University of York scientists are part of an international team which has discovered how a parasite responsible for spreading a
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Nanomaterial created that is both twisted and untwisted at the same time: The material allows for incredibly sensitive detection of the direction molecules twist
A new nanomaterial developed by scientists at the University of Bath could solve a conundrum faced by scientists probing some
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Liquid biopsies reveal genetic alterations linked to cancer drug resistance
Many patients see their tumors shrink in response to a drug, only to have them come back with a vengeance
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Novel approach leads to potential sepsis prevention in burn patients: Study demonstrates possibility of treating antibiotic-resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa
Immediately following severe burns, bacteria reach the wound from different sources, including the patient’s skin, gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tracts and
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Discovery of anti-opioid pathway offers new route to designing safer pain medications: Innovative worm study provides new insights into genetics of addiction-prone drugs
A team at Scripps Research in Florida has discovered a biological system that manages cells’ response to opioid drug exposure.
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Turbo chip for drug development
In spite of increasing demand, the number of newly developed drugs decreased continuously in the past decades. The search for
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Immunotherapy could work against bowel cancers resistant to important targeted treatment
Patients with bowel cancer who have stopped responding to a widely used targeted drug could benefit from immunotherapy, a major
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How human cells react to external signals and further process them
Researchers from Heidelberg University and Sendai University in Japan used new biotechnological methods to study how human cells react to
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Breakthrough process to create cancer-killing drugs: New technique could produce treatments for wide variety of diseases
A research team at Dartmouth College has developed a new strategy for drug discovery and development that can be used
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Petting zoos could potentially transmit highly virulent drug-resistant bacteria to visitors
New research presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Amsterdam, Netherlands (13-16 April)
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