Tools and techniques – Page 13
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ArticleTargeting 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.
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ArticleThe 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 ...
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ArticleHarnessing the CD24/Siglec-10 pathway: immunotherapy innovation
Renowned immunologist Dr Yang Liu shares his insights into the preclinical studies behind the development of drug candidates targeting the CD24/Siglec-10 pathway. He discusses the technical and regulatory hurdles of antibody development, how these therapies compare to existing immunotherapies, and the potential for personalised cancer treatment through biomarker development.
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ArticleInitial in vivo validation of novel cancer therapeutics using AI
In this Q&A, Dr Alan D. Roth, CEO of Oxford Drug Design, explains how his AI drug discovery company, which develops novel molecules for use in cancer treatments, has completed the first in vivo validation in its potential first-in-class approach against multiple tumours. A 28-day mouse trial showed clear efficacy ...
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ArticleA novel class of drug candidates for neurodegenerative diseases
At AAIC 2024, AC Immune unveiled a new class of antibody drug conjugates, called morADC (Morphomer® antibody drug conjugate). In this Q&A, CEO of AC Immune, Andrea Pfeifer, discusses how morADC uses the capabilities of the company’s two discovery platforms to combine two highly selective molecules, resulting in drug candidates ...
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ArticleMacrophage 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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Part two: the impact of poor data quality
In this four-part series, Dr Raminderpal Singh will discuss the challenges surrounding limited data quality, and some pragmatic solutions. In this second article, he discusses the problems that occur when using data of poor quality.
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ArticleAdvanced techniques in toxicity testing
Tune in to this episode where we explore how innovative assays and human-relevant cell models are transforming toxicity screening in drug development.
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ArticleThe power of big data to advance genomics into clinical care
The integration of genomics into patient care will lead to more precise, personalised treatments. In this Q&A, Hylton Kalvaria, Chief Commercial Officer of Helix, explains how the Helix Research Network is creating a large-scale clinicogenomics dataset to advance research into molecular and genetic determinants of disease risk and drug response. ...
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ArticleCould illuminating the surfaceome help find new targeted cancer therapies?
At the heart of precision oncology is the need to increase our understanding and knowledge of surface proteins found on tumour cells. Here Roman Thomas, CEO of DISCO Pharmaceuticals, explains how it is using cutting-edge technology to explore the surfaceome – a map of the proteins on the cell’s surface ...
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ArticleHow MMR-deficient colorectal cancers regulate their growth
Understanding how MMR-deficient colorectal cancers drive tumour growth and avoid immune detection could pave the way for personalised cancer medicine.
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ArticleBrain organoids: a fascinating and powerful tool for drug discovery
Human brain organoids are complex in vitro tools derived from stem cells, designed to model the molecular basis of neurodevelopment and the pathogenesis of neurological disorders. By mimicking the function of the human brain, in both health and disease, their application in drug discovery holds significant potential for identifying new ...
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ArticleSRP-001: redefining pain treatment with a safer, non-opioid analgesic
This Q&A with Dr Hernan A Bazan, CEO and Co-founder of South Rampart Pharma, Inc, discusses the potential merits of novel non-opioid analgesic SPR-001, which is Phase II-ready for acute and neuropathic pain and migraines. Its benefits mean it is poised to disrupt the $87 billion pain management market and ...
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ArticlePart one: what can scientists do with LLMs today?
Recently there have been a flurry of announcements from AI-led biotechs around the potential of Large Language Models (LLM) in early drug discovery. In the first of a three-part series, Dr Raminderpal Singh explores what LLMs are, how early stage biotechs can take advantage of them, and what challenges they ...
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ArticleSmall molecules for regenerative medicine
In this episode, we discuss how new insights into stem cell biology are leading to novel therapeutics in regenerative medicine beyond cell therapy.
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ArticleTessera Therapeutics: addressing Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
As the industry looks beyond CRISPR to safely introduce therapeutic genomic changes anywhere in the body, in vivo gene editing holds immense potential to address diseases with a genetic basis. Boston-based biotech Tessera Therapeutics is pioneering the next generation of genetic medicines with its Gene Writing™ platform. At this year’s ...
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ArticleNew algorithm forms atlas of histomorphological phenotypes
The algorithm can accurately diagnose cases of lung adenocarcinoma, determining structural features that are statistically most significant for assessing disease severity and likelihood of tumour recurrence.
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ReportBeyond the lab: screening
This report provides exclusive access to content on innovative screening methods to improve detection and diagnosis of prevalent conditions like cancer and metabolic disease, with expert insights from leading professionals in the field.
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ArticleThe promise of vectors targeting the LDL receptor
In this Q&A, Pascaline Lécorché, Head of Chemical Biology at Vect-Horus, outlines the potential of RNA interference therapeutics and the challenges of their use in vivo. There are several strategies to overcome these, and why peptide-based vectors targeting the LDL receptor are a promising approach.
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ArticleLeveraging ADCs in precision oncology strategy
In this Q&A, senior leaders at Caris Life Sciences discuss how the company is advancing precision medicine by integrating ADCs into patient-specific cancer treatment plans, focusing on novel target discovery through comprehensive molecular profiling and clinico-genomic data.