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Researchers at University of Göttingen, Germany, have identified nerve excitability of motor nerve cells trigger restless legs syndrome.

Human respiratory syncytial virus, HRSV. Transmission electron microscopy, negative staining. Bar = 200 nm. © Hans R. Gelderblom (2002)/RKI

AstraZeneca plc has sold US rights to its off-patent blockbuster drug Synagis (palivizumab) and a 50% share on future earnings of its Phase II RSV-prophylactic follow-on antibody MEDI8897 to Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB.  

MoA of Amal's cancer vaccines. © Springer Link, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Swiss Amal Therapeutics S.A. (Geneva) has raised €21.2m in a series B follow-up financing.

Medical illustration of S. pneumoniae. © CDC

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has increased by 32% since 2007 in Europe, according to a brand new report. 

A new method developed by Swiss, Danish and British researchers allows to detect hard-to-trace tumour-derived DNA in the blood (or ctDNA). 

© Themis Bios­cience GmbH

One week after Austrian vaccine and cancer immunotherapy specialist Bioscience announced the terms of its initial public offering (IPO) and listing on Euronext Amsterdam, the company has postponed its IPO.

The vision of the new approach is to awake T effector cells through BH4, which antagonises mediators of the immunosuppressive tumorr microenvironment, to fight cancer. © IMBA

Researchers at Austrian IMBA have identified a well-known co-factor of amino acid synthesis and monoamine neurotransmitter synthesis to play a prominent role in the development of autoimmunity and cancer.

BIO-Europe networking party in Copenhagen. © BIOCOM AG

Gene and cell therapies, pediatric drugs, and formulation were just some hot topics discussed in a record number of B2B meetings at BIO-Europe in Copenhagen. 

Oxurion NV and Beta Therapeutics Inc have inked an R&D agreement aimed to develop new heparanase inhibitors to treat dry AMD.

Schematic of the three-step targeted delivery procedure used for the slippery micropropellers.
(1) Injection of the micropropellers into the vitreous humor of the eye. (2) Magnetically driven long-range propulsion of the micropropellers in the vitreous toward the retina. (3) Observation of the micropropellers at the target region near the surface of the retina by OCT.

German researchers have developed a drug delivery nanobot that can propel through the eye.