Oncology & Cancer
Lab-grown 'mini tumours' could personalise cancer treatment
Testing cancer drugs on miniature replicas of a patient's tumour could help doctors tailor treatment, according to new research.
Feb 23, 2018
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News tagged with drug discovery
Genetics
Researchers validate five new genes responsible for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Barrow Neurological Institute researchers have completed additional experiments that validate the identification of five new genes linked to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) - also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The new ...
Dec 1, 2017
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Researchers find new path to promising Parkinson's treatment
Three researchers at The University of Alabama are part of work that is leading to a new direction for drug discovery in the quest to treat Parkinson's disease.
Sep 19, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New publication highlights the anti-malarial efficacy of exciting new clinical candidate
A new paper published today in the prestigious journal Science Translational Medicine describes the discovery and biological profiling of an exciting new anti-malarial clinical drug candidate, MMV390048, effective against ...
Apr 26, 2017
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Medications
Map of drugs reveals uncharted waters in search for new treatments
Scientists have created a map of all 1,578 licensed drugs and their mechanisms of action - as a means of identifying 'uncharted waters' in the search for future treatments.
Dec 5, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Illuminating the broad spectrum of disease
In a paper published in Nature Biotechnology, researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute describe a new method that dramatically simplifies an arduous experimental process ...
Feb 29, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Mapping cancer's 'social networks' opens new approaches to treatment
UK scientists have designed a computer model that applies techniques used to analyse social networks to identify new ways of treating cancer, according to research published in PLOS Computational Biology today.
Dec 23, 2015
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Medical research
Researchers shed pharmacological light on formerly 'dark' cellular receptors
Our cells are constantly communicating, using neurotransmitters and hormones to signal to each other. Molecular receptors on each cell receive these chemical signals and allow cells to accomplish a task important for health. ...
Nov 9, 2015
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Neuroscience
'Love hormone' helps produce 'bliss molecules' to boost pleasure of social interactions
The hormone oxytocin, which has been associated with interpersonal bonding, may enhance the pleasure of social interactions by stimulating production of marijuana-like neurotransmitters in the brain, according to a University ...
Oct 26, 2015
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Medications
Supercomputers link proteins to drug side effects
New medications created by pharmaceutical companies have helped millions of Americans alleviate pain and suffering from their medical conditions. However, the drug creation process often misses many side effects that kill ...
Oct 20, 2014
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