
Novel strategy targets chronic liver diseases
The approach published in Nature Cancer leads to a cell-toxic accumulation of saturated fatty acids that drives tumour cells into apoptosis. HCC...

How stress brings cancer to life again
An international research team led by AstraZeneca’s oncology expert Dmitry I. Gabrilovich report that that stressed neutrophils might act as a...

Two companies aim for 2nd-gen COVID vaccines
As scientific papers provide hints that mutants of SARS-CoV-2 that carry the N501Y and E484K mutations are able to reproduce more rapidly as the...

EMA greenlights BioNtech's COVID-19 vaccine
It's the first time, that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended a mRNA vaccine. On Monday, the drug agency cleared the way for...

How microplastic particles get into the body
Microplastic particles exposed to freshwater or saltwater environments for several weeks are about ten times more likely than pristine particles to...

LSP leads €21m round into Neurent Medical
Galway-based medical device company Neurent Medical, which is focussed on chronic inflammatory diseases of the sinuses and nasal passages said it...

Omnix Medical bags €10.8m from EIC Accerator Fund
The money for the trial comes from the EIC Accelerator, for which last year 38 companies with potential breakthrough innovations were selected to...