Novel Technologies News for January 2013

Novel Technologies News Archive

Launch of trial of ‘master switch’ drug to treat several cancer types Launch of trial of ‘master switch’ drug to treat several cancer types

Cancer Research UK and its commercial arm Cancer Research Technology (CRT) are launching a trial of an experimental drug shown to simultaneously block many enzymes that control cancer cell growth and death. The ‘master-switch’ experimental drug, owned by Astex Pharmaceuticals, could potentially treat a range of cancer types.

Crescendo biologics announces the Crescendo Mouse Crescendo biologics announces the Crescendo Mouse

Crescendo Biologics Limited (Crescendo) announces the Crescendo Mouse, a breakthrough in antibody fragment technology which allows the efficient generation of high-quality fully human single domain antibody VH fragments from a transgenic mouse.