First of its kind in vitro 3D imaging model for neural tissue developed
In a first of its kind move, researchers have formed 3-dimensional tissue consisting of neurons.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have successfully...
Could eBooks help encourage children to eat vegetables?
New resources that hope to encourage children to eat vegetables have been launched.
The resources, based on the evidence that children who are exposed to...
New guidelines approved for medical cannabis in Brazil
This week Brazil approved cannabis guidelines in order to establish a legalised environment for the sale and consumption of cannabis for medical use.
In the...
UK industry body sets deadline for CBD Novel Foods application
The Association for the Cannabinoid Industry has everything in place to start processing Novel Foods applications from its raw-product manufacturing members.
The CBD regulatory body...
Ketamine may hold potential as treatment for autism and Tourette’s
To this day there is no known cure for either autism or Tourette’s syndrome, however, new research has revealed how a common anaesthetic could...
Bone healing mechanism could provide new therapeutic applications
Researchers are beginning to understand more about periosteal stem cells and how they can help with bone healing.
New research has revealed a new mechanism...
Hidden health crisis: why people turn to the black market for medicine
People are turning to the black market for their medicine – but why?
New research has shown that altruism, a lack of access, and affordability...
The keto diet: how ‘cheat day’ can damage your body
The keto diet is gaining popularity due to its low carb count, but can it do damage to our bodies?
The often embraced 'cheat day'...
Link between ALS and type 2 diabetes could offer new therapies
New research has highlighted links between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and type 2 diabetes.
Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) often suffer from type 2 diabetes....
Prediabetes: an emerging health threat can lead to type 2 diabetes
A new study has shown that nearly one in five adolescents aged 12-18 years, and one in five young adults aged 19-34 years, are...
Could the Monarch butterfly help us to understand seasonal depression?
New findings pave the way for understanding the mechanisms by which vitamin A operates in the brain.
Understanding the findings to translate day length encoding...
Reducing risk in AI and machine learning-based medical technology
Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) are increasingly transforming the healthcare sector.
Along with the benefits come new risks and regulatory challenges meaning doctors now...
Ancient worm reveals how to destroy toxic cells in Huntington’s disease
Insights from a new study found that microRNAs are important in controlling protein aggregates.
In the study scientists have discovered that an ancient worm could...
Gene therapy trial offers hope for Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle Cell Disease is a serious and debilitating genetic disease caused by a mutation in the β-globin gene and there are currently no known...
Measuring stressed cells to understand the development of disease
When cells are stressed, they initiate a complex and precisely regulated response to prevent permanent damage.
Researchers from Goethe University have developed a new protoeomics...
Domestic abuse survivors twice at risk of long-term illnesses
A new study has revealed the long-term dangers posed to female survivors of domestic abuse.
A study by the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick shows...
Poor NHS medical record sharing is putting patient lives in danger
A major survey of medical record keeping in the NHS has revealed critical deficiencies in the record-keeping systems of NHS Trusts.
Patient’s lives are in...
Nerve pain drug could help restore limb function after spinal cord injury
A mouse study has shown that nerve pain drug gabapentin promotes regeneration of neural circuits.
New research in mice suggests that long-term treatment with gabapentin,...
Young people with IBD more likely to develop serious infections
A first of its kind study analysed almost 2,700 IBD patients to understand the respective roles of IBD activity and drugs in promoting systemic...
Let’s look beyond the New Modalities Ecosystem
What do you know about the unique multidiscipline collaboration combining high level academic knowledge with drug discovery and development?
In 2018, Orion Corporation, together with...