A biologist at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has shown that a key biological component in a worm’s communication system can […]
A new approach to targeting cancer cells
A University of California, Riverside, research team has come up with a new approach to targeting cancer cells that circumvents […]
Five rules to tackle antibiotic resistance
Current efforts to tackle antibiotic resistance are “not nearly radical enough,” a leading scientist says. Dr Ben Raymond, of the […]
Alzheimer’s therapy passes another important test: Drug candidate PRI-002 has successfully completed Phase I of clinical research
The Alzheimer drug candidate PRI-002 has successfully completed Phase I of clinical research involving healthy volunteers. When administered daily over […]
Huntington drug successfully lowers levels of disease-causing protein, study shows
An international clinical trial has found that a new drug for Huntington disease is safe, and that treatment with the […]
Diabetes drug may reverse heart failure
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have demonstrated that the recently developed antidiabetic drug empagliflozin can […]
Smart antioxidant-containing polymer responds to body chemistry, environment
Oxidants found within living organisms are byproducts of metabolism and are essential to wound-healing and immunity. However, when their concentrations […]
New discovery provides key to side effects caused by erectile dysfunction drugs
In a study published in Science Advances magazine, researchers from the University of California, Irvine have captured, for the first […]
Next-generation single-dose antidotes for opioid overdoses
The U.S. opioid epidemic is being driven by an unprecedented surge in deaths from fentanyl and other synthetic opiates. Fentanyl’s […]
Self-sterilizing microneedles revolutionizing vaccination and drug delivery
Vaccinations are the world’s frontline defence against infectious diseases yet despite decades of interventions, unsafe injection practices continue to expose […]