Issues Surrounding the Development of New Chemotherapy Drugs
11/04/2022
Cancer research is one of the most commonly investigated areas of clinical study. Oncology research has accelerated the development of advanced chemotherapy drugs, which are now generally less toxic as a result. Conventional chemotherapy drugs once primarily used cytotoxic compounds to target cancerous cells, which would also damage surrounding cells as a result. Now, with […]
What Are the Different Types of Clinical Research?
11/04/2022
Clinical research is a broad area of patient care that investigates diseases, diagnostic methods and treatments, and plays a crucial role in progressing medical solutions to improve global health. This helps develop medical knowledge of how to identify, prevent, treat and manage health conditions. The importance that clinical research has on the development of medical […]
What is Translational Research in Oncology?
11/03/2022
Translational research takes scientific findings from more basic patient settings and translates these into insights that are used to develop treatment options. In essence, translational research establishes a bridge between basic research and clinical practice. Translational research has become increasingly popular in biomedical sciences over recent years, particularly in the field of oncology. This approach […]
Dose escalation clinical trials
10/03/2022
During phase 1 clinical trials, it is essential to establish safe and recommended dosages of the study drug or treatment. To determine this, dose escalation methods are used to examine the most tolerable dosage of the drug in patients early on in the trial. Read about the stages of clinical trials. The objective of dose […]
The Changing Landscape for Women in the Workplace
07/03/2022
On this International Women’s Day, we look at some of the ways in which the environment for women in the workplace has changed in the last five years. Firstly, there has been slow but positive progress in gender diversity in senior leadership roles over that time. In 2018, the proportion of senior roles held by […]
Rare Disease Day 2022: Urea Cycle Disorders
18/02/2022
Urea Cycle Disorders are a group of inherited diseases that causes a deficiency in one of the enzymes involved in the urea cycle. Each sub-type of the disorder group is named after the particular enzyme that is deficient. The urea cycle converts the nitrogen which is a waste product of protein metabolism into ammonia in […]
Rare Disease Day 2022: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
18/02/2022
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) has an estimated prevalence of 13 to 20 per 100,000 people worldwide* and is a condition that typically affects people between the age of 50 and 70. It is rarely seen in those under 50 years of age. Symptoms of the condition develop gradually and can include a persistent dry cough, […]