Abstract The success of mechanism-based drug discovery depends on the definition of the drug target. This definition becomes even more...
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New Mechanism to Control Human Viral Infections Discovered
CREDIT: CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION This image illustrates the beginning stages of an influenza infection and shows what...
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After one dose of gene therapy, hemophilia B patients maintain near-normal levels of clotting factor
Researchers are reporting the highest and most sustained levels to date of an essential blood-clotting factor IX in patients with...
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Researchers Discover ‘Off’ Switch For Asthma Attacks
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have discovered a cellular “off” switch to deactivate the compounds that...
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Novartis’ drug tops chemotherapy in untreated lung cancer patients
Novartis AG said its cancer drug, Zykadia, was twice as effective as chemotherapy in slowing the progression of a rare...
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One Big Question: How close are we to a cancer vaccine?
Earlier this year we reported on new research that focused on training the body’s own immune cells to fight cancer through a...
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Heart disease protein linked to brain damage
OAK BROOK, Ill. – Levels of a protein in the blood associated with heart disease are also linked to early-stage...
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Simple blood test could show lung cancer 5 YEARS before the disease even appears on medical scans
Antibodies are produced by the immune system during the early stages The best hope for successful lung cancer treatment is...
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New form of autism found
An international team of researchers led by scientists at IST Austria identified a new form of syndromic autism | Study...
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Study investigates how to turn stem cells into motor neurons
Stem cells can develop into many different types of cells, such as muscle cells, red blood cells, or neurons. Given...