Oncology & Cancer

Researchers target mutation that leads to pancreatic cancer

After 30 years of discouraging results in attempting to develop drugs to inhibit a mutated protein associated with some of the more challenging cancers to treat, research on RAS proteins is booming.

Neuroscience

ClearTau: A new tool for studying neurodegenerative diseases

EPFL scientists have developed ClearTau, an innovative method and platform for reconstructing aggregates of the protein Tau found in Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. The breakthrough may speed up ...

Medications

Repurposed drug shows promise for treating cardiac arrhythmias

Ruxolitinib, a drug that is already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating certain cancers and skin conditions, is effective at inhibiting CaMKII, a protein kinase linked to cardiac arrhythmias.

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