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DrugResearcher animal rights series
Oxford University has made another trip to the High Court with the intention of further limiting the number of animal rights protests, which the institution claim is responsible for an increase in criminal damage and staff intimidation.
Software provider Pharsight, has been awarded a patent on its graphical method for creating drug models, in a technique that supports more intuitive PK/PD modelling and higher modelling productivity.
A potential therapy, which specifically targets cancer cells, could be in the offering after Neotropix received FDA approval to begin clinical trials of a drug candidate that offers new drug treatment hope for advanced cancers.
Researchers, who believe they have discovered only the third entirely new antibiotic developed in the last four decades, have developed an antibiotic, which targets microorganisms that include MRSA.
US scientists have discovered a way to improve the effectiveness of antisense cancer drugs that involve using gold nanoparticles, which when combined with DNA, outperform conventional antisense agents.