Nobel Prize celebrates AI’s role in protein structure innovation
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honours AI's transformative impact on protein science, with breakthroughs set to reshape drug development.
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Women in STEM with Stella Vnook
We had the privilege of speaking to Dr Stella Vnook, CEO of Likarda Biotech, and Founder and Chair of OralBiolife Biosciences. Driven by a passion for innovation, Dr Vnook has challenged industry norms and navigated the unique hurdles women in leadership face, fuelling lasting change in the biotech space.
Scientific workflow for hypothesis testing in drug discovery: Part 1 of 3
Explore the step-by-step scientific workflow behind drug discovery, from formulating hypotheses to analysing data, ensuring accurate and reliable results.
New insights into the role of viral capsids in gene therapy safety
Viral capsid assembly and quality are key factors in gene therapy success and safety. Here, Dr Chelsea Pratt explores how cutting-edge tools are enabling scientists to tackle these challenges and improve patient outcomes.
The paradox of data in precision medicine
The path to faster breakthroughs in precision medicine begins with overcoming the complexities of multi-modal data. Discover how innovative solutions are enabling more personalised treatments.
Beyond ELISA: the future of biomarker validation
The era of precision medicine demands more rigorous biomarker validation methods. While ELISA has long been the gold standard, advanced technologies such as LC-MS/MS and Meso Scale Discovery (MSD) offer superior precision, sensitivity and efficiency. Here, Prasad Lakshmanan Selvaraj, Director of Technical Review at Sannova, explains that by embracing these…
Biotech leader champions targeted cancer treatments and diversity
Driven by a passion for innovation and inclusivity, Dr Catherine Pickering, CEO of iOnctura, is on a mission to transform cancer treatment while championing diversity within the biotech industry.
Women in STEM with Avideh Nazeri
Avideh Nazeri, Vice President of Clinical, Medical and Regulatory for Novo Nordisk UK, reflects on her journey through the world of STEM, highlighting the resilience and determination required to overcome biases and challenges along the way. She discusses how perseverance, collaboration and independent thinking have shaped her career, and offers…
Targeting CD40 with bispecifics to outsmart tumours
Søren Bregenholt, Chief Executive Officer at Alligator Bioscience, elucidates how creating bispecific antibodies that target both tumour-specific antigens and CD40, a receptor on the immune system’s dendritic cells, is a new approach that aims to trick tumours into telling the immune system how best to attack.
Leveraging agonist antibodies to address immunological diseases
Therapeutic antibodies play a key role in addressing unmet medical needs. Here, Dr Judy Chou, CEO, President and Board Member of AltruBio, Inc, explains how agonist antibodies show potential as a novel therapeutic approach in immunological diseases, helping to mediate interactions between circulating immune cells and influencing the intensity and…
The essential role of recombinant phage display antibody libraries
The emergence of new antibody-based therapeutics, such as antibody-drug conjugates, alongside a continued drive towards alternatives to animal testing approaches, highlights the need for precise and sensitive tools enabling the identification and characterisation of the best drug candidates for clinical progression. Capable of keeping up with the evolving drug development…
Chemical choreography: orchestrating complex API syntheses
Small molecules are essential for developing effective medicines, but their structural complexity and material behaviour present difficulties. In this article, Chris Brown, Senior Chemist, Onyx Scientific Ltd, discusses how the right technologies and approaches can enhance drug development and mitigate risk from initial phase to commercial launch.
Advanced Therapies Europe: women in STEM with Clare Blue
The Women in Advanced Therapies pre-day at Advanced Therapies Europe 2024 provided a great forum to address investment in diversity and elevating female leadership. Following this, we spoke to Clare Blue, Senior CMC Consultant at eXmoor Pharma about embracing diversity, how women can seek mentorship and the importance of community…
Organoids: the versatile platform for discovery and regeneration
Anirban Datta, Head of Discovery Biology at Verseon International Corporation, details how recent breakthroughs are bringing once-distant possibilities, such as testing drugs more efficiently and restoring lost organ function through implantation, closer to reality.
Women in STEM with Veerle d’Haenens
We had the privilege of talking to Veerle d’Haenens, General Manager, Global Therapy Innovations at Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies. Her successful career has been driven by her creativity, expertise and passion, and she advises women who are aspiring to STEM roles to always think big.
