European Life Science Research at a Human Scale
January 10th 2020An award made by the European Research Council allows Antonella Viola and her team at the University of Padova to be able to put funds into proof of concept work on using monoamine oxidase B inhibitors as novel drugs targeting NLRP3 inflammasome.
Patient Engagement and Advocacy: Advancing the Cause of Clinical Drug Research
January 6th 2020For years, Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug trials included a specific endpoint requiring that they enroll only patients who were still able to walk. That changed when a DMD-focused advocacy organization took the matter up with the FDA and helped develop new trial guidelines.