Some ‘healthy’ vegetable oils may actually increase risk of heart disease
Some vegetable oils that claim to be healthy may actually increase the risk of heart disease, and Health Canada should reconsider cholesterol-lowering claims on...
Discovery may lead to new treatments for allergic diseases
A collaboration among researchers in Israel and the United States has resulted in the discovery of a new pathway that has broad implications for...
Breakthrough by researchers could lead to new treatment for heart attack
The stop and start of blood flow to the heart during and after a heart attack causes severe damage to heart cells, reducing their...
Stem cell breakthrough could set up future transplant therapies
A new method for creating stem cells for the human liver and pancreas, which could enable both cell types to be grown in sufficient...
International collaboration finds 11 new Alzheimer’s genes to target for drug discovery
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine researchers played a key role in the largest international Alzheimer's disease genetics collaboration to date, which identified...
AstraZeneca oncology portfolio strengthened as MedImmune acquisition of Spirogen boosts antibody-drug conjugate capability
AstraZeneca today announced that MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, has acquired Spirogen, a privately-held biotech company focused on antibody-drug conjugate technology...
Secukinumab showed superiority over Enbrel®
Novartis announced results from the head-to-head Phase III FIXTURE study showing secukinumab (AIN457), an interleukin-17A (IL-17A) inhibitor, was significantly superior to Enbrel®* (etanercept) in...
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