All Companies articles – Page 4
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ArticleFertility beyond IVF: therapeutic advances in reproductive biotech
Procedural advances in IVF are reaching their biological limits. Reproductive biotech is now moving upstream, developing first in class therapeutics that target meiosis, gamete quality and implantation biology as druggable mechanisms in early discovery.
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NewsNew Lumos AI platform targets precision in mental health drugs
Headlamp Health has launched Lumos AI®, a new decision-support platform designed to bring greater precision to neuroscience drug development.
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ArticleAgentic AI: teaching machines to think like scientists
What happens when AI stops guessing and starts reasoning? Agentic AI is bringing scientific logic into the heart of drug discovery.
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NewsInsilico secures $888million Servier partnership for AI oncology
Insilico Medicine and Servier have announced a multi-year collaboration to accelerate the discovery of new cancer therapies, using artificial intelligence to tackle challenging oncology targets and shorten early-stage drug development timelines.
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ArticleThe data fragmentation problem holding drug discovery back
The DMTA cycle depends on clear data flow, yet most labs still work across disconnected systems. Sean McGee, Director of Product at Certara, explains how better infrastructure and AI can help teams work faster and make decisions with more confidence.
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ArticlePeptides in practice: what it takes to advance these therapies to clinic
Peptide therapeutics are emerging as a powerful class of medicines capable of targeting diseases that challenge traditional modalities. This article reveals their rising clinical impact and the key development, safety and translational challenges that must be addressed to bring them successfully to patients.
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ArticleWhy patient-derived biology matters for ADC discovery
What can we learn from tumours after they stop responding to treatment? By studying patient tissue directly, researchers are finding new ADC targets that conventional screening often misses.
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NewsUltra-stable hydrogel boosts gastrointestinal wound repair
PolyU researchers have developed a new acid-resistant hydrogel inspired by natural gastric mucus that adheres far better than current treatments.
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NewsHydrogel tech enables global shipping of organoid models
A partnership between Atelerix and Cherry Biotech is enabling the shipping of complex biological models worldwide, using hydrogel preservation technology to eliminate cold-chain logistics.
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ArticleThe future of obesity drugs starts in preclinical discovery
Progress in preclinical models and biomarker science is improving early-stage obesity drug development. This article outlines the emerging targets and technologies behind this shift.
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NewsAI-powered CKD drug ISM4808 licensed for kidney disease therapy
Insilico Medicine has partnered with TaiGen Biotechnology to exclusively license its AI-designed PHD inhibitor, ISM4808, for the treatment of CKD-related anaemia in Greater China.
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ArticleRNA that lasts longer and lands exactly where it should
RNA therapies are moving past burst-and-fade limits. New advances in circular RNA and targeted delivery could transform how we treat autoimmune disease, infections and beyond.
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NewsPlatelet-inspired nanoparticles could improve treatment of inflammatory diseases
Scientists have developed platelet-inspired nanoparticles that deliver anti-inflammatory drugs directly to brain-computer interface implants, doubling their effectiveness.
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ArticleProtein folding interference: a new path to hard-to-drug targets
Protein folding interference offers access to targets long considered unreachable by traditional drug discovery. By acting on transient folding intermediates, this approach presents a new opportunity to eliminate disease-driving proteins.
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NewsNew beta lab platform to streamline early-stage research
UK life science software company Lab Thread has launched the beta of its unified lab platform, designed to streamline research workflows.
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NewsLive-cell liquid biopsy study aims to transform cancer treatment
Vortex Liquid Biopsy Solutions has launched a new clinical study with The Doctors Laboratory to assess how its live-cell liquid biopsy technology could change cancer monitoring and treatment.
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NewsLife sciences face ‘scientific content crisis’ in AI adoption
A new survey by the Pistoia Alliance reveals a growing ‘scientific content crisis’ in life sciences, showing that incomplete data and weak governance are limiting the accuracy and adoption of AI in research and development.
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ArticleRNA that knows where to go: the rise of targeted delivery
What if RNA medicines could be guided directly to tumours, sparing healthy tissue and reducing side effects? Advances in targeted delivery are bringing that vision closer to reality.
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ArticleThe partnership changing the pace of radiopharmaceutical development
A new collaboration between Crown Bioscience and Medicines Discovery Catapult is bringing advanced tumour models together with world-class imaging and radiochemistry to accelerate the development of next-generation radiopharmaceuticals.
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ArticleRedesigning paclitaxel: expanding the therapeutic window through oral delivery
The potent chemotherapy drug paclitaxel is widely employed for various cancers despite toxicity and efficacy challenges. Maite Agüeros reveals how novel nanoparticle technology has enabled oral delivery of the drug – showing promising signs of improved tolerability and treatment success.