Neuromuscular diseases (NMDs) are chronic and so far incurable conditions that gradually affect patients' muscles, leading to potentially severe disabilities. Biomedical researchers are busy looking for the diseases' Achilles' heel.

According to pharmaceutical and healthcare market research company Manhattan Research, U.S. nurses believe they considerably influence patients' health decisions and behavior.

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced an agreement to develop a nanopore-based technology that will directly read and sequence human DNA quickly and efficiently.

Pharmaceutical and healthcare market research company Manhattan Research releases Taking the Pulse® Nurses v10.0, the latest iteration of its study focused on how nurses use digital resources, handheld devices, and other technologies in the professional setting.

The increased cost of drug development has impelled pharmaceutical companies to seek better opportunities in emerging markets to successfully expand and sell their products.

Scientists have devised a way to automate and accelerate a manual, complex process that enables researchers to more easily discover the structure of cancer-related proteins, and, eventually, formulate cancer cures. This new, automated approach may also help the exploration of other diseases and food-related research.

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