Painkiller use during pregnancy linked to reduced fertility in offspring Indomethacin and paracetamol use in female rats results in offspring having low ovary weights and reduced litter sizes.…
Researchers unravel function of HIV defence protein Researchers investigate why TRIM5α protein lost ability to degrade HIV in rhesus monkey study.…
Side effects of Parkinson’s treatment reduced by blocking brain protein Targeting p11 protein in dopamine-responsive region of the brain shows promise in mouse model of Parkinson’s disease.…
Experimental compound mimics antidepressant effects of ketamine in mice Researchers hope CGP3466B will lead to the development of faster-acting antidepressants.…
Drug discovery database updated with 3D data A drug discovery database containing billions of experimental measurements mapping the actions of drugs on human proteins has been updated to include three dimensional data.…
Protein findings hint towards cancer metastasis mechanism Researchers have discovered that an important component of the actin cytoskeleton, which plays a key role in cancer metastasis, has more than one isoform.…
Q&A: Conducting an Ebola vaccine trial in Guinea in record time John-Arne Røttingen tells his story about the Ebola vaccine trial in Guinea, made possible through an unforeseen international collaboration and elaborates on why further collaboration is needed in the future.…
Gene editing used to treat muscular dystrophy in mice CRISPR/Cas9 system injected into muscle or bloodstream restored function of dystrophin gene, marking an important step in gene therapy research.…
Chemical reverses effects of ageing disease progeria in human skin cells Study finds methylene blue can rescue mitochondrial defects in both progeria and normal skin cells.…
Cancer metastasis could be prevented with immune-blocking strategy Researchers find immune system involved in metastasis-boosting microenvironment in mice.…
