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Takeda Joins WIPO Re:Search To Accelerate R&D

Through the WIPO Re:Search consortium, Japanese pharmaceutical Takeda plans to share intellectual property assets to facilitate R&D in neglected tropical diseases.

Lee Jeong Ho Wins 2015 Pediatric Epilepsies Research Award

Professor Lee Jeong Ho has won the CURE's 2015 Pediatric Epilepsies Research Award for his outstanding research in the field of intractable epilepsy.

Using Microbiota Composition To Predict Tooth Decay In Children

Tracking oral microbiota in young in children could help predict and prevent dental cavities.

Plants Trick Bacteria With A Decoy

Tweaking a decoy signaling molecule—PBL2—helps plants detect and respond to an infection by pathogens.

DNDi & Eisai To Develop Treatment For Eumycetoma

Eisai and Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative plan to run clinical trials for the anti-fungal drug Fosravuconazole.

Rewiring Phantom Limb Pain

Researchers have discovered an inverse relationship between movement representation with pain severity in phantom limb, offering an insight to phantom limb pain.

Observing Nano-Bio Interactions In Real Time

Scientists now have a more precise understanding of how proteins in the bloodstream bind to nanoparticles, paving the way for better design of nanomedicines.

Third Generation Solar Cells: Semitransparent, Efficient & Low-Cost

An innovative use of graphene has helped researchers develop a semitransparent perovskite solar cell.

Nanodiamonds Formed In A Carbon Cage

Scientists have successfully synthesized diamond-like nanomaterials in the hollow of a carbon nanotube.