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.
The editing machinery gets much of the attention in genome editing, but it’s the donor DNA template that can determine whether an edit works. Long synthetic ssDNA could offer researchers another option.
Dr Raminderpal Singh speaks to Dr Srijit Seal about how AI agents are changing computational drug discovery, the impact on scientists’ daily work and why valuable findings remain unpublished.
Could organ-on-a-chip technology help identify drug failures before clinical trials? Jim Corbett of Emulate discusses the evidence needed to make human-relevant models reliable tools in drug discovery.
UCLA researchers have shown that transiently activating the tumour suppressor protein p53 using an investigational MDM2 inhibitor can reduce exhaustion in engineered T cells and significantly improve their ability to kill melanoma cells in vitro.
Researchers have identified a transporter protein that could enable creatine derivatives and other therapeutic compounds to cross the blood-brain barrier, with potential implications for treating Creatine Transporter Deficiency Syndrome and other neurological disorders.
A bispecific antibody targeting CCR8 and CD3 has demonstrated the ability to deplete immunosuppressive regulatory T cells and slow tumour growth across multiple cancer models.
A combination of a CD276-targeting antibody-drug conjugate and mitochondria-disrupting gene therapy has demonstrated anti-tumour activity in preclinical models of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.
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.