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Novel IRF4 inhibitor shows promise as myeloma treatment in mice
An antisense oligonucleotide has been developed by researchers to inhibit IRF4 as a potential strategy to treat multiple myeloma.
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Drug Discovery
In the fields of medicine, biotechnology and pharmacology, drug discovery is the process by which new candidate medications are discovered.
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Knee injection shows promise as osteoarthritis treatment in mice
Scientists have found that a new knee injection using nanomedicine could prevent the effects of osteoarthritis.
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Compound from Inula viscosa plant could treat primary amoebic meningoencephalitis
Researchers have isolated a compound from I. viscosa that kills the "brain-eating" amoebae from primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).
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New inhaled therapy could treat deadly impacts of asthma
Scientists have developed an inhaled treatment for asthma that prevents excess mucus from building up in mice.
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Inhibiting acetate metabolism shows promise in breast cancer model
Inhibiting the ACSS2 enzyme with a molecule called VY-3-135 caused a significant reduction in the growth of breast cancer tumours in vivo.
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New screening hub to identify COVID-19 drugs funded in Scotland
LifeArc and the Medical Research Council have funded a new drug screening facility that will be established to accelerate COVID-19 drug discovery.
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Novel intestine model could accelerate the development of treatments
The transparent millifluidic perfusion cassettes (mPCs) developed by researchers should allow for better evaluations of the interactions between the cells and invading pathogens.
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Bioactive compound in ginger could be used in treatment of lupus
According to new research, the bioactive compound of ginger root, 6-gingerol, prevented disease progression of lupus in mice.
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How data science is driving genomics in the pharmaceutical industry
In this article, Ramya Sriram describes how data science is driving innovations in medical biotechnology and genomics.
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Novel bronchodilator could be used for control of asthma
Study identifies a promising new compound that can open constricted airways and could be a promising treatment for obstructive lung diseases.
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Researchers develop new potential stroke treatment
A team has shown that synthetic molecule LAU-0901 plus aspirin-triggered NPD1 can repair brain damage in an experimental model of stroke.
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A computational effort to deciphering putative COVID-19 3C-like protease binders
Dr Isaac Karimi and his team explain how compounds to treat COVID-19 could be found in Kurdish ethnomedicine, selecting some plants for computational drug discovery.
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New methods towards efficient and high-throughput drug-target screening
17 December 2020 | By Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter
Watch our on-demand webinar where we explore new methods to improve data quality from high-throughput screens. You'll learn about solutions for common problems in drug-target discovery and our keynote speaker will also look at case studies where new approaches to screening have identified high-quality candidate drugs for proliferative diseases.
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Next-generation diabetes prodrugs identified using novel screening platform
Researchers engineered the Disque Platform, a high-fidelity culture system, to enable them to screen drugs able to promote β cell proliferation.
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Researchers develop drug discovery tool for RNA
Scientists have created a drug discovery platform that enables the discovery and optimisation of RNA-targeting compounds.
