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News and Trends 26 Jan 2023

New tool to fight antibiotic resistance

The World Health Organization (WHO) ranks antibiotic resistance as one of the top 10 threats to global health. In response, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed a new spray that can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and that can be used for wound care and directly on implants and other medical devices. “Our […]

January 26, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 26 Jan 2023

Lupus treatment hope from Japanese miRNA research

A group of researchers from the Graduate School of Medicine at Nagoya University in Japan have discovered the impact of microRNA (miRNA) on inflammation in lupus in mice. They identified two miRNAs that are downregulated in the disease and an uncommon situation that occurs in which multiple miRNAs regulate the same set of genes. Although […]

January 26, 2023 - 5 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 24 Jan 2023

Alcohol-related liver disease: mechanism could lead to new therapies

Alcohol-related liver disease is among the most common causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Due to an incomplete understanding of the factors contributing to disease development, liver transplantation is still the only available cure. A team led by Tim Hendrikx from MedUni Vienna’s Department of Laboratory Medicine has now uncovered a new mechanism that plays […]

January 24, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 24 Jan 2023

Ubiquigent and University of Glasgow to collaborate on drug discovery

Ubiquigent Limited, a drug discovery and development company harnessing novel deubiquitinase (DUB) modulators as new therapeutics for areas of high unmet medical need, is supporting a Master’s student at the University of Glasgow (UoG) to undertake a research project on USP30, a DUB implicated in neruodegenerative, renal, and cardiovascular diseases. Overseen by structural biology experts […]

January 24, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 24 Jan 2023

Funding for university to develop new motor neuron disease therapies

Medical research charity LifeArc, the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MND Association) and the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation have jointly awarded £1 million ($1.2 million) to researchers at University College London (UCL) to progress two pioneering new therapies that could help transform the lives of those living with motor neuron disease (MND). The research grants are […]

January 24, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Jose Bengoechea professor Queen’s University in Belfast Northern Ireland

Interview 24 Jan 2023

Watch: Queen’s University tackling antimicrobial resistance

One of the biggest global challenges facing healthcare systems is bacteria and viruses becoming resistant to drugs. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) contributes to the deaths of around 700,000 people annually. Without new drugs or ways of dealing with AMR, the number of deaths could reach as many as 10 million per year by 2050 and cause […]

January 24, 2023 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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News and Trends 20 Jan 2023

New drug could replace current standard for treating brain cancer

Glioblastoma (GBM) is a WHO grade IV brain tumor with dismal prognosis. Although post-surgical radiation chemotherapy combined with temozolomide is the standard line of treatment, GBM cells surviving radiotherapy contribute to tumor progression and recurrence even more aggressively. Researchers have now unveiled the mechanism of radioresistance in glioblastoma cells, identifying therapeutic targets to overcome radioresistance. […]

January 20, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 19 Jan 2023

Hundreds of genetic discoveries from FinnGen study

New results from the FinnGen research consortium include previously unknown genetic risk factors for many debilitating diseases. These findings have potential to facilitate the development of new therapies. Since initiation in 2017, the FinnGen study has developed into one of the world’s leading biobank-based genomic research projects. Currently, FinnGen is completing the construction of a […]

January 19, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 12 Jan 2023

Anticancer drugs could lead to new sepsis treatment

Researchers at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) in Oeiras, Portugal, say because anti-cancer drugs limit inflammation, they could be a potential treatment for sepsis. The study, published in eLife, reveals that the class of drugs used in cancer treatment limit the unrestrained production of inflammatory mediators by the immune system. The discovery positions these […]

January 12, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 11 Jan 2023

New nanotransporter delivers drugs inside cells

A new study by the University of Barcelona in Spain has analyzed the viability of a new nanomolecule that can be used as a nanotransporter to deliver drugs. The results, published in the journal Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, show that liposomes designed by researchers are able to transport and deliver an anticancer drug that […]

January 11, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 11 Jan 2023

Lifesciences and biotech in 2023

A Q&A with Bill Coyle, principal, ZS. ZS is a management consulting and technology firm focused on transforming global healthcare. In some ways, 2022 could be seen as a challenging year—at least financially—in biotech. Do you see those trends continuing? Although we see overall sentiments to invest in biotech turning positive in 2023 after a […]

January 11, 2023 - 7 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 9 Jan 2023

New biomarker for early prediction of response to CAR-T cell therapy

A MedUni Vienna research team in Austria has discovered a new highly potent biomarker for clinical response to CAR-T cell therapy, describing the prerequisites for optimal use of this novel therapy for lymphoma treatment. The current findings are an essential step forward towards optimizing this promising therapy. The results of the study were recently published […]

January 9, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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