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Amarantus forms Elto Pharma for CNS disorders and MANF Therapeutics for ophthalmology

18 April 2017 | By Niamh Marriott, Junior Editor

Amarantus Bioscience has formed a wholly-owned subsidiary named Elto Pharma for the purpose of creating investment vehicles focused exclusively on the further development of Eltoprazine, Amarantus' mid-stage central nervous system (CNS) symptomatic treatment for Adult Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (Adult ADHD), Alzheimer's Aggression and Parkinson's disease Levodopa-induced Dyskinesia (PD-LID).

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NHS England to fund bionic eye surgery

3 January 2017 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Editor

Surgeons at Manchester and Moorfields Eye Hospital made history by delivering the world’s first trial of the Argus II Bionic Eye implants in RP...

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MHRA approves bionic vision system clinical trial

31 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer

Pixium Vision has received approval from the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the UK to initiate a clinical trial for patients who have lost sight due to retinitis pigmentosa (RP) with the IRIS II bionic vision system.

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Examining receptor activation: New technologies reveal how G protein-coupled receptors recognise ligands and talk to intracellular partners

24 June 2010 | By Thomas P. Sakmar, Laboratory of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Rockefeller University

Heptahelical G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are arguably the most important single class of pharmaceutical drug targets in the human genome. According to Overington, of the 266 human targets for approved drugs, a remarkable 27 per cent correspond to rhodopsin-like, or Family A, GPCRs. Despite recent dramatic advances in targeting of…