Last year wasn't kind to pharmaceutical companies; loss of patent protection and a weaker dollar resulted in declining drug sales for seven out of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies. Read More
Last week, researchers described a mixture of gut bacterial strains that could induce the production of regulatory T cells in mice. Such T cells, which inhibit the function of other T cells, could be useful allies in taming autoimmune disease. And indeed, when animals with either colitis or allergic diarrhea were treated with the bacterial cocktails, their symptoms improved. Read More
