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BIOCITECH, Seine-Saint-Denis CCI announce winners of first BIOCITECH Funding Day

BIOCITECH, the city complex for healthcare and biotechnology businesses and the Seine-Saint-Denis Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), today announce the three winners of the first BIOCITECH Funding Day.

27 Jun 2015

New Internet tool may help analyze genes based on their evolutionary profile

Two major revolutions, one genomic and one in informatics, are completely changing the face of biomedical research. Every day all over the world, millions of genetic sequences -- from disease-related genes to complete genomes of plants, animals, bacteria and viruses -- are resolved, identified and dissected.

26 Jun 2015

University of Pittsburgh surgeon receives Anthony Cerami Award in Translational Medicine

The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and Molecular Medicine announced today that the fourth Anthony Cerami Award in Translational Medicine will be conferred to Thomas E. Starzl, MD, PhD, professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The award is in recognition of his research in organ transplantation and alloengraftment mechanisms.

26 Jun 2015

Researchers determine underlying barriers to carrying out effective clinical trials in Parkinson's disease

Despite an urgent need for new medications, clinical trials in Parkinson's disease (PD) have a relatively low rate of success.

25 Jun 2015

Univercell-Biosolutions opens center of expertise with industrial, standardized approach to hiPSC production

Univercell-Biosolutions, a leading provider of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) and hiPS derived product cells for drug discovery, today announces the opening of a center of expertise with an industrial and standardized approach to hiPSC production.

25 Jun 2015

Sanford-Burnham gets $100 million gift from Conrad Prebys

Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) announced today that it has received a gift of $100 million from prominent San Diego developer, philanthropist, and Sanford-Burnham honorary trustee Conrad Prebys.

24 Jun 2015

Digital map of ageing brain could aid diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, other neurodegenerative disorders

A digital map of the ageing brain could aid the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders in older people, a study suggests.

24 Jun 2015

Genetic Alliance, Claritas Genomics team up to help patients and families participate in rare disease research

Today Claritas Genomics and Genetic Alliance announced a partnership to help patients and families find and participate in relevant research opportunities that will advance understanding of individual genetic disorders and development of new therapies.

24 Jun 2015

AGA Research Foundation raises $10.5 million to support GI research

The American Gastroenterological Association is pleased to announce that the AGA Research Foundation has raised more than $10.5 million to support digestive disease and hepatology research through the Looking Forward: Giving Back endowment campaign.

24 Jun 2015

Drug discovery experts receive £3m to find new treatments for Alzheimer's disease

Funding worth nearly half a million pounds will unite academics at the University of Southampton with drug discovery experts at the medical research charity MRC Technology, to target the immune system in the hunt for new treatments for Alzheimer's disease.

19 Jun 2015

Survey finds first evidence of MRSA in sausages, minced pork from supermarkets in the UK

A survey carried out earlier this year has found the first evidence of the 'superbug' bacteria Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in sausages and minced pork obtained from supermarkets in the UK. However, researchers stress that this does not pose a significant immediate risk to the public.

19 Jun 2015

Researchers find new way to potentially stop progression of late-stage cancers

An international research team led by Mayo Clinic oncologists has found a new way to identify and possibly stop the progression of many late-stage cancers, including bladder, blood, bone, brain, lung and kidney.

18 Jun 2015

AstraZeneca, Inserm to investigate new therapeutic approaches to type 2 diabetes, CKD

AstraZeneca today announced a three-year research collaboration with the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) to investigate new therapeutic approaches totype 2 diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease.

18 Jun 2015

Canadian and Israeli researchers meet to discuss underlying mechanisms that drive pancreatic cancer

Leading Canadian and Israeli scientists gathered at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Faculty of Medicine to attend a forum on pancreatic cancer research and help dedicate the Alex U. Soyka Pancreatic Cancer Research Project.

18 Jun 2015

Atopix raises additional development capital to investigate OC459 for treatment of asthma

Atopix Therapeutics Limited, a UK biopharmaceutical company developing a novel class of medicines to treat atopic dermatitis and severe asthma, today announced that it has raised additional development capital to advance its lead product OC459 for the treatment of asthma.

17 Jun 2015

Researchers assemble full genome of living organism using Oxford Nanopore's MinIONTM device

Researchers in Canada and the U.K. have for the first time sequenced and assembled de novo the full genome of a living organism, the bacteria Escherichia Coli, using Oxford Nanopore's MinIONTM device, a genome sequencer that can fit in the palm of your hand.

17 Jun 2015

CQDM, OCE grant $1.5M to speed up drug discovery and development in Quebec-Ontario Life Sciences Corridor

CQDM and Ontario Centres of Excellence will fund five highly innovative and unconventional game-changing research and development projects to accelerate drug discovery in the Quebec-Ontario Life Sciences Corridor. Partners are granting $1.5M to Quebec-based and, for the first time, Ontario-based researchers thanks to the partnership with OCE through CQDM's 2014 Explore Program, one of CQDM's flagship programs focusing on early concept validation of cutting-edge technologies that address the most crucial needs in drug discovery and development.

17 Jun 2015

NYU Langone receives $25 million to establish Fresco Institute for PD and movement disorders

NYU Langone Medical Center today announced that the Paolo and Marlene Fresco Foundation (Fresco Foundation) has generously given $25 million to establish the international Marlene and Paolo Fresco Institute for Parkinson's & Movement Disorders.

16 Jun 2015

Innovative programme reduces teachers’ violence in Ugandan primary schools

An innovative programme of activities used in Ugandan primary schools has succeeded in reducing violence by teachers against children by 42%, according to new research published in The Lancet Global Health. The study is published on 16 June, the Day of the African Child.

15 Jun 2015

Researchers discover new aspect of gene regulation

Researchers at the Max F. Perutz Laboratories of the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna as well as at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna have discovered an entirely new aspect of gene regulation they call exitron splicing.

12 Jun 2015

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BIOCITECH, Seine-Saint-Denis CCI announce winners of first BIOCITECH Funding Day

New Internet tool may help analyze genes based on their evolutionary profile

University of Pittsburgh surgeon receives Anthony Cerami Award in Translational Medicine

Researchers determine underlying barriers to carrying out effective clinical trials in Parkinson's disease

Univercell-Biosolutions opens center of expertise with industrial, standardized approach to hiPSC production

Sanford-Burnham gets $100 million gift from Conrad Prebys

Digital map of ageing brain could aid diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, other neurodegenerative disorders

Genetic Alliance, Claritas Genomics team up to help patients and families participate in rare disease research

AGA Research Foundation raises $10.5 million to support GI research

Drug discovery experts receive £3m to find new treatments for Alzheimer's disease

Survey finds first evidence of MRSA in sausages, minced pork from supermarkets in the UK

Researchers find new way to potentially stop progression of late-stage cancers

AstraZeneca, Inserm to investigate new therapeutic approaches to type 2 diabetes, CKD

Canadian and Israeli researchers meet to discuss underlying mechanisms that drive pancreatic cancer

Atopix raises additional development capital to investigate OC459 for treatment of asthma

Researchers assemble full genome of living organism using Oxford Nanopore's MinIONTM device

CQDM, OCE grant $1.5M to speed up drug discovery and development in Quebec-Ontario Life Sciences Corridor

NYU Langone receives $25 million to establish Fresco Institute for PD and movement disorders

Innovative programme reduces teachers’ violence in Ugandan primary schools

Researchers discover new aspect of gene regulation

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Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

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