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Silencing the messenger in elevated lipoprotein(a)

8 December 2022 | By

Elevated lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease that affects one in five people worldwide, but currently lacks approved therapies. Here, Dr Giles Campion, EVP, Head of R&D and Chief Medical Officer of Silence Therapeutics, describes the company’s approach to developing an investigational siRNA therapy designed…

A “hot” issue: TGF -β and checkpoint inhibitor resistance

8 December 2022 | By ,

In this article, Bryan Oronsky, Chief Development Officer, and Tony Reid, Chief Executive Officer of EpicentRx, explain how AdAPT-001 uses tumour cells as a factory to make the TGF-beta trap that it carries. This trap neutralises the immunosuppressive protein, transforming growth factor–β to ‘heat up’ tumours and sensitise them to…

Drug Target Review – Issue 4 2022

6 December 2022 | By

A new Drug Target Review issue is now ready to download! This issue features articles which explore how artificial intelligence can enhance screening and ways to find new hits through simultaneous orthogonal screens. Also included are articles on CRISPR, immuno-oncology and RSV vaccines.