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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...
Human skin wound dressings to treat cutaneous ulcers
Researchers from Université Laval's Faculty of Medicine and CHU de Québec have shown that it is possible to treat venous ulcers unresponsive to conventional...
AstraZeneca and Merck enter licence agreement for investigational oral WEE1 kinase inhibitor therapy for cancer
AstraZeneca announced that MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Amplimmune, a privately-held, Maryland, US-based...
Statins being overprescribed for growing number of kidney disease patients
A new analysis concludes that large numbers of patients in advanced stages of kidney disease are inappropriately being prescribed statins to lower their cholesterol...
SAVOR-TIMI 53 sets new standard for cardiovascular outcome trials in diabetes
Uncertainty persists regarding whether drugs that lower sugar reduce the risk of heart attack, with some concerns that diabetes drugs may actually raise the...
