London – A research group from the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Parma, led by prof. Alessio Loyola and dr. Massimiliano Tognolini and Dr. Matteo Incerti, published a major study in the prestigious international journal British Journal of Pharmacology. The group, which includes pharmacologists from the laboratory of Prof. Elizabeth Barocelli and from the chemical and pharmaceutical laboratory of Professor Marco Mor, has been engaged for years in the research of the ephrin ligands system. The study, funded among others by the Italian Association for Cancer Research and the Ministry of Education, University and Research, led to the discovery of a molecule, whose in vitro power and efficacy characteristics, appears to be an important pharmacological tool for the scientific community. (9Colonne)
