EU-funded study investigates kidney regeneration potential
A paper published in The Lancet journal, as part of a series on renal medicine, has questioned if kidney regeneration may be possible in human beings as it is in fish and other lower vertebrates.
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Orphan Drugs to Create Paradigm Shift in the Pharmaceutical Industry
The economic recovery process has proved difficult for the pharmaceutical industry. Factors like patent expiry, dry pipeline, and strict approval guidelines, have slowed down the attractive drug discovery and industry growth. Coupled with an investment risk in new therapy or molecules, this creates a challenge for the industry to overcome.
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Two Compounds Discovered that Pave the Way for New Class of AIDS Drug
According to the World Health Organization, about 33 million people currently live with HIV infections. Several drugs used to treat AIDS inhibit this HIV protease target, but drug-resistant mutants that impede the effectiveness of these drugs keep appearing and getting worse.
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Electronic Clinical Decision Support for Middle Eastern Hospitals
Hospitals in the Middle East are set to benefit from sophisticated electronic clinical decision support following the commercial agreement between First DataBank International (FDB International) and GE Healthcare (GE).
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Google Announces Public Data Explorer
Google announces an addition to Google Labs - the Public Data Explorer. The purpose of the new tool, Google says on the new lab's page, "The Google Public Data Explorer makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate.
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MitoTarget Launches New Online Resource for Physicians and Sufferers from Rare Illness ALS
Trophos, the pharmaceutical company specialising in therapies for orphan diseases including ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease), announces, on behalf of the MitoTarget consortium, the launch of MitoTarget Online. The multilingual web-based resource aims to be the first point of call for all of those affected by ALS.
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EU-funded researchers sequence human gut microbe genome
EU-funded researchers have sequenced the genome of the community of microbes that lives in our guts. The study sheds new light on the influence of these microbes on our health and could lead to the development of new treatments and diagnostic tests for a variety of diseases.
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