease.
news
Preclinical candidate CGRP antagonist has potential as treatment for migraines
A preclinical candidate calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) antagonist has been nominated for advancement into further preclinical studies as an investigational treatment for migraine.
news
Dartmouth tuberculosis vaccine passes important milestone
Investigators at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine announced that two new studies of DAR-901, their investigational vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), have moved it to the forefront of new vaccines in development for global control of this deadly infectious disease.
news
Exscientia to collaborate with Sanofi for EUR250mil multiple-product development
Exscientia has agreed a strategic research collaboration, and licence option agreement with Sanofi in the high-interest area of metabolic disease.
news
Oxford Genetics licenses CRISPR technology for biotherapeutic discovery
Licensing agreement will expand Oxford Genetics growing bio-therapeutic discovery, design and development service business.
news
ORION project launched to research Open Science goals
This week a new collaborative European project is being launched that aims to re-invigorate the way that research into life sciences and biomedicine is organised and funded. The project, named ORION, will be coordinated by The Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona, Spain, who is one of nine partners taking…
news
AI-based smartphone app can predict user’s health risks
Researchers have developed AI based data analysis methods used in a smartphone app which can estimate its users' health risks...
