Link Between Gene Variant And Relationship Difficulties Scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have found a link between a specific gene and the way men bond to their partners. The results, which are presented in the scientific journal PNAS, can lead to a better understanding of such problems as autism and social phobia.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comResearch Creates Tool To Quickly Analyze Where Drugs Go In The Body Pharmaceutical researchers may soon have a new tool to examine where in the body a drug travels and accumulates, thanks to research at Purdue University. A team led by R. Graham Cooks, Purdue's Henry Bohn Hass Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, has developed a new analysis tool that can provide a map of the distribution of a drug within the body. The new tool requires no chemical pretreatment.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDebiopharm And EPFL Sign Research Project Agreement To Identify Inhibitors Of Signalling Pathways Controlling Cell Fate For Cancer Treatment Debiopharm Group (Debiopharm), a global independent biopharmaceutical development specialist focusing on serious medical conditions and particularly oncology, announced the signature of a research project with the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), aimed at the identification of novel small molecules and peptides that interfere with pathways controlling cell fate specification.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBIO-Europe 2008: Three Days Of Intense Partnering In Mannheim/Heidelberg The leaders of the biotechnology industry will once again gather for BIO-Europe, the world's largest stand-alone partnering conference, in Mannheim/Heidelberg, Germany, November 17-19. With biotech deal-making still the thrill in drug development markets, this year's BIO-Europe promises to set new standards for generating quality partnering meetings and providing the information required to successfully navigate opportunities in an era of significant biotech industry change.
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