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Elucidating the aggregation rules for short peptides
The findings could aid the design of more stable drugs and improve the understanding of diseases linked to peptide aggregation.
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New AI tool accurately portrays metabolic states
RENAISSANCE can quantify unknown intracellular metabolic states, including metabolic fluxes.
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New DNA aptamer stabilises atherosclerosis plaques
The nucleic acid drug, iSN04, could have applications for pathological angiogenesis involved in atherosclerosis, cancer, and retinopathy.
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Pancreatic cancer suppressed by humanised anti-CKAP4 antibody
The humanised antibody, Hv1Lt1, showed promising results in pancreatic cancer mouse models.
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Advancing CAR-T therapy: how CD5 modulation is shaping cancer treatment
Vittoria Biotherapeutics is pioneering a novel form of CAR-T therapy for T-cell lymphoma using CRISPR gene editing. Here, co-founders Nicholas Siciliano and Marco Ruella explain how their approach promises to overcome tumour resistance, while also offering hope for new ways to treat solid cancers.
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Mechanism linking obesity to inflammation uncovered
This study is first to demonstrate with statistical certainty that human visceral adipose tissue accumulated in the abdominal cavity secretes more extracellular vesicles.
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Macrophage cell therapy: a new hope for chronic liver disease patients
Resolution Therapeutics is pioneering a novel approach to the treatment of chronic liver disease – by engineering the patient’s own macrophages to include regenerative properties. Cliff Brass, Chief Medical Officer at Resolution Therapeutics, explains how the aim is to reduce inflammation, improve liver function, and ultimately eliminate the need for…
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Creating retroelement-based epigenetic clocks
Targeting the epigenetic states of specific retroelements in the human genome could mitigate the biological effects of ageing.
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Combatting disease with antibody drug conjugates
Tune into this episode where we investigate how antibody drug conjugates can be optimised, as well as the future of the field.
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Transforming disease diagnosis with new nanoparticles
A new class of RNAs packed into extracellular vesicles have potential as biomarkers for prostate cancer and other diseases.
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Overcoming the limitations of existing AI models
Researchers have developed a new AI tool which recognises that protein behaviour can vary by cell and by tissue type.
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Enhancing drug discovery using genetically diverse mouse models
Researchers suggest that integrating genetically diverse mouse models with cell-based assays will better replicate human diseases.
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Discovery of a signalling pathway that activates desire to exercise
The study highlights the possible therapeutic significance of targeting the pathway for treating obesity and metabolic disease.
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New pathway to transition neural stem cells into a proliferative state
Understanding the signalling pathway controlling neural stem cell reactivation could offer a strategy for using existing drugs to treat neurodevelopmental disorders.
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Revolutionary blood test identifies patients with brain injuries
Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center is the first hospital in the world to use the blood test.
