Scientists use highly specialized X-ray crystallography technique to solve...
In a collaborative study between Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and the Argonne National Laboratory, scientists have used a highly specialized X-ray crystallography technique to...
View ArticleNovel treatment target found for RV failure in PAH
Researchers have identified a molecular pathway by which downregulation of microRNA-126 contributes to right ventricular failure in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
View ArticleBreakdown of fibrin protein essential for bone fracture repair
A team of Vanderbilt investigators has discovered that fibrin, a protein that was thought to play a key role in fracture healing, is not required. Instead, the breakdown of fibrin is essential for...
View ArticleScientists identify molecular pathway that can contribute to vision loss in...
Scientists have identified a pathway that leads to the formation of atypical blood vessels that can cause blindness in people with age-related macular degeneration.
View ArticleRisk for endophthalmitis no higher with Avastin, finds study
Eye injections of the drug Avastin, used to treat retinal diseases, bring no greater risk of endophthalmitis, a potentially blinding eye infection, than injections with the much more expensive drug...
View ArticleMesenchymal stem cell exosomes offer hope in healing chronic wounds
Dr. Badiavas’ research demonstrates how mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) exosomes, cell-derived vesicles that exist in biological fluids, function to repair non-healing wounds.
View ArticleTransplanting mesenchymal stromal cells derived from amniotic membranes can...
A team of researchers in South Korea has successfully transplanted mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) derived from human amniotic membranes of the placenta (AMSCs) into laboratory mice modeled with...
View ArticleFDA, EMA accept filing applications for Boehringer Ingelheim's afatinib to...
Boehringer Ingelheim today announced that both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency have accepted filing applications for afatinib for the treatment of patients with...
View ArticleTissue adhesive porous films promote angiogenesis without using growth factors
A research group led by Tetsushi Taguchi, a MANA Scientist at the Biomaterials Unit, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), NIMS, has developed tissue adhesive porous films that...
View ArticleTMIGD1 protein could be a novel target for restoring kidney function from...
A new discovery by Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers may change how kidney disease is treated in the future.
View ArticleHutchison MediPharma achieves primary endpoint in POC Phase II study to treat...
Hutchison China MediTech Limited today announces that Hutchison MediPharma Limited ("HMP"), its drug R&D subsidiary, successfully achieved the primary endpoint in the second proof-of-concept...
View ArticleNew study reveals pivotal role of miR-506 biomarker in gastric cancer
Gastric cancer poses a significant health problem in developing countries and is typically associated with late-stage diagnosis and high mortality. A new study in The American Journal of Pathology...
View ArticleSimple stem cell production method shows promise in mice for treating IPF
In a small pilot study, researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated a rapid, simple way to generate large numbers of lung stem cells for use in disease treatment. This method of...
View ArticleLuteolin may reduce risk of breast cancer in some women, find MU researchers
More than 100 women die from breast cancer every day in the United States. The odds increase in postmenopausal women who have taken a combined estrogen and progestin hormone replacement therapy; these...
View ArticleMatricellular proteins may be key therapeutic targets for common ocular...
A special issue of Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics highlights the latest research on matricellular proteins, which play a critical role in inflammation and blood vessel formation in the...
View ArticleClinical trial data from Array BioPharma's binimetinib and encorafenib...
Clinical trial results from Array BioPharma's wholly-owned MEK inhibitor, binimetinib, and BRAF inhibitor, encorafenib, were presented this weekend at the European Society of Medical Oncology's annual...
View ArticleSeno completes PIONEER Pivotal Study of non-invasive Imagio breast imaging...
Seno Medical Instruments, Inc., the company pioneering the development of opto-acoustic technology as a new tool to improve the process of diagnosing breast cancer, announced today it has completed the...
View ArticleNovel ligand peptide-mimic inhibits abnormal overgrowth of blood vessels, may...
An international research team led by scientists at the University of New Mexico Cancer Center discovered and developed a novel ligand peptide-mimic that inhibits abnormal overgrowth of blood vessels...
View ArticleNAM announces election of three new members from UC San Diego School of Medicine
The National Academy of Medicine announced today the election of three new members from University of California, San Diego School of Medicine: Napoleone Ferrara, MD; Christopher K. Glass, MD, PhD; and...
View ArticleGriffith University uncovers first 3-D image of protein linked to cancer spread
Griffith University's Institute for Glycomics has made scientific history by determining the first three-dimensional image of a protein linked to the spread of cancer.
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