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Computer models determine drug candidate’s ability to bind to proteins
Research by University of Arkansas scientists into the binding affinity of potential drugs could help reduce the cost and time associated with developing new drugs.
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Protein Grb10 offers a potential new approach for treating obesity
The researchers found that the protein Grb10 promotes leptin activity in the brain, opening the possibility of developing Grb10-based new approaches to treat obesity.
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Latest developments in COVID-19 research
As COVID-19 continues to evolve, researchers are still on the lookout for new ways to protect against the virus. Drug Target Review brings you some of the most recent pre-clinical developments.
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How to make asthma drugs last longer
US researchers uncover how to make asthma and COPD medication more potent, which could also improve how long they work in patients who need frequent doses.
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Women in STEM with Dr Jane Osbourn
Drug Target Review’s Ria Kakkad recently spoke with Dr Jane Osbourn about her experience as a woman in STEM.
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Why are women more likely to get Alzheimer’s?
US researchers find that a modified immune protein harming brain connections is much more common in the brains of women with Alzheimer’s, compared to men.
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On the CRISPR horizon: democratising access to genome-editing technologies
Dr Douglas Ross-Thriepland and Dr David Walter, from the Functional Genomics Centre (FGC) – a joint venture between Cancer Research UK’s (CRUK) drug discovery engine, Cancer Research Horizons, and AstraZeneca – speak to Drug Target Review about their work. The centre’s focus is on genetic screening; cancer models; CRISPR reagent…
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Activity-directed synthesis: a structure-blind, function-driven molecular discovery approach
An autonomous strategy for molecular discovery could enable the exploration of a far broader chemical space than is possible with conventional approaches. In this article, Niamh Morris from Rosalind Franklin Institute outlines why activity-directed synthesis (ADS) could be the answer, providing examples of how this technique has the potential to…
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Existing drugs offer potential treatment for AKI
Scottish researchers uncovered that drugs used to treat angina and high blood pressure, could be used to treat AKI.
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Artificial intelligence-aided screening could boost speed of new drug discovery
Using a natural language-inspired technique, researchers at the University of Central Florida, US, developed an interpretable and generalisable drug target interaction model that achieves 97 percent accuracy in identifying drug candidates for a broad variety of target proteins. Here, Dr Ozlem Ozmen Garibay and Aida Tayebi, who worked on the…
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How many drug discovery breakthroughs have we missed?
Today’s drug screening methods use one or two types of data. However, disease biology is not replicable by simple screening models because diseases are complex and heterogenous. However, advanced screening methods that process dozens of data sources at one time have uncovered novel hits that have been overlooked across the…
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Progress towards an RSV vaccine
Despite decades without vaccine development in the respiratory syncytia virus (RSV) space, researchers are now homing in on a potential strategy to protect individuals from this disease. Here, Drug Target Review’s Ria Kakkad spoke with Dr Christy Comeaux, Medical Lead (RSV), Janssen, about the challenges associated with RSV vaccine development and her most promising…
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Drug Target Review’s top content picks from 2022
In this article, Drug Target Review’s Izzy Wood and Ria Kakkad share some of the most ground-breaking moments from drug discovery this year.
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The future of drug development: AI tailors artificial DNA
Swedish researchers have designed synthetic DNA that controls a cells’ protein production using AI.
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Genetic cause of ALS and dementia repaired by RNA-targeting strategy
US scientists have developed a potential medication for the genetic cause of ALS and dementia, that eliminates the mutated segments of RNA.