Oxford biotech firm secures £13.2m to develop world’s first treatment for rare, incurable and deadly disease

A UK biotech company has announced £13m of investment that they believe will fund them through to clinical trials next year of the world’s first treatment for a rare, incurable and deadly disease. The investment has been raised by Oxfordshire-based SynaptixBio, whose aim is to tackle TUBB4a leukodystrophy – a genetic and debilitating condition that mainly…

Identifying ‘hallmark’ Parkinson’s disease protein build-up could aid early detection and pave way for improved diagnosis and treatment Inbox

A technique that identifies the build-up of abnormal protein deposits linked to Parkinson’s disease could aid in early detection and play a key role in the disease’s clinical diagnosis and characterisation, according to research published in The Lancet Neurology journal. Findings from the study confirm the technique – known as α-synuclein seed amplification assay (αSyn-SAA)…