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Researchers led by at team at NYU Grossman School of Medicine have developed an antibody-based treatment for a form of congenital myasthenia (CM), which rescued the affected mice from early death, and reversed…
Read guide →Researchers have turned back the molecular clock by infusing the blood stem cells of old mice with a longevity gene and rejuvenating the aged stem cells’ regenerative potential. The University of California, B…
Read guide →Notch and MAPK may be key players in repair of aging muscle tissue, according to study in EMBO Molecular Medicine. Certain biochemical pathways have been linked to the aging of human muscle. By manipulating th…
Read guide →Preemie brains hold specialized cells in reserve that can repair brain injury suffered early in life, a research team led by Children’s National Health System reports Dec. 19 in Nature Communications. [Childre…
Read guide →Company will provide genetically engineered protein polymers. Protein Polymer Technologies (PPTI) will provide genetically engineered protein polymers to the University of Arizona Department of Aerospace and M…
Read guide →Company can now produce squences 1-44 to 1-49. Because of a C-terminus sequence composed primarily of hydrophobic amino acids, beta-amyloid peptides with sequences 1-44 to 1-48 have not been commercially avail…
Read guide →The human acidic fibroblast growth factor acts as angiogenic agent. CardioVascular BioTherapeutics received approval on its patent describing the technology to produce human acidic fibroblast growth factor, it…
Read guide →July 1, 2005 (Vol. 25, No. 13) Next-Generation Therapeutics Likely to Emerge from this Promising Field Although protein drug discovery is still a new field, many companies are developing sophisticated technolo…
Read guide →Calibrant’s Gemini proteomics discovery technology will be used. Calibrant Biosystems and Yale University School of Medicine will work together to identify ovarian and breast cancer drug targets. Under this re…
Read guide →Phase I trials for two small molecules anticipated to begin in 2009. Arno Therapeutics entered into worldwide, exclusive license agreements with The Ohio State University to develop and commercialize novel, or…
Read guide →Team expects to launch a test based on the IP-10 marker this year. Plasma levels of the protein IP-10 predict , prior to therapy initiation, the efficacy of treating chronic hepatitis C infection with pegylate…
Read guide →Approval of Rhucin/Ruconest in Europe is imminent, firm claims, with BLA filing planned by year-end. Santarus is to pay Pharming $15 million up front as part of an agreement for development and commercializati…
Read guide →Antibody-based system allows cellular delivery of macromolecules via ENT2 transporter. 4s3 Bioscience raised $20 million through a Series A financing round with KLP Enterprises to fund further development of i…
Read guide →Partners aim to generate ventricular heart cells from 250 iPSC lines for genetic research. Cellular Dynamics and the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) have been awarded a $6.25 million grant over five years t…
Read guide →Understanding process of bone and cartilage tissue regeneration remains a challenge. Scientists at four U.K. universities have been awarded £4 million ($6.27 million) by the U.K.’s Biotechnology and Biological…
Read guide →The gene variant has been linked to cardiovascular risk and benefit with statin therapy. Celera and Medco Health Solutions will work together to evaluate whether testing for a gene variant called KIF6 increase…
Read guide →BGM will measure a biomarker for advanced stages of the disease in a Phase II study. BG Medicine (BGM) will help Cordex Pharma with its Phase II trial of CDP-1050 in heart failure patients. The company will me…
Read guide →Team was able to identify 10 out of 11 ARVC samples and 10 out of 11 that did not have the condition, according to study in NEJM. Investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have developed an…
Read guide →Paper in Annals of Neurology describes study that coupled beta-amyloid, tau, and APOE4 gene. Scientists from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) report that they have confirmed the role of t…
Read guide →Startup’s technology enables extraction and crystallization of membrane proteins in their native state. French membrane proteins specialist Calixar raised €875,000 (about $1.1 million) in an initial round of f…
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