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February 06, 2026

Harrington Discovery Institute Backs Promising Heart Attack Drug That Could Be Self-Administered

Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals is supporting the development of a new drug called Zalunfiban that helped thousands of heart attack patients avoid complications in clinical trials. Continue Reading

January 29, 2026

Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre Bio Tech Profile Feature in PharmaSource

Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre operates a transatlantic model that embeds industry expertise directly into academic rare disease programs. $250 Million Committed to Advance 40 Therapies into Clinical Trials by 2034 Continue Reading

December 23, 2025

Partnering For Progress: Funding The Future Of Rare Disease Research

A conversation with Matthew P. Anderson, MD, Ph.D., co-director, Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre, featured in Drug Discovery Online Continue Reading

November 14, 2025

Lifelong Drugs for Autoimmune Diseases Don’t Work Well. Now Scientists are Trying Something New.

Scientists are trying a revolutionary new approach to treat rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus and other devastating autoimmune diseases — by reprogramming patients’ out-of-whack immune systems. Continue Reading

July 20, 2025

Targeting an Enzyme Could Rewire Cancer Cells to Suppress Growth by up to 77% for Melanoma and Colorectal Tumors

Published in Good News NetworkEleven years of cancer research has proven fruitful for a scientist at Johns Hopkins who uncovered a new tumor-suppressive response that could lead to novel therapies targeting hard-to-treat cancers.The new study, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer... Continue Reading

July 09, 2025

Breakthrough Treatment Helps Child Walk Again After Rare Brain Disease Diagnosis

Experimental Compound Offers Potential Treatment for Rare, Often Fatal, Childhood Disease Continue Reading

July 09, 2025

Coenzyme Q headgroup intermediates can ameliorate a mitochondrial encephalopathy

Published in NatureAbstractDecreased brain levels of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), an endogenously synthesized lipophilic antioxidant,, underpin encephalopathy in primary CoQ10 deficiencies, and are associated with common neurodegenerative diseases and the ageing process,. CoQ10 supplementation does not increase CoQ10 pools in the... Continue Reading

June 19, 2025

Redundancy of the OST Catalytic Subunit Facilitates Therapeutic Targeting of N-glycosylation

Published in Cell Chemical BiologySignificanceEnzymes that regulate oncogenic protein function through the addition of post-translational modifications (PTMs) represent promising targets for the development of cancer therapeutics. N-glycosylation is a critical PTM that occurs in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and... Continue Reading

June 04, 2025

David Cameron: DNA test all sick children to build register

The former prime minister has called for children admitted to paediatric care to undergo genome sequencing as part of a drive to cure 40 rare diseases Continue Reading

May 21, 2025

Inhibiting 15-PGDH blocks blood–brain barrier deterioration and protects mice from Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) are currently untreatable neurodegenerative disorders afflicting millions of people worldwide. These conditions are pathologically related, and TBI is one of the greatest risk factors for AD. Continue Reading

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