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Laboratory News new issue: is science publishing too obsessed with citation?

October 5, 2025
News
Science publishing has become too focused on achieving citations at the expense of advancing knowledge, claims an industry critic.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Cell Biology, Chemistry, Drug Discovery, Health, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Molecular Biology, Policy
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Molecule demonstrates success controlling Parkinson’s-associated protein behaviour

October 5, 2025
News
A so-called peptide switch developed by university scientists could offer a means to prevent the build-up of the alpha-synuclein protein associated with the development of Parkinson’s disease, say the scientists...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Cell Biology, Drug Discovery, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Neuroscience, Pharmaceutical
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Saving lives, protecting livelihoods

September 29, 2025
Insight
Zoonotic disease Nipah virus (NiV) killed more than 100 people in a 1999 Malaysian outbreak. Simon Graham outlines his work to establish an international consortium that aims to develop a...
Chemistry, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biology, Comment And Analysis, Drug Discovery, Health, Health & Safety, Immunology, Medical/Health, Pharmaceutical, Physics, Policy
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Scaffolding cells could be key to targeting diseases, says study

September 27, 2025
News
Fibroblasts which produce proteins vital to the framework for the body’s cells and tissues could provide a universal drug target against a range of diseases, suggests newly-published research.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Cell Biology, Drug Discovery, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharmacology
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Huntington’s result ‘could boost’ ALS/frontotemporal dementia therapy

September 25, 2025
News
Recent clinical success in combatting the effects of Huntington’s disease could herald wider advances in treating a range of other resistant conditions, says a spokesman for leading gene sequencing biotech...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Cell Biology, Drug Discovery, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Neuroscience, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Research identifies a culprit behind cancer immunotherapy failures

September 20, 2025
News
A joint UK-Finland academic project has provided new evidence about a longstanding cancer treatment issue: why does immunotherapy fail for many patients?
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Oncology, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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ABPI and NCUB: lack of competitiveness undermining UK life sciences

September 13, 2025
News
Britain’s place as a global leader in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors has plunged in recent years, suggests a new industry report.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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Psychedelics compounds used to combat inflammatory conditions

September 6, 2025
News
Birmingham researchers aim to establish whether psychedelic drugs can be harnessed to combat neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Chemistry, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Neuroscience, Pharmaceutical
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Protein inhibitor offers potential to counter advance of brain tumours

August 23, 2025
News
Drugs that prevent the body from clearing parts of brain cells damaged by cancer could help slow tumour progression, according to a new study.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Life Sciences, Oncology, Pharmacology
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Generative AI boost in battle against drug resistance

August 14, 2025
News
Generative AI has enabled the creation of novel antibiotics capable of killing two highly drug resistant infections.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Covid-19, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Health, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical/Health, Molecular Biology, Pharmaceutical, Policy
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