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Researchers find key molecule that could lead to new anaemia therapies

17 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

Researchers find key molecule that could lead to new therapies for anaemia and other iron disorders.

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Lung study in mice points to new therapies to treat critical illness

10 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

Scientists have pinpointed a chemical signal that worsens inflammation linked to a life-threatening lung condition. The discovery could eventually lead to new therapies for this disease, which can be fatal for up to half of those affected.

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Regenerating bone and cartilage tissues from apple waste

3 April 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

Researchers from UPM and CSIC have employed waste from the agri-food industry to develop biomaterials that are able to act as matrices to regenerate bone and cartilage tissues, which is of great interest for the treatment of diseases related to ageing.

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£10 million pancreatic cancer research fund for precision medicine

24 March 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

The development of new treatments for pancreatic cancer is set to be transformed by a network of clinical trials, aiming to find the right trial for the right patient, after a £10 million investment from Cancer Research UK.

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TSRI scientists use ligands to turbocharge drug discovery

23 January 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

Ligands are useful tools for studying how proteins work in cells and could lead to the development of new drugs.

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Signalling mechanism for zebrafish fin regeneration identified

4 August 2016 | By Tokyo Institute of Technology

Certain species of amphibians and fish have the remarkable ability to regenerate tissue. Advances in molecular biological analyses have allowed researchers to identify specific molecules and signalling mechanisms involved in tissue regeneration. Fgf signalling is one such key mechanism...

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A bright future for molecular probes

24 September 2015 | By Rudi Marquez (University of Glasgow), Zuzana Flachbartova (University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Kosice)

The history of molecular probes can be traced back to 1871 with the synthesis of fluorescein by Adolf von Baeyer1. Through the simple combination of phthalic anhydride and resorcinol in the presence of zinc chloride, the dawn of a completely new era in chemistry and biology began...

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