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Turning science into business: An optimised alternative to antibodies

Drug Discovery World

I quickly recognised the commercial value of aptamers as being able to address the gap in the market where antibodies fail to perform, and together we established the business to begin aptamer development. What advantages do they offer over antibodies?   DS: How are aptamers currently used in the development of precision treatments?

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Notch Therapeutics Appoints Cellular Immunotherapy Veteran Chris Bond, Ph.D. as SVP, Preclinical and Translational Sciences

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. “We are excited to welcome Chris, a highly regarded drug developer and team builder who brings to Notch great depth of experience and expertise in development of cell therapies, gene editing, and cell engineering spanning discovery through IND,” said David Main , President and Chief Executive Officer of Notch.

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Reflecting on PEGS Europe 2023 

Drug Discovery World

The company’s goal is to accelerate functional characterisation and shortenoptimisation time in antibody discovery and t-cell workflows. coli expression systems and is using high-throughput expression pipelines to screen constructs for optimal expression to generate protein and cellular reagents.

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BioSpace Global Roundup: Ipsen Wins Fast Track Designation for Cancer Drug and More

The Pharma Data

ERS Genomics – Ireland’s ERS Genomics Limited, and Germany’s Vivlion GmbH, announced a non-exclusive license agreement granting Vivlion access to ERS Genomics’ CRISPR/Cas9 patent portfolio, to enhance Vivlion’s gene editing reagents and screening services. for its cGMP-compliant CHOSOURCE platform. in Mainland China.

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CRISPR breakthroughs: New solutions for common diseases

Drug Discovery World

Nucleic acid-based diagnostics, which typically require PCR reagents and laboratory equipment, are crucial for identifying, treating, and preventing common infectious diseases. While type II (Cas9) is mainly used for gene-editing applications, CRISPR detecting tools primarily rely on type V (Cas12) and type VI (Cas13) collateral activity.

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