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3D printing: A new era for personalised medicines?

3 December 2015 | By Dr Simon Gaisford (University College London School of Pharmacy)

3D printing (3DP) is attracting increasing interest as a new method of fabricating pharmaceutical products, especially with the recent United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the first three-dimensional (3D) printed tablet Spritam® (levetiracetam). 3DP is considered to be an additive manufacturing technique, because regardless of their principles of…

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Antibodies against viral disease: highlighting technologies behind COVID-19 antibody therapy

4 June 2020 | By Shalom Gurjar (OXGENE)

Amid the rush to develop an effective vaccine against COVID-19, antibody therapy has become a major strategy to ameliorate and treat cases of severe disease. Armed with the capacity to neutralise pathogens and orchestrate the immune system, promising antibody candidates for multiple viral indications, including HIV, continue to emerge. Technology…

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How microfluidics can automate drug discovery and development

17 May 2021 | By Dr Ruitao Su (University of Minnesota)

Researchers from the University of Minnesota have developed a 3D spherical microfluidic device. Here, Dr Ruitao Su explains how the new device can be used in drug discovery and development.

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Technique for 2D printing of cells developed by researchers

19 March 2020 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

A study has demonstrated the success of a 2D printing method to create cell arrays that reflect the body's natural environment, allowing researchers to study stem cell differentiation.

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Record-breaking 3D bioprinter could speed up drug development

16 August 2021 | By Anna Begley (Drug Target Review)

Nanoengineers have developed a high-throughput bioprinter that 3D prints at record speed, potentially accelerating drug development.

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Researchers 3D print rotating microfilter for lab-on-a-chip applications

16 June 2021 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

A new magnetically driven rotary microfilter has been developed to filter particles inside a lab-on-a-chip microfluidic device.

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Mass spectrometry and systems biology approaches in drug target discovery

5 December 2015 | By Michelle Hill (University of Queensland)

Cells, organs and organisms are complex biological systems consisting of inter-related components that co-operatively work to maintain function and respond to change. Malfunction of any component can lead to pathologies and disease, leading to system-wide changes and subsequent adaptation. Hence, the ability to study and predict system behaviour will considerably…

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The growing possibilities for stem cells in pharma

28 January 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (Drug Target Review)

Drug Target Review explores the latest applications of stem cells in modelling disease, drug production and the most recent steps in regenerative medicine provided by research.

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Laboratory automation in early drug discovery

26 March 2020 | By Darren Plant (AstraZeneca), Dr David Murray (AstraZeneca), Dr Mark Wigglesworth (AstraZeneca), Geoff Holdgate (AstraZeneca), Helen Plant (AstraZeneca), John Vincent (AstraZeneca), Paul Harper (AstraZeneca)

The future of drug discovery lies in an automated world where the workflows for biological assays, chemical synthesis and data analysis are connected by flexible, mobile and modular hardware, integrated with software solutions that will interface with scientists for increased efficiency and productivity (the realisation of Industry 4.0). This article…

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Five of the latest developments in 3D bioprinting

13 May 2021 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

Drug Target Review brings you five of the most recent developments in three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting.

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Bristol scientists develop bio-ink for 3D printing living tissue

23 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer

The bio-ink could eventually lead to the ability to print complex tissues using the patient’s own stem cells for surgical bone or cartilage implants...

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3D printed customised insoles for diabetes patients

14 November 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer

In the past, insoles for patients with diabetes were hand-made by orthopaedic shoemakers. In the future, these specialist shoemakers will be able to produce insoles more cost-effectively thanks to new software and the use of 3D printers. This approach means the mechanical properties of each insole can be assessed scientifically…

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Researchers develop 3-D-printed biomaterials that degrade on demand

8 September 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review)

Engineers have demonstrated a technique for making 3-D-printed biomaterials that can degrade on demand, which can be useful in making intricately patterned microfluidic devices...

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3D printing ‘bio-ink’ developed for regenerative medicine

11 February 2020 | By Victoria Rees (Drug Target Review)

Using modified hyaluronic acid and polyethylene glycol, researchers have created a bio-ink for 3D printing, which could be used as a scaffold to grow human tissues.

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Self-assembling biomaterial could be used to model vascular structures

5 March 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (Drug Target Review)

Scientists have shown an innovative new biomaterial made of graphene oxide and proteins could be used to 3D print model vascular structures.