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Molecule discovery holds promise for gene therapies for psoriasis Molecule discovery holds promise for gene therapies for psoriasis

Scientists at the University of Birmingham have discovered a protein that could hold the key to novel gene therapies for skin problems including psoriasis – a common, chronic skin disease that affects over 100 million people worldwide.

The vanished mirror image

Photochemical deracemization of chiral compounds achieved. Enantiomeric molecules resemble each other like right and left hands. Both variants normally arise in chemical reactions. But frequently only one of the two forms is effectual in biology and medicine. Hitherto, completely converting this mixture into the desired enantiomer was deemed impossible. Deploying a photochemical method, a team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now achieved this feat.

The Current issue of “The view from here” is concerned with The Best of 2018 The Current issue of “The view from here” is concerned with The Best of 2018

The topic of this month’s newsletter from Drug Discovery Today is “The Best of 2018”.

Award for Phage Therapy: Phagomed Wins Austrian Entrepreneurship Award Phönix Award for Phage Therapy: Phagomed Wins Austrian Entrepreneurship Award Phönix

Vienna, 4 December 2018: Vienna-based Biotech company PhagoMed Biopharma GmbH was yesterday awarded the Austrian Entrepreneurship Award Phönix 2018 in the category “Start-Up International”. The Phoenix award honours the development of antibiotics alternatives based on phages, a class of natural viruses that only infect bacteria, at the Vienna Biocenter. A distinguished jury selected PhagoMed as a Phoenix laureate and the award was presented jointly by the Austrian Minister of Digital and Economic Affairs and the Austrian Minister of Education, Science and Research during a prize ceremony in Vienna.

Med-Tech companies triumph at the Bionow awards Med-Tech companies triumph at the Bionow awards

THE outstanding companies and leaders of the North’s life sciences sector – which is worth more than £13bn to the economy- were honoured last night at the 17th annual Bionow Awards