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Breast cancer researchers to be recognised with SABCS award  

Drug Discovery World

The San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), an SABCS cosponsor, will award two researchers for their significant contributions to breast cancer research at SABCS 2023, 5-9 December, at the Henry B González Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas.

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UK researchers discover new treatment target for atheroschlerosis

Drug Discovery World

The project to develop the new therapeutic, known as IMSET, is being led by Professor Jason Johnson, Professor of Cardiovascular Pathology within the Bristol Medical School.

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Scientists engineer safe, virus-resistant E coli for research

Drug Discovery World

In a step forward for genetic engineering and synthetic biology, US researchers have modified E coli bacteria to be immune to infection by all natural viruses tested so far. The HMS researchers added new, ‘trickster’ tRNAs, which add leucine instead of serine.

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Researchers create human brain organoids without animal cells

Drug Discovery World

Researchers at University of Michigan (U-M) have developed a method to produce human brain organoids without animal cells that could improve the way neurodegenerative conditions are studied and treated. The post Researchers create human brain organoids without animal cells appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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The medical school trying to become anti-racist

The Pharma Data

Eva Larkai, a fourth-year medical student, led the student group demanding change. A major British medical school is leading the drive to eliminate what it calls “inherent racism” in the way doctors are trained in the UK. And he says the problem is one that all UK medical schools and the wider NHS share.

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Scientists create compound that can block cancer metastasis

Drug Discovery World

Researchers from the University of Liverpool, UK, have created a biomedical compound that has the potential to stop the spread of breast cancer. Scientists from the Chemistry and Biochemistry Departments at the University of Liverpool and Nanjing Medical School in China have discovered a possible way to block proteins that cause metastasis.

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Six scientists named as new core institute members at Broad

Broad Institute

Core institute members have a major research presence at Broad, and remain full members of their home institution (MIT, Harvard University, or one of Harvard’s primary teaching hospitals). Anna Greka ’s research focuses on fundamental mechanisms of cellular dysfunction in genetic diseases with a focus on membrane proteins.