Novel Technologies News for September 2009

Novel Technologies News Archive

Industry and academia team up in three-way collaboration to identify natural substances that can bind to orphan G-protein-coupled receptors Industry and academia team up in three-way collaboration to identify natural substances that can bind to orphan G-protein-coupled receptors

Findings could lead to new targets for drug discovery.

Hydrogels could replace animal tissues in drug tests Hydrogels could replace animal tissues in drug tests

Synthetic hydrogels could soon be used instead of animal tissue to test the sticking power of future medicines, if new materials described at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s annual event in Manchester, the British Pharmaceutical Conference, are developed further.

University of Leicester team develops counterfeit drug detection technology University of Leicester team develops counterfeit drug detection technology

Space-age technology and crime research have combined for this new development.