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New antibody delivery system could improve precision medicine
Scientists have developed a metal-organic framework that, when attached to antibodies, improved their targeted delivery in in vitro studies.
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Ensuring the safety and efficacy of biologics products
In this article, Dr Shishir Chundawat and Aron Gyorgypal from Rutgers University, US, explain how they developed a new process analytical technology (PAT) system for the automated monitoring of antibody N-glycosylation.
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Nanobodies that bind a component of the SARS-CoV-2 replication complex
Professors Piergiorgio Percipalle and Gennaro Esposito summarise their study which revealed two nanobodies that could inhibit a non-structural protein of SARS-CoV-2.
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Analysing proteomics data to translate in vivo studies as early as possible
Dr Antal Szalay, CEO and Founder of Ultimate Medicine, explores how the analysis of omics data, especially metabolomics and proteomics, can provide researchers with vital insight that can inform the development of drugs for conditions associated with age.
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Drug Target Review – Issue 4 2021
This issue includes articles that discuss the development of long-term 3D tissue cultures from human biopsy samples, the application of flow cytometry in drug discovery and automation for upstream processing in a biologics manufacturing environment. Also included are features on informatics, proteomics and CRISPR.
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Are computer simulations the future of rapid COVID-19 drug development?
Researchers have visualised SARS-CoV-2 protein dynamics using in silico methods. In this article, Navodya Roemer explains how a team from the University of Warwick developed a computational strategy that could assist scientists in the production of new treatments and drugs for COVID-19.
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Improving drug discovery with advanced targeted proteomic monitoring workflows
In this article, Professor Forest White, Department of Biological Engineering at MIT, and Dr Lauren Stopfer, Scientist at BioNTech, present a novel assay approach for the rapid, reproducible and accurate identification of potential therapeutic targets using mass spectrometry.
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Determining the structure of nanobodies using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Scientists at the New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi have used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques to determine the structure of a specific nanobody, Nb23. Drug Target Review’s Victoria Rees spoke with lead researcher Professor Gennaro Esposito to find out how their findings could lead to a better understanding of…
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An IgM antibody platform to tackle SARS-CoV-2 and its variants
Despite the rapid deployment of vaccines among global populations, therapeutics such as antibodies are still required. Here, Dr Steve Carroll, Vice President of Pre-clinical Sciences at IGM Biosciences, explains how a potential Immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody treatment has been developed that shows promise for combatting SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern in pre‑clinical…
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Drug Target Review Antibodies ebook 2021
This ebook has features on the development of intranasally-delivered antibodies to combat SARS-CoV-2 and how the structure of a nanobody was determined using nuclear magnetic resonance methods.
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On-demand webinar: An AI-based approach to phenotypic characterisation of neuronal cells
Evaluation of neurotoxicity effects is an active area of investigation in drug discovery and disease modeling.
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Researchers discover glycan “gateway” that enables COVID-19 infection
A supercomputing method has revealed details of glycan “gates” on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein that open to allow virus entry and infection.
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Info kit: Metabolomics in pharmaceutical research
Accelerate the discovery process of new drugs and targets with a better understanding of the metabolome and lipidome during drug development.
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Application note: High-content phenotypic profiling using the cell painting assay
The cell painting assay uses up to six fluorescent dyes to label and visualize a variety of subcellular structures at the single cell level.
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Molecular insights into LSCC may lead to new drug targets
New insights into lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) have emerged from a proteogenomic study, leading to the identification of potential drug targets.
