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Using scientific literature to aid the development of a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine

Researchers in the US describe how they utilised previously published scientific literature to guide the design of their potential COVID-19 vaccine.

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Cell-based binding affinity and kinetics with SPR microscopy: overview and applications with Biosensing and AstraZeneca

In our latest webinar on the 30 June, we will provide an overview of the technology with some application examples and also see a case study how AstraZeneca is exploring SPRM for studies on G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) in close collaboration with Biosensing Instrument. Reserve your free virtual seat today!

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A new vision: restoring eyesight using a novel gene therapy technique

Scientists created a technique to give photoreceptors infrared-light sensitivity, allowing the animal models to see infrared heat signatures.

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Researchers suggest animal experiments may be too standardised to be reproducible

Experts suggest that increasing biological and conditional variations in their experiments could not only make them more reproducible but also reduce the total number of animals required.

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TiPARP activation should be the target of future cancer drugs, says researcher

Scientists reveal activating tumour suppressor protein TiPARP results in the degradation of several transcription factors implicated in cancer survival.

Articles from Drug Target Review

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TMPRSS2 inhibitors, Bromhexine, Aprotinin, Camostat and Nafamostat as potential treatments…

By Arsalan Azimi (Shiraz University of Medical Sciences)

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The Effect of Temperature and Humidity on the number of…

By Sarah Ahmed (Kolabtree)

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Application of organoid technology for retinal disease modelling and drug…

By Valeria Chichagova (Newcastle University and Newcells Biotech)

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Using big data approaches to develop cell therapies

By Dr Owen Rackham (Duke-NUS Medical School)

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Using genetics to identify drug targets for fibrotic lung diseases

By Richard Allen (University of Leicester)

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Seeing the light – visualising protein translation in real time

By Nikki Withers (Drug Target Review)

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2020: Reset your expectation for surface plasmon resonance (SPR)

Register for our latest webinar supported by Bruker Daltonics to get an overview of the SPR user and application landscape…

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Application note: Monitoring of SMALP-nanodisc formation by microfluidic diffusional sizing

Styrene–maleic acid (SMA) copolymers have become popular tools used in membraneprotein research as they can extract both lipids and membrane…

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World Orphan Drug Congress

The World Orphan Drug Congress is an award-winning event with an exhibition that has grown to become the largest and…

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