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PDL BioPharma has acquired exclusive worldwide rights to two antihypertension drugs from Novartis through an investment in a new majority-owned subsidiary. PDL said yesterday it will invest up to $294 million …
Read guide →Peptide therapeutics developer Rhythm Pharmaceuticals said today its subsidiary won a $1 million research grant from the FDA Office of Orphan Products Development toward an ongoing Phase II study of its MC4 ag…
Read guide →It's long been known that tau is a key brain protein involved in Alzheimer's disease and other brain diseases. Aggregates of tau, known as neurofibrillary tangles, have been associated with nerve cell death an…
Read guide →Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has ended a 2.5-year, up-to-$410 million-plus collaboration with Sosei Group’s Heptares Therapeutics subsidiary to develop and commercialize Heptares’ lead candidate HTL0022562 a…
Read guide →New research from investigators at Cornell University not only uncovered how two highly lethal viruses have greater pathogenic potential when their proteins are combined but may have also stumbled upon potenti…
Read guide →Brain imaging studies by scientists at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggest that a particular serotonin receptor may be involved in the mechanism by which low a low dose of the anesthetic drug, ketamine…
Read guide →Scientists at Scripps Research say they have comprehensively mapped how a key class of proteins within cells regulates signals coming in from cell surface receptors. The study reveals, among other things, that…
Read guide →One person's side effect could be another person's treatment if we expand our perspective on small molecule drug targets, according to a new study published November 5, 2025, in npj Precision Oncology. "The ki…
Read guide →Researchers at DTU have developed a new method that can reduce the time needed to find new bacteria for fermentation. They have now identified a bacterium that can be used both for acidification and to increas…
Read guide →One of the major challenges in cancer research and clinical care is understanding the molecular basis for therapeutic resistance as a major cause of long term treatment failures. In cases of melanoma, the main…
Read guide →About 30% of all respiratory tract infections are caused by coronaviruses, leading to widespread illnesses and, in some cases, to epidemic and even pandemic outbreaks, as we experienced with the COVID-19 pande…
Read guide →In obese pregnant rats, chia seed enrichment helped shift omega-3 metabolism, increasing DHA availability in maternal tissues, placenta, and fetal brain lipid profiles during a critical developmental window. S…
Read guide →IRB Study Number 22-666 Status Recruiting Institute Taussig Cancer Institute Description Primary Objective To characterize the safety, tolerability, and maximum tolerated dose/recommended dose for expansion of…
Read guide →Having higher levels of vitamin D in the blood in middle age is associated with lower levels of tau protein in the brain, which is a sign of dementia, years later, according to a study published April 1, 2026,…
Read guide →Side Effects of Hemp Protein Hemp protein is packed with benefits. Research shows that hempseeds have a nutty taste and can provide essential amino and fatty acids, along with other minerals, fibers, and vitam…
Read guide →Experimental drug NU-9 - a small molecule compound approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clinical trials for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - improves neuron health …
Read guide →Dr. Damian Young, investigator at Texas Children's Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) and director of the Center for Drug Discovery at Baylor College of Medicine, along with collaborators has …
Read guide →Numerous treatment options for COVID-19 have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over the last four years, including antiviral drugs and monoclonal antibodies that suppress an excessive immu…
Read guide →An international clinical study led by the Medical University of Vienna shows that the drug patritumab deruxtecan (HER3-DXd) can have a promising effect in patients with active brain metastases of various tumo…
Read guide →Breast milk from mothers on antidepressants or anti-inflammatory drugs shows reduced protein and fat levels In a recent study published in the JAMA Network Open, a group of researchers investigated the associa…
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