Pharmacology/ Therapeutics News for June 2015

Pharmacology/ Therapeutics News Archive

First treatment recommended for rare bone disease First treatment recommended for rare bone disease

Enzyme replacement therapy Strensiq to benefit patients with hypophosphatasia developed in childhood

Team Led by TSRI Scientists Shows AIDS Vaccine Candidate Successfully ‘Primes’ Immune System Team Led by TSRI Scientists Shows AIDS Vaccine Candidate Successfully ‘Primes’ Immune System

New research led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and The Rockefeller University shows in mice that an experimental vaccine candidate designed at TSRI can stimulate the immune system activity necessary to stop HIV infection. The findings could provide key information for the development of an effective AIDS vaccine.

Drug combination highlights potential new depression treatment Drug combination highlights potential new depression treatment

Scientists at the University of Bath have identified that a combination of two existing licensed drugs could be used as a potential new treatment for depression.

Scripps Florida Scientists Identify a Potential New Treatment for Osteoporosis Scripps Florida Scientists Identify a Potential New Treatment for Osteoporosis

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified a new therapeutic approach that, while still preliminary, could promote the development of new bone-forming cells in patients suffering from bone loss.