Aberdeen scientists are investigating if antibodies found naturally in sharks could be used to target breast cancer.
26 September, 2013
Scientists have discovered a natural temperature sensor in one of the bacteria that cause meningitis and blood poisoning, which allows them to evade the body’s immune response leading to life-threatening infections.
25 September, 2013
Cellectricon, a leading provider of advanced cell-based screening technologies and services, has announced the two winners of its Cellaxess® ACE project grant, supporting cutting-edge research in cell biology.
23 September, 2013
Initial space reservations place the new event well ahead of expectations.Industry support is growing for Pharma EXPO, the new pharmaceutical industry event from PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, and the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE). PMMI, the owner and producer of the PACK EXPO family of trade shows, announces a new partnership with Ipack-Ima Spa, which produces Pharmintech.
21 September, 2013
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is bringing together leading scientists, technical experts and two of science’s most famous names, in a special free-to-attend conference at easyFairs LAB INNOVATIONS on 6 &7 November 2013 at Birmingham’s NEC.
18 September, 2013
A type of gene therapy heralded as a potentially revolutionary treatment for a severe form of muscular dystrophy was treated with scepticism by major medical funding establishments, and was mostly funded through its earliest development by patient groups.
17 September, 2013
Worldwide hearing implant leader MED-EL Medical Electronics today announced that its Founder and CEO Ingeborg Hochmair, PhD, has been selected to receive this year's prestigious Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for the development of the modern cochlear implant, a device that restores hearing to individuals with severe-to-profound deafness through electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve. She will share the award with Graeme M. Clark (Emeritus, Univ. of Melbourne, Australia) and Blake S. Wilson (Duke University, NC, USA). This highly-respected scientific award honors scientists whose contributions have improved the clinical treatment of patients. The award ceremony will take place in New York City on Friday, September 20, 2013
15 September, 2013
Domainex Ltd., a drug discovery company specialising in translational research support, has announced that the recipient of its first Discovery STAR Award; Professor Vilmos Fulop of the University of Warwick. This award will give Professor Fulop access to Domainex’s outstanding drug discovery capabilities to support his research for a much-needed new treatment for Chagas disease- a potentially life-threatening disease.
13 September, 2013
The latest issue of Drug Discovery Today is packed full of industry focused research articles, new developments in drug discovery, and expert comment and opinion.
11 September, 2013
Zealand Pharma has announced an exclusive peptide drug research and development collaboration agreement with Eli Lilly and Company (“Lilly”).
10 September, 2013
Complex human brain tissue has been successfully developed in a three-dimensional culture system established in an Austrian laboratory.
06 September, 2013