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Potential drug targets found by muting large silent genes
Streptomyces bacteria has been used to identify compounds that could lead to the production of drugs to treat various conditions...
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Application note: GABAA Receptors
SB Drug Discovery shows the validation of fluorescence and automated electrophysiology assays designed to assess agonists, antagonists and allosteric modulators of these receptors, culminating in a high-throughput electrophysiology assay suited to assessing multiple GABAA receptor subtypes on a single assay plate.
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Higher radiation tolerance for proteins imaged using LPEM
Liquid-phase electron microscopy could overcome limitations identified through traditional protein imaging techniques and through cro-electron microscopy...
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Proteomics: cracking the molecular mystery of diseases and therapeutics
In the wake of the human genome project, molecular biology and genetic technologies are tremendously integrating into biomedical research. Currently, PCR, qPCR, and sequencing are key tools in the clinical laboratory for the detection and characterisation of microorganisms and genetic disorders.
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PAINS management: an open source model to eliminate nuisance compounds
High-throughput screening (HTS) technologies have enabled the routine testing of millions of compounds towards the identification of novel ‘hit’ molecules for therapeutic targets. Oftentimes in this drug discovery process, however, compounds that show promising activity in primary screens show no activity during subsequent hit qualification or progression efforts.
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High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging using less contrast medium
A lower quantity of contrast protein, in comparison to current methods, has obtained clear, high-resolution images from magnetic resonance imaging...
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Digital 3D brain cell atlas released
The Blue Brain 3D atlas could be the future of analysing all cells in the brain, with high quality, high resolution images that can navigate the brain...
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New tools accurately illuminates intracellular phase separation
Researchers have made discoveries about the formation of cellular components called membraneless organelles and the key role these organelles play in cells...
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Application note: Enabling single-software multiple attribute methodology (MAM) for the assessment of biopharmaceutical product quality attributes
Development and production of biopharmaceuticals is complex. Even minor impurities, or changes in attributes such as glycosylation or charge heterogeneity, can have a profound impact on the safety and efficacy of the final product. Traditionally, multiple analytical techniques have been required to assess the full range of biopharmaceutical product attributes.…
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Technique to identify small molecules could speed up drug discovery
UCLA-led research has shown how using electron microscopes to analyse small molecules coud be beneficial in speeding up the drug discovery process...
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Freeze-dried vaccine may help eradicate polio
Researchers have developed a polio vaccine that doesn't require refrigeration, meaning it could someday be used all over the world...
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Transporting proteins into cells to mitochondria
J-proteins such as Xdj1, as helpers of the heat shock protein 70 chaperones, and were found to be involved in the transport of proteins to the mitochondria...
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Drug Target Review – Issue 4 2018
In this issue: Omics-informed drug target discovery in combating emerging infectious diseases, measuring intracellular ATP levels to access compound-mediated cellular toxicity, and turning organoids into physiologically relevant high-content assays for drug discovery.
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Halting the spread of brain cancer
Mouse models used to show how convection enhanced delivery caused glioma cells to invade the rest of the brain could help to prevent this spread in future...
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Using anti-malaria drugs to slow tumour growth
Anti-malaria drugs, called chloroquines, target PPT1 from cancer cells, with researchers identifying how the drugs eliminate tumour growth in cancers...
