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Hemp CBD sales hit $170 million in 2016 and at a 55% compound annual growth rate over the years to come, the market will easily cross the billion-dollar mark.

Water contaminated by the oil currently leaking into the ocean from the Sanchi tanker collision is likely to take at least three months to reach land, and if it does the Korean coast is the most likely location. However, the oil’s fate is highly uncertain, as it may burn, evaporate, or mix into the surface ocean and contaminate the environment for an extended duration.

A new study has highlighted links between dietary fat and prostate cancer, suggesting a high-fat Western diet may encourage tumour metastasis.

A joint industry/academia study of a cancer target protein reveals unusual relation between binding site flexibility and drug-target lifetime. The results, , suggest a new strategy for drug discovery.

Key leadership appointments support integration of the Group and expansion in the US market.

Pinching your nose while clamping your mouth shut to contain a forceful sneeze isn't a good idea, warn doctors. One young man managed to rupture the back of his throat during this manoeuvre, leaving him barely able to speak or swallow, and in considerable pain.

Batavia Biosciences announces its partnership with an international consortium coordinated by PATH aiming to develop and manufacture safer novel oral poliovirus vaccines (nOPV).

New research has characterized the transitory presence of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) in mouse and human newborns, revealing a critical role of these cells in regulation of inflammation in the early stages of life.

Motif Bio® plc, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company specialising in developing novel antibiotics, today announced that the Company has received an award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to fund important in vitro testing that will help to advance the development of iclaprim for the treatment of lung infections in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF).

Research team finds higher brain amyloid beta burden is associated with increasing anxiety symptoms over time in cognitively normal older adults.