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Exploiting breast tumor cells’ survival mechanism to stem tumor growth

Frontierharvard2016-04-21 09:58 Read   85

Cancer cells often devise ways to survive even in the presence of toxic chemotherapy.

SBP and GSK Create New Center for Translational Neuroscience

Frontiermarketwired2016-04-21 09:29 Read   73

Academic-Industry Alliance Seeks to Find and Validate New Targets for Drug Development

Protein Sciences Corporation, Sinergium Biotech and Mundo Sano Announce Zika Vaccine Partnership

Frontierprnewswire2016-04-20 14:28 Read   56

Protein Sciences Corporation announced today that they have entered into an agreement to become members of a consortium that will jointly develop a Zika virus vaccine to combat the recent outbreak of Zika that is wreaking havoc in Latin America and spreading to other continents.

NTU scientists invent bubble technology which can shoot drugs deep into tumours

Frontiermedia.ntu.edu.2016-04-20 13:17 Read   66

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) have invented a new way to deliver cancer drugs deep into tumour cells.

Impax, AmerisourceBergen unit recall more than 35M fenofibrate capsules

Frontierfiercepharma2016-04-20 12:57 Read   106

Labeling issues are at the root of four nationwide recalls affecting more than 35 million fenofibrate capsules from Impax Laboratories and a unit of AmerisourceBergen ($ABC).

Vitamin D deficiency linked to sex-specific hypoglycemia frequency, adverse cardiometabolic control

FrontierHealio2016-04-20 11:26 Read   63

In children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, vitamin D deficiency is prevalent and may be linked to the frequency of hypoglycemic episodes and adverse cardiometabolic control in boys, according to study findings.

Nuvigil improves hallucinations, agitation, apathy in Lewy body dementia

Frontierhealio2016-04-20 11:22 Read   74

Nuvigil significantly improved overall neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia with Lewy bodies, particularly visual hallucinations, agitation and apathy, according to data presented at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting.

Novel agent improves myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with obesity

Frontierhealio2016-04-20 11:18 Read   78

A novel PET agent for myocardial perfusion imaging had better sensitivity than and similar specificity to myocardial perfusion imaging with single-photon emission CT in patients with obesity, according to recent study findings.

CHAI Announces Partnership with Governments in Six Low- and Middle-Income Countries to Initiate and Expand Hepatitis C Treatment Programs

Frontierbusinesswire2016-04-19 10:56 Read   77

Ministries of Health in Ethiopia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Vietnam are accelerating access to hepatitis C (HCV) testing and treatment with technical assistance from the Quick-Start program, which aims to cure 25,000 people of HCV in the next two years.

NICE backs first Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug

Frontierpmlive2016-04-19 10:48 Read   65

NICE has reversed an earlier decision to reject PTC Therapeutics' Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) drug Translarna, but has warned access to the pricey drug will have to be carefully managed

AstraZeneca mulls £7bn move for prostate cancer drug company Medivation

Frontiertelegraph2016-04-19 10:31 Read   114

AstraZeneca is mulling a £7bn offer for the US drug company Medivation after it rejected a bid from a French rival.

Stem cell biotech BioCardia drops $50M IPO

Frontierfiercebiotech2016-04-19 10:00 Read   78

A new week, another ditched IPO as BioCardia fails to find enough interest in its regenerative heart failure candidate in a tough financial market.