All Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

‘Lonely’ bacteria lead to antibiotic resistance
Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 May 2014
Smaller groups of bacteria are more likely to become resistant to antibiotics than larger groups su…

Antidepressants affect aquatic life
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Apr 2014
The presence of antidepressants in our aquatic ecosystem is threatening wildlife, affecting its beh…

Mechanism of antibiotic resistance revealed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Apr 2014
Antibiotic resistance represents a serious threat to human health, and researchers in London have t…

Ubiquibodies mark proteins for destruction
Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Mar 2014
A newly engineered type of antibody fragment which mark specific proteins inside a cell with a mole…

Merm1 cancer target
Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Mar 2014
A newly-discovered enzyme is supressed in cancer and lung inflammation and could help in the develo…

Understanding chromatography saves pharma big money
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Mar 2014
By fine tuning a critical process in drug manufacture, researchers at Rice University say they can …

Prostate cancer drugs ‘not treating root cause’
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Mar 2014
New drugs aimed at treating prostate cancer may not be targeting the root cause of the disease say …

On-demand nano-vaccines
Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Feb 2014
Vaccines produced on the spot when and where a disease is breaking out might be possible thanks to …

Chemical structures transferred to public domain
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Jan 2014
Patented chemical structures are to be transferred to the public domain, giving researchers access …

Breaking the blood-brain barrier
Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Oct 2013
Scientists from the University of Oxford have broken the blood-brain barrier, allowing cancer drugs…

‘Writing’ artificial membranes on graphene
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Oct 2013
Graphene has emerged as a versatile new surface on which to assemble model cell membranes mimicking…

Polypill key to preventative medicine
Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Sep 2013
Taking several pills for one condition is an undesirable but necessary scenario for many, but a new…

Norwegian bacteria make super sunscreen
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Sep 2013
Bacteria living in Trondheim Fjord can provide humans with better protection against skin cancer an…

Neutron studies reveal HIV drug mechanism weaker than assumed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Sep 2013
Neutron studies of an HIV enzyme and its inhibitor have revealed new areas for improvement in drug …

Dengue disease findings could influence anti-viral drugs
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Aug 2013
A new study into Dengue, an insect-borne tropical disease that infects up to 390 million worldwide …

UK leads the way in ‘legal high’ analysis
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jul 2013
A team at the University of Lincoln, UK, is leading the way in new research aimed at detecting the …

Neutrons reveal potential dangers of pharma’s golden bullet
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Jun 2013
Gold nanoparticles are projected to be the ‘magic bullet’ of drug delivery, but scientists working …

Safer foot-and-mouth vaccine developed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Mar 2013
Researchers from Diamond Light Source and The Pirbright Institute have developed a safer vaccine fo…

Neutron scattering reveals drug mechanism
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Dec 2012
New insights into the origin of the side effects of an antifungal drug have been provided by neutro…

Nanoparticles combat ageing
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Nov 2012
Spanish scientists have developed a nanodevice that may have applications in the future development…