Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Primary hepatocytes represent the gold standard in vitro cell model for functionality, however, when isolated from liver tissue, primary cells maintain expression of key proteins for only a short period. However, hepatoma lines may lack the key proteins essential for modeling.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 21, 2024

Takara Bio has launched PrimeCap T7 RNA Polymerase (low dsRNA), a mutant T7 RNA polymerase suitable for mRNA therapeutic research and development. PrimeCap T7 RNA Polymerase is a mutant T7 RNA polymerase that has been genetically engineered to maintain high-performance RNA synthesis activity while reducing dsRNA production to less than 10%.

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Primary hepatocytes represent the gold standard in vitro cell model for functionality, however, when isolated from liver tissue, primary cells maintain expression of key proteins for only a short period. However, hepatoma lines may lack the key proteins essential for modeling.

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Primary hepatocytes represent the gold standard in vitro cell model for functionality, however, when isolated from liver tissue, primary cells maintain expression of key proteins for only a short period. However, hepatoma lines may lack the key proteins essential for modeling. Register for free here.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JANUARY 4, 2023

The Gremlin1 protein was found to promote lineage plasticity while driving castration resistance in prostate cancer. A synergistic activity was also observed between the anti-Gremlin1 antibody and enzalutamide against castration-resistant prostate cancer models derived from patients in vitro and in vivo.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 25, 2023

sCFH is an engineered and improved version of complement factor H (CFH) that can fit into adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors with solid expression and applications confirmed in cultured human cells in vitro, in addition to various preclinical animal models in vivo. The firm will also receive single-digit royalties on net sales.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 25, 2023

Primary hepatocytes represent the gold standard in vitro cell model for functionality. However, when isolated from liver tissue, primary cells maintain expression of key proteins for only a short period. However, hepatoma lines may lack the key proteins essential for modeling.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 12, 2023

This paid-for advertorial by CN Bio appeared in DDW Volume 24 – Issue 2, Spring 2023 Despite advancements, the drug development process remains inefficient. Existing in vivo and in vitro models aren’t up to the challenge Preclinical tools exist for the evaluation and screening of potential drug candidates.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 1, 2023

Pneumagen has raised £8m ($10 million) for the further development of its intranasal antiviral drug neumifil in Phase II studies for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients suffering from virus-induced exacerbations. Neumifil consists of an engineered carbohydrate-binding module domain of a Streptococcus pneumoniae protein.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 20, 2023

This paid-for advertorial by CN Bio appeared in the SLAS 2023 Supplement, Volume 24 – Issue 1, Winter 2022/2023 Despite advancements, the drug development process remains inefficient. Existing in vivo and in vitro models aren’t up to the challenge Preclinical tools exist for the evaluation and screening of potential drug candidates.

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The Pharma Data

AUGUST 15, 2021

Even as several safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines are being administered to people worldwide, scientists are still hard at work developing different vaccine strategies that could provide even stronger or longer-lasting immunity against SARS-CoV-2 and its variants.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against Covid-19. The effect was due to the reduced activation of an enzyme that regulates protein production.

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Drug Discovery World

APRIL 8, 2024

Aviv Regev, Head and Executive Vice President of Research and Early Development at Genentech, opened the session with a discussion of how advances in genomic sequencing are fostering the development of data-rich cell atlases and what that data could mean for new insights into cancer biology and novel therapeutics.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 26, 2024

DDW’s Megan Thomas caught up with Oliver Rausch, Chief Scientific Officer at Storm Therapeutics, following the ESMO Targeted Anticancer Therapies Congress 2024, a global meeting focusing on promising new anticancer targets and agents, focusing on those in early phase clinical development. MT: What data did you present at the conference?

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Roots Analysis

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Bioassay – A Prerequisite for the Cell and Gene Therapy Development. In fact, from year 2016 to 2020 more than 300 IND filing for cell and gene therapy product have been recorded, indicating that several developers and innovators are more attracted towards the cell and gene therapies.

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Roots Analysis

AUGUST 7, 2023

On the other hand, cell free system / cell free expression system are ­in-vitro platforms that harness the transcription and translation machinery of living cells, in the form of cell lysates, to synthesize various types of biologics, particularly proteins. Interestingly, most of these kits are used for cell-free protein expression.

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Roots Analysis

AUGUST 15, 2023

Overview of Cell Free Systems Cell-free systems are ­in-vitro platforms which allow occurrence of biochemical reactions in the absence of living cells. Additionally, these types of cell free systems do not contain proteases and nucleases as crude cell lysates, which further helps in improving the production of many proteins.

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Bioengineer

JANUARY 16, 2024

This mutation hinders the drug’s binding to the mutant EGFR protein. Osimertinib, however, can covalently bind to the T790M and cysteine-797 (C797) residue at the protein’s ATP binding site, overcoming resistance mechanisms. In the same study, those with T790M loss had a shorter treatment duration (6.1 months vs. 15.2

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 9, 2022

Based in Dundee, Cypex manufactures recombinant xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes with its product portfolio covering a wide range of proteins involved in drug metabolism. . This technology enables the expression of human drug-metabolizing enzymes in bacteria, without requiring large modifications to the proteins.? .

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Innovation S-curve for artificial Intelligence in the pharmaceutical industry In-silico drug discovery is a key innovation area in artificial Intelligence Drug research starts with the discovery stage that involves in vivo and in vitro models to shortlist lead drug compounds.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 11, 2022

There is a clear correlation between the INHBE gene and metabolic syndrome, particularly T2D and coronary heart disease, and the potential development of targeted therapy in future could have broad benefits across these disorders.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Vaccines are our number one weapon in the fight against infectious diseases, but their development has historically involved a long and complex process taking up to a decade. Before COVID-19, Merck held the record for the fastest modern vaccine ever developed. Single- and multi-nation funding opportunities flooded in.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 12, 2023

Oksana Sirenko looks at the advantages and limitations of using organoids from human cell sources in drug development and drug screening. . Altering one base pair can drastically change how the gene’s protein product functions, while mutations can lead to the development of a range of genetic disorders. .

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 25, 2024

The research, funded by a grant from the State of Florida, aims to develop Vaxxinity’s active immunotherapies to prevent and mitigate muscle and bone wasting. US company Vaxxinity and the University of Central Florida (UCF) have announced plans to work together to advance space medicine research.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Exploring the implementation of complex in-vitro models for drug development. The pharmaceutical industry globally is realising the growing potential of in vitro tissue models for drug discovery, pathology modelling and validation, safety and toxicity. Billion by 2028. Billion by 2028. Event Hashtag: #3DCellCulture2023.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The researchers found that factors in the blood can potentially predict the risk of developing the disease years before a clinical diagnosis is made. Some Alzheimer’s patients start off by developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which is a condition that involves worsening memory or cognitive ability.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Ahead of protein and antibody engineering conference PEGS Europe 2024 in Lisbon, DDW’s Megan Thomas looks at what to expect from each track of the annual biologics technology meeting.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 2, 2023

Genoscience Pharma’s Philippe Halfon and Eric Raymond share their expertise on targeting the recycling of unsustainable production of palmitoylated cancer-associated proteins. Palmitoyl transferases are a zinc finger Asp-His-His-Cystype (ZDHHC) family containing 23 distinct mammalian genes (excluding ZDHHC10) that catalyse this reaction 1.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 23, 2023

Ubiquigent is supporting a Master’s student at the University of Glasgow (UoG) to undertake a research project on USP30, a (de)ubiquitylation (DUB) implicated in neurodegenerative, renal, and cardiovascular diseases. Overseen by Professor Helen Walden, UoG, and Dr Mehmet Gundogdu, Principal Scientist at Ubiquigent, the project aims to combine biochemistry, (..)

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XTalks

APRIL 13, 2021

While it has been known for about five decades now that patients with Parkinson’s disease have a higher likelihood of developing melanoma than the general population, the exact reasons for this were unknown. The scientists found that the amyloid-forming protein is expressed at higher levels in melanoma cells than in normal healthy skin.

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Roots Analysis

JANUARY 14, 2024

With the increased interest and gradual shift of investment from small molecule drugs to biologics and the establishment of several biologics manufacturing companies / biologics CMOs, more than 250 biologic therapies and vaccines have been developed, globally. They are different from small molecules in terms of their size and complexity.

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 27, 2023

The collaboration has taken advantage of these novel technologies to develop peptide candidates that progress into the clinic. “At Italian contract research organisation IRBM has signed a new agreement with Merck & Co Inc (MSD outside the USA and Canada) to continue their collaboration in the peptide therapeutics area.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 17, 2024

Scientists from Fujita Health University have shown that mitochondria play essential roles during muscle development, regeneration and maintenance. The research team conducted experiments involving ‘Mitofusin2’ (MFN2), a protein that is necessary for mitochondria tethering in MAMs.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Such was the environment in early 2020 when Seth Zost, Pavlo Gilchuck, and several other researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center set out to develop a therapeutic antibody against the now infamous virus 1. Time can mean more than money when you’re studying a deadly pathogen.

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XTalks

APRIL 18, 2024

This test, which is being co-developed with Eli Lilly, has the potential to facilitate earlier and more accurate detection of the disease. The Elecsys pTau217 assay is designed to detect amyloid pathology, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, by measuring phosphorylated tau protein in human plasma.

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Roots Analysis

MARCH 16, 2023

It is important in the process of protein synthesis because mRNA is responsible for transferring genetic information from DNA to ribosomes, which then decodes the genetic information into a protein. In the last few years, researchers have become interested in using in vitro transcribed (IVT) mRNA as a drug delivery agent.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 18, 2022

Developing Complex, Translatable and Physiologically-Relevant Cellular Models in vitro. Key Benefits of Attending: • Discuss the uses of advanced cell technologies to construct in vitro models of human tissues. Sponsored by: CELLINK, CelVivo, Promega and Newcells Biotech. 2 Interactive Workshops on 8th February 2022.

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