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New treatment to combat antibiotic resistance

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Nov 2016

Researchers have discovered antimicrobial peptides that can kill bacteria resistant to existing ant…

Receptor successfully isolated to tackle Alzheimer’s

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Sep 2016

Scientists have discovered that blocking a specific part of an ion channel can prevent the memory l…

CRACK IT launch their annual challenges

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Sep 2016

The 2016 CRACK IT Challenges to improve business processes have been announced and will be launched…

Novel method for producing antibiotic introduced

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 May 2016

Scientists from the University of Bristol have developed a new method for producing an antibiotic.

Promising phase I Ebola trials

Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 May 2016

Scientists involved in Phase I trials for an Ebola vaccine have described recent results as very pr…

Antibiotic resistance solution proposed

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 May 2016

A group of US scientists are confident the key to tackling antibiotic resistant bacteria is already…

Hybrid drug use prevents malarial resistance

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Apr 2016

Scientists from the National University of Singapore have developed a new drug to combat the rise o…

Anti-cancer drugs eliminate Legionnaires' disease

Evoluted New Media | Added: 31 Mar 2016

Cancer drugs have shown potential after being repurposed to fight the bacteria responsible for Legi…

Mosquitoes’ reproductive cycle potential drug target

Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Mar 2016

US scientists are looking at ways to influence how mosquitoes mate to control the diseases they spr…

Antidepressants double suicide risk in children

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Feb 2016

Children and teenagers who take one of the five most commonly prescribed antidepressants have a dou…

Cholesterol reducing drug could positively affect Parkinson’s

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Jan 2016

A trial has begun in the UK to see the effects of cholesterol lowering drug, Simvastin, in those af…

Antibiotic resistance could hold key for treating amyloid diseases

Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Jan 2016

Researchers have discovered a method of using antibiotic resistance to find chemicals that stop amy…

Antidepressants show effect on lifespan

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Jan 2016

Scientists have begun to understand more about the effects of ageing through experiments on the lif…

Metformin affects diabetic trial studies

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Dec 2015

Metformin has been found to have a stronger effect on gut flora than diabetes Type 2, the condition…

Protein found to affect HA efficacy

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Dec 2015

Hyaluronic acid (HA), used to treat osteoarthritis, could be modified to become even more useful fo…

Novel therapies against parasitic diseases win Nobel Prize

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Oct 2015

A novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites has won William Campbell and Satos…

MenB vaccination programme launched  

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Sep 2015

A new vaccination programme has been launched today which offers children protection against mening…

Chemical Probes Portal

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Aug 2015

New website – Chemical Probes Portal – has been launched to help researchers choose better quality …

‘Megafund’ to boost drug development

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jul 2015

The Mayor of London – Boris Johnson – is planning to create a £10 billion ‘megafund’ to make the se…

‘Drug Discovery Booster’ for neglected diseases

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Jul 2015

The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) and four pharmaceutical companies have announced…