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Researchers develop ‘Trojan horse’ chemo drug delivery system pharmaceutical-technology
July 19, 2019
Northwestern University researchers have developed a drug delivery system that can disguise chemotherapy drugs as fat, meaning that tumours readily consume them, the drugs are then activated to suppress tumour growth and eventually the tumour dies.
Researchers develop new opioid with faster results and fewer side effects pharmaceutical-technology.
May 24, 2019
Researchers at Tulane University, US, have developed a new opioid that works quicker than morphine and other opioid painkillers, and does not produce the same pain sensitivity and addiction.
Largest study to date finds no link between MMR vaccination and autism pharmaceutical-technology
March 06, 2019
Researchers at the Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, the University of Copenhagen and Stanford University School of Medicine have completed the largest study so far disproving and invalidating the idea that having the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) va
HKBU researchers invent medical device using nanotechnology biospectrumasia
October 17, 2018
Making use of the proprietary invention, the team has established Mat-A-Cell Limited with the aim of providing an advanced device to research institutions and companies that develop cell therapy.
Canadian researchers to convert any blood group to Type O biospectrumasia
October 15, 2018
Using a technique called metagenomics, the team was able to take a large amount of microbes from a sample of human faeces and get a snapshot of all the DNA found in the gut.
Researchers develop rapid test for infectious diseases biospectrumasia
October 15, 2018
The test shows the presence of infectious diseases by searching for certain antibodies in the blood.
Researchers identify brain metals that may precipitate Alzheimer’s pharmaceutical-technology
June 28, 2018
A research team including members from Warwick’s School of Engineering has identified and characterised certain brain metals that may precipitate the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
Researchers find link between allergen in red meat and heart disease worldpharmanews
June 20, 2018
A team of researchers says it has linked sensitivity to an allergen in red meat to the buildup of plaque in the arteries of the heart.
Essential malaria parasite genes revealed cphi-online
May 10, 2018
Researchers have exploited a quirk in the genetic make-up of the deadly malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, to create 38,000 mutant strains and then determine which of the organism’s genes are essential to its growth and survival.