Oligonucleotides can remain in tissues long after disappearing from circulation, but does accumulation necessarily indicate toxicity? Dr Tina Rogers examines the evidence needed to interpret preclinical safety findings.
Promising compounds don’t always engage their targets in living cells. At ELRIG Drug Discovery 2026, Dr Joshua Sopp of Promega discusses why earlier cellular testing matters and how BRETSA could help researchers investigate new drug targets.
Six scientists and industry experts discuss the challenges of automating drug discovery, from improving screening reliability and reproducibility to developing more autonomous laboratories.
High affinity is often a priority when selecting reagents, but does it guarantee better assay performance? Discover why binding kinetics and matrix selectivity matter when developing custom reagents for challenging targets.
A review led by researchers at the Naval Medical University proposes a structured framework for evaluating plant-derived anti-inflammatory compounds, warning that pathway inhibition alone is insufficient evidence of direct molecular target engagement.
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have identified PSD-95, a synaptic scaffolding protein, as a potential therapeutic target for neurological disorders associated with loss of the autism-linked gene MEF2C.
A protein best known for regulating genes has been shown to suppress amyloid-beta aggregation and reduce aggregate toxicity in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
A new review explores how three-dimensional organoid coculture technologies could overcome the limitations of conventional cancer models, offering more physiologically relevant platforms for immunotherapy research, drug screening and personalised medicine.
Poor recovery, inconsistent growth and changes in morphology can affect organoid research. How much experimental variability starts with the culture itself?
Find out how virus-like particles are produced at scale, and how they can be used to measure IgM, IgG and neutralising antibody responses in vaccine development.
How can multiomics help researchers identify more promising drug targets? Dr Shi-qi An explores how combining molecular data can reveal therapeutic vulnerabilities and mechanisms of drug resistance.