Evonik: Acquisition in the Health Care business

Evonik acquires Transferra Nanosciences Inc.

30-Jun-2016 - Evonik and Transferra Nanosciences, Inc., formerly known as Northern Lipids Inc., have signed an asset purchase agreement on June 21st, 2016 to acquire the business and assets of Transferra Nanosciences Inc., a biotechnology company based in Burnaby close to Vancouver (Canada). Both parties have ...

Imaging study shows promising results for patients with schizophrenia

31-May-2016 - A team of scientists from across the globe have shown that the brains of patients with schizophrenia have the capacity to reorganize and fight the illness. This is the first time that imaging data has been used to show that our brains may have the ability to reverse the effects of ...

Some heart drugs and antibiotics show effective in fighting cancer

10-Feb-2016 - North American researchers have identified drugs that showed promising perspectives in treating cancers, according to a recent study published in Cancer Research. These drugs are normally used to treat other diseases, such as heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, and infections. "We identified a ...

The benefits of chocolate during pregnancy

03-Feb-2016 - In a study to be presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, in Atlanta, researchers will present findings from a study titled, High-flavanol chocolate to improve placental function and to decrease the risk of preeclampsia: a double blind ...

Twenty-five-point drop in IQ caused by lack of gene copy

28-Jan-2016 - No autism is alike. This is also true of most mental disorders. "We now understand that each gene mutation has a specific effect, which adds to other effects to draw a unique picture of the disease in each patient," said Dr. Sébastien Jacquemont, a geneticist who sees on a daily basis children ...

An IRCM team unveils a mechanism that controls neuron production from stem cells

15-Jan-2016 - A study conducted by a research team led by Michel Cayouette, Full IRCM Research Professor and Director of the Cellular Neurobiology research unit, in collaboration with a team led by Stéphane Angers, Associate Professor at the University of Toronto follows the discovery of a mechanism enabling ...

Antisocial behaviour: Understanding the influence of genes and the environment

13-Jan-2016 - A gene involved in the regulation of emotions and behaviour could influence the long-term impact of violence experienced in childhood on antisocial behaviour. This is the finding of a longitudinal study carried out by a team of researchers at the Institut universitaire en santé mentale de ...

A 'printing press' for nanoparticles

11-Jan-2016 - Gold nanoparticles have unusual optical, electronic and chemical properties, which scientists are seeking to put to use in a range of new technologies, from nanoelectronics to cancer treatments. Some of the most interesting properties of nanoparticles emerge when they are brought close together - ...

Saline water better than soap and water for cleaning wounds, researchers find

17-Dec-2015 - Many scientific advances have been made in the delivery of care and infection prevention for open fractures, but the standard practice of wound cleaning with soap and water before surgery has remain the unchanged. Now, an international team of researchers led by McMaster University in ...

New step toward determining the cause of MS

17-Dec-2015 - Researchers at the University of Toronto have found another clue in understanding the cause of what drives Multiple Sclerosis (MS) disease. Their findings were published in Immunity. MS is a disorder in which the immune system attacks the brain. It has no known cause and no cure. Normally, immune ...