Écrit par PERK | 23 Février 2017

PERK is known to detect protein folding errors in the cell. Researchers at the Laboratory of Cell Death Research & Therapy at KU Leuven (University of Leuven, Belgium) have now revealed a hidden perk: the protein also coordinates the communication between the inside and the outside of the cell. These findings open up new avenues for further research into treatments for cancer...

Écrit par WHO | 23 Février 2017

In the lead-up to World Health Day on 7 April, which this year will focus on depression, WHO is releasing new global health estimates on depression.

Depression is an illness that affects people of all ages, from all walks of life, in all countries. It ranks as the largest single contributor to global disability. The number of people living with depression is increasing, with an increase...

Écrit par Surgivisio | 23 Février 2017

Paris, mercredi 22 février 2017 - Surgivisio, la jeune pousse grenobloise de l’imagerie chirurgicale augmentée, annonce qu’elle est parmi les douze projets retenus par la Commission Innovation 2030 dans la dernière phase du Concours Mondial d’Innovation.

«Le rôle de Grenoble et de son tissu industriel de startups dans l’émergence des technologies les plus innovantes en...

Écrit par GlobalData | 22 Février 2017

The tauopathies market, which covers more than 20 neurodegenerative diseases such as progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal degeneration characterized by tau protein aggregation in the brain, will be driven primarily by the development of novel therapeutics with a first-to-market drug boosting sales and encouraging pharma companies to focus R&D efforts on this market, according...