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Jun 3, 2024 | 
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Home » New antibiotic smartly kills the bad guys but spares the good ones BioWorld briefs for May 31, 2024. BioWorld MedTech briefs for May 31, 2024. The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) begins its 2024 annual meeting at the cavernous and labyrinthine McCormick Place convention center in Chicago... The U.S. FDA approved the country’s first two interchangeable biosimilars, or copy products, of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc./Bayer AG’s Eylea (aflibercept) on...
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May 13, 2024 | 
bioworld.com | Subhasree Nag
UK industry prepping for fallout of US Biosecure ActThe industry in the U.K. is starting to get concerned about the U.S. Biosecure Act and the possible impact on its ability to use Chinese service providers, and...
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
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Home » Neuropeptide released by pain neurons promotes wound healing by interacting with immune system BioWorld briefs for April 10, 2024. BioWorld MedTech briefs for April 10, 2024. After decades of trying and dozens of failed trials, amyloid targeting has paid off with the first disease-modifying agents reaching the market. But success does... Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Inc. agreed to purchase select assets of Bioreference Health from Opko Health Inc.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
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Nerve growth drives chronic pain after recurrent UTIsIn a recent study led by Soman Abraham from Duke University, investigators observed that an increase in nociceptive sensory nerves in urinary tract biopsies from patients with recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTIs) was linked to elevated nerve growth factor (NGF) from monocytes and mast cells.
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Mar 6, 2024 | 
bioworld.com | Subhasree Nag
Genitourinary/Sexual FunctionNerve growth drives chronic pain after recurrent UTIsIn a recent study led by Soman Abraham from Duke University, investigators observed that an increase in nociceptive sensory nerves in urinary tract biopsies from patients with recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTIs) was linked to elevated nerve growth factor (NGF) from monocytes and mast cells.
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
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Home » Brain mimetic co-culture reveals new targets in lung cancer brain metastases BioWorld briefs for Feb. 6, 2024. BioWorld MedTech briefs for February 6, 2024. Shares of Corbus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:CRBP) doubled on opening Jan. 26 and ended the day up a whopping 249% as investors got a look at data from a... Hookipa Pharma Inc.’s nearly $1 billion collaboration with Roche Holding AG dissolved along with 30% of the company’s staff. The New York-based company said Roche...
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Jan 2, 2024 | 
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DermatologicTissue-specific actions of JAK1 call for nuanced therapeutic approachJAK1 signaling promotes skin inflammation and is a major therapeutic target for atopic dermatitis-related itching. But in a study appearing in the Jan. 4, 2024, print issue of Cell after earlier publication online, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, led by dermatologist Brian Kim, found that intrinsic JAK1 signaling in sensory neurons had an immunoprotective effect in the lung.
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
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Home » Stathmin-2 is new player in the ALS gene-verse BioWorld briefs for Dec. 4, 2023. BioWorld MedTech briefs for December 4, 2023. Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. has investigated their CD206 ligand AUR-300 as a novel therapeutic agent for systemic sclerosis treatment. For the second time this week, a contract research organization has come under fire for trial-conduct issues – criticism leveled most recently by Biovie Inc.,...
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Nov 10, 2023 | 
bioworld.com | Subhasree Nag
CancerDeregulated sugar metabolism pathway provides new cancer targetA team of scientists at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School has discovered the putative cancer target UDP-glucuronate decarboxylase 1 (UXS1) in cancer cells expressing high levels of UDP-glucose 6-dehydrogenase (UGDH). UXS1 is a Golgi enzyme that appears downstream of UGDH and converts UDP-glucuronate (UDPGA) to UDP-xylose.
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Nov 2, 2023 | 
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In HIV, gene therapy could be alternative path to functional cureAt the 30th Annual Congress of the European Society for Gene and Cell Therapy in Brussels this week, researchers presented both preclinical and clinical...
