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Ethnopharmacology: traditional medicine and modern drug discovery

Pharmaceutical Technology

Traditional medicine refers to the knowledge, skills and practices that indigenous and different cultures use to maintain health, encompassing forms such as herbal medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and acupuncture.

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Ministry of Ayush and ICMR sign MoA for collaboration in research for integrated medicine

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

In a move to strengthen the country’s health infrastructure and to integrate and mainstream Ayush sector, the Ministry of Ayush and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA).The The MoA is for collaboration and cooperation in health research in the field of integrated medicine.

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KCL and McMaster University partner to advance nuclear medicine research

Pharma Times

Both partners’ will leverage their nuclear research facilities and expertise to develop new health interventions

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Regeneron forms Regeneron Cell Medicines R&D unit

Pharmaceutical Technology

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has formed Regeneron Cell Medicines, a new research & development (R&D) unit in oncology and immunology.

Medicine 130
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The problems of animal research for human medicine and the alternatives

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In today’s podcast, web editor Nicole Raleigh speaks with Dr Pandora Pound, a Fellow at the OCAE and research director at the Safer Medicines Trust, a charity aiming to improve the safety of medicines by facilitating a transition to human biology-based drug development and testing.

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Immunotherapy partnership advances space medicine research

Drug Discovery World

US company Vaxxinity and the University of Central Florida (UCF) have announced plans to work together to advance space medicine research. The research, funded by a grant from the State of Florida, aims to develop Vaxxinity’s active immunotherapies to prevent and mitigate muscle and bone wasting.

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A researcher's perspective: Linking scientific discovery to clinical medicine

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That interest influenced her career trajectory, and she’s now a leading investigator at Benaroya Research Institute where she has studied the natural history of type 1 diabetes (T1D) since 2000. For Carla Greenbaum, M.D., growing up in the era of space travel and the moon landing kindled a lifelong interest in science.

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