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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…

‘Call for Targets’ of respiratory diseases

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Mar 2015

MRC Technology has announced a ‘call for targets’ to find new therapeutics for the treatment of res…

Smart drugs impair the healthy

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Nov 2014

Smart drugs won’t make smart people smarter suggests new research from the University of Nottingham…

Longitude Prize open for entries

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Nov 2014

The Longitude Prize to tackle resistance to antibiotics has opened today, 18 November.!--more-- En…

Anthrax is new drug delivery vehicle

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Oct 2014

Anthrax doesn’t seem like the go-to vehicle for delivering cancer drugs, but researchers from MIT h…

Autism therapy could eliminate symptoms

Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Sep 2014

A new therapy aimed at treating infants as young as 6-months-old who exhibit signs of autism has sh…

New heart drug beats current gold standard

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Sep 2014

Clinical trials of a new drug to treat heart failure were brought to an early close after results s…

Fast-tracked Ebola vaccine to enter trials

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Aug 2014

A potential vaccine against the Zaire species of Ebola, which has currently claimed 1,550 lives in …

Thin-film technique for delivering pain medication

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Aug 2014

For those who suffer chronic pain, frequent pill popping helps ease the discomfort but a new advanc…

Treating cancer with wasp venom

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Aug 2014

Wasp venom is proving to be a novel source of inspiration for a new therapy for breast cancer.!--mo…

New clue to sudden cardiac death in children

Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Aug 2014

Cardiff University researchers have discovered a cause of sudden cardiac death in young children, o…

Daily aspirin could keep cancer away

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Aug 2014

Taking aspirin daily could significantly reduce the risk of developing major cancers of the digesti…

Hope for sufferers of rare childhood disease

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Jul 2014

Scientists as Newcastle University have taken the first step toward treating the rare childhood dis…