Archive: 09/12/2014
EU team launches clinical trial of Parkinson's vaccine
Today the EU-consortium SYMPATH starts recruitment for a Phase I study of a Parkinson's vaccine candidate called AFFITOPE PD03A. This vaccine is one out of a designated pool of promising vaccine candidates based on AFFiRiS' ...
Dec 9, 2014
Finding a perfect match to attack Alzhemier's disease
Researchers at the University of Adelaide are conducting world-first modelling of a range of naturally occurring molecules in the hopes of finding a perfect match that could one day be used in a new drug to help treat or ...
Dec 9, 2014
Fonterra slammed over botulism scare response
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra bungled its response to a food contamination scare because it was more concerned with market share than public safety, an official inquiry found Tuesday.
Dec 9, 2014
Malaria deaths halved since 2000 but Ebola risks gains: WHO
The number of people dying from malaria has almost halved since 2000, although progress in west Africa risks being reversed by the Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
Dec 9, 2014
Data published on ANG4043, anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody for treatment of brain metastases
Angiochem, a clinical stage biotechnology company creating and developing drugs that cross the blood-brain barrier, today announced the publication in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics demonstrating that ANG4043, a peptide-monoclonal ...
Dec 9, 2014
Sleep disturbance linked to amyloid in brain areas affected by Alzheimer's disease
Healthy, elderly research participants who report being more sleepy and less rested have higher levels of amyloid deposition in regions of the brain that are affected in Alzheimer's disease, according to a report presented ...
Dec 9, 2014
Brain scans link frontal abnormalities to suicidal behaviors in adolescents, young adults
Abnormalities in the prefrontal cortex and related brain areas are observed in adolescents who have attempted suicide, according to a report today at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology annual meeting in Phoenix ...
Dec 9, 2014