Nobel Prize winner Aaron Ciechanover: „Working in science is like playing chess with God“

„For me, science is a play and enjoyment. I love it and hopefully, I will play with science until my last day“, – such hopes were expressed by the professor Aaron Ciechanover, Nobel Prize laureate, who is one of the International Life sciences conference The COINS 2020 attendees. What makes the professor joy now – … Skaityti toliau

Aptorum Group Announces Significant Progress of Repurposed Drug Candidate, SACT-1 for Neuroblastoma Targeting IND Submission in H2 2020

Aptorum Group Limited (Nasdaq: APM) (“Aptorum Group”), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapeutics to address global unmet medical needs, announces positive data and development in relation to its repurposed drug candidate, SACT-1, for the treatment of neuroblastoma, a rare type of childhood cancer that develops in infants and young children. Subject … Skaityti toliau

One of the biggest animal hospitals in the Baltics to be built in Lithuania

Preparations of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences to build one of the biggest hospitals for pets and exotic animals in the Baltics started to take place in Kaunas, Lithuania. The hospital is supposed to appear in the area of 3 hectares, which was given under the usage agreement for 99 years by the National Land … Skaityti toliau

United Nations Political Declaration on Universal Health Coverage finally has some teeth

Oral health included in global health agenda 17 September 2019 (Geneva, Switzerland) – FDI World Dental Federation (FDI) welcomes the long overdue commitment to strengthening oral health in the UN Political Declaration on Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The declaration will be officially adopted by world leaders at the UN High-Level Meeting on UHC on September … Skaityti toliau

AOP ORPHAN AND CHORD ANNOUNCE A PARTNERSHIP TO DEVELOP CRD1 (CLADRIBINE) FOR TREATMENT OF ORPHAN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES

Vienna and Geneva (pts017/03.01.2019/15:00) – AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals AG (AOP Orphan) and Chord Therapeutics (Chord) step into a new partnership to develop CRD1 for treatment of orphan autoimmune diseases. CDR1 is a new formulation of cladribine, an immunosuppressant with promising activity against autoimmune diseases. Autoimmune neurological diseases are a family of severe disorders that result … Skaityti toliau

Don’t underestimate the danger of osteoporosis, warns IOF

Nyon, Switzerland, October-20, 2016 Today, on World Osteoporosis Day, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) urges all adults to be alert to their risk for osteoporosis, a ‘silent’ disease which causes bones to become fragile and break easily. People with osteoporosis can suffer broken bones as a result of a mere bump or fall from standing … Skaityti toliau

Seimas to reconsider the draft Law on Assisted Fertilisation

Press release, 10 September 2016  At the plenary sitting of the Seimas, Lina Antanavičienė, Chief Adviser to Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of the Republic of Lithuania, presented the presidential decree whereby the draft Law on Assisted Fertilisation(No XIP-2502 Gr) was returned to the Seimas for repeat consideration. On 28 June 2016, the Seimas adopted the Law on Assisted Fertilisation laying down … Skaityti toliau

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Observes World Lipodystrophy Day

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., 2016-03-31 09:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEGR), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics to treat debilitating rare diseases, announced today its observance of World Lipodystrophy Day. Chief Executive Officer Mary Szela said, „We support the Association of Families Affected by Lipodystrophies in Spain, Europe … Skaityti toliau