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ebook: How FBDD improves hit rates & delivers high-value targets
Learn how fragment-based drug discovery improves hit rates and delivers higher-value targets using various biophysical methods.
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Guide: Five ways biophysical tools help brain studies
Learn why researchers turned to biophysical methods to expose the molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases.
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Antibody named S309 from SARS patient shows promise against COVID-19
An antibody called S309, identified in a blood sample from a SARS patient, inhibits related coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2, researchers have found.
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Researchers use algorithm to design articifical proteins for vaccines
Scientists have developed a method for designing artificial proteins that tell the immune system which antibodies to produce so could enhance vaccine design.
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Researchers develop promising MERS vaccine, with potential for COVID-19
A MERS vaccine, which uses RNA-based adjuvants, has demonstrated efficacy in non-human primates and is now being developed as a prophylactic for COVID-19.
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Glycomimetics could prevent COVID-19 from infecting human cells
Glycomimetics, a novel class of antivirals, prevented influenza, herpes viruses and papillomaviruses from infecting cells in animal models and could show similar efficacy against COVID-19.
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Plant bio-factories contributing to the COVID-19 fight
Researchers have made the genome of the Nicotiana benthamiana plant, a commonly used bio-factory organism, public to aid in COVID-19 vaccine production.
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COVID-19 and big pharma: what are 15 leading companies doing to develop a coronavirus vaccine?
A new report has revealed the vaccine R&D efforts of 15 of the leading pharmaceutical companies to combat the COVID-19 coronavirus.
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Video: Increased reproducibility with KingFisher™ instruments
ESHG 2019 Conference Presentation: Using KingFisher™ to increase reproducibility in new applications using challenging samples.
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Collaboration to develop inhaled mRNA-based antibody therapy for COVID-19
Two companies, Neurimmune and Ethris, will leverage their technologies to research, develop and produce an inhaled therapy for COVID-19.
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Cervical cancer cell-killing molecule manzamine A found in Indonesian sponge
A study has revealed that a sponge endemic to an Indonesian bay produces manzamine A, a compound which inhibits proteins in cervical cancers.
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Novel COVID-19 vaccine shows efficacy in mice
Researchers have developed a vaccine against the COVID-19 coronavirus which induced the rapid production of antibodies in mice.
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Decoy ACE2 receptors could be promising COVID-19 infection-preventing drug
Recombinant angiotensin converting enzymes (ACE2) reduced infection and viral growth in cell cultures and organoids by acting as a decoy for SARS-CoV-2.
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How labs become AI ready with advanced informatics infrastructures
To reach the full potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in the pharma industry, it is essential that companies harmonise their data to remove the need for unnecessary human intervention. This article outlines how companies are working towards digital maturation and the obstacles they need to overcome to ensure the value…
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The race to find a coronavirus treatment: are antibodies the answer?
At the beginning of March, US President Donald Trump pressed the pharmaceutical industry to “accelerate the development” of vaccines and therapies to contain the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. This article explores what is currently known about COVID-19 and potential treatments that are in the pipeline.
