Clinical trials

Tools & Techniques Drug discovery

Adopting an Orphan (Drug)

| Pan Pantziarka and Gauthier Bouche

New cancer treatments may be lying right under our noses – if we are willing to take a commercial risk.

Outside the Lab Metabolism & Diabetes

Trimming the Fat

| Roisin McGuigan

Could weight management replace medication as the first line treatment for type II diabetes?

Tools & Techniques Microbiology

Benchmarking the Microbiome

| Roisin McGuigan

What does analysis of the microbiome literature tell us about priorities and progress in the field?

Research Field Clinical trials

Trials and Tribulations

| Roisin McGuigan

If prospective registration is enforced for clinical trials, questionable results become easier to spot

Research Field Drug delivery

Recognizing Friend from Foe

| Werner Cautreels

Solutions are needed to teach the immune system to recognize biological drugs as partners, not plunderers.

Tools & Techniques Analytical science

Writing off Cancer

| Joanna Cummings

When it comes to identifying cancerous tissue, is the “MasSpec Pen” mightier than the sword?

Outside the Lab Clinical trials

Too Pregnant to Participate

| Roisin McGuigan

Are current ethical guidelines for clinical studies letting pregnant women down?

Research Field Clinical trials

From Acne to MS

| Roisin McGuigan

A recent clinical trial finds a new use for an old antibiotic.

Tools & Techniques Cancer

Getting Smart with Clinical Trials

| Joy Yucaitis

Liquid biopsy technology could help boost clinical trial success.

Tools & Techniques Cell & gene therapy

Stem Cell Stepping Stones

| Roisin McGuigan

A new treatment for STAT1 mutations has a disappointingly low success rate – but shows potential.

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