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A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine conducted a trial of lixisenatide to assess its effects in early Parkinson’s disease. Study: Trial of Lixisenatide in Early Parkinson’s Disease. …
Read guide →A global research team maps how rare and common gene variants jointly drive obesity and metabolic disease, offering fresh clues for equitable, personalized prevention and treatment. Study: Discovery of obesity…
Read guide →Researchers have reported results from the first-ever clinical trial of a new class of targeted therapy in pet cats with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)-a cancer which is notoriously deadly and d…
Read guide →New research has shown that GLP‑1 weight-loss drugs deliver protection against heart attacks, strokes and premature death over a sustained period of time. Researchers from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) analyz…
Read guide →Widely used diabetes and obesity drugs show powerful heart-protective effects in high-risk patients, offering new momentum for their role in reducing cardiovascular deaths. Study: The long-term cardiovascular …
Read guide →THE world's largest database for cancer drug discovery has been revolutionised by adding 3D structures of faulty proteins and maps of cancer's communication networks, according to Cancer Research UK-funded res…
Read guide →Like many other conditions, obesity is caused by an interplay between genetic and environmental factors. While efforts to combat the obesity epidemic will need to include changes in diet and exercise, insights…
Read guide →In studies with genetically engineered mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have identified a potentially new biological target involving Aplp1, a cell surface protein that drives the spread of Pa…
Read guide →Using tiny particles shaped like bottlebrushes, MIT chemists have found a way to deliver a large range of chemotherapy drugs directly to tumor cells. To guide them to the right location, each particle contains…
Read guide →While physicians and scientists have long known Alzheimer's disease involves the buildup of toxic protein fragments in the brain, they have struggled to understand how these harmful fragments are produced. Now…
Read guide →For many of us "protein" is the key element of a food order. However, beyond your preferred choice of meats or plant-based alternatives, proteins encompass a large class of complex biomolecules whose chemical …
Read guide →Even when medication is paired with diet and exercise, people may still feel their weight loss is less earned. A new study shows how effort-based bias can shape judgment, stigma, and social penalties around an…
Read guide →14.1 (POB) Methionine Has Only One Codon. Methionine is one of the two amino acids having only one codon. Yet the single codon for methionine can specify both the initiating residue and interior Met residues o…
Read guide →We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Adam Davenport as Chief Scientific Officer to spearhead our integrated drug discovery offering for biotech and pharmaceutical partners. Bringing over 25 years o…
Read guide →An international team of researchers led by the University of California San Diego has developed a new strategy to enhance pharmaceutical production in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, which are commonly use…
Read guide →The investigational drug tonlamarsen—which is designed to lower blood pressure by reducing the production of angiotensinogen, a protein that turns into the hormone that regulates blood pressure—caused a signif…
Read guide →New research found that supplementing maternal diet with α-tocopherol, a form of vitamin E, can reduce the development of food allergy and anaphylaxis in newborn mice. The prevalence of food allergy in childre…
Read guide →A new analysis to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026, Istanbul, Turkey, 12-15 May) examined daily oral orforglipron treatment for the treatment of obesity, with or without diabe…
Read guide →A new study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry has revealed that drug Remdesivir could be useful in treating the deadly COVID-19 or the novel coronavirus that is infecting tens of thousands of pe…
Read guide →In just two neutron experiments, scientists discovered remarkable details about the function of an enzyme that can aid drug design for aggressive cancers. The scientists, working at the Department of Energy's …
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