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Scottish drug discovery: advancing new research models

Drug Discovery World

Advances like genetically engineered mouse models (GEMMs), patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) and organoids are allowing the integration of mouse models with human cohorts. Research has shown that metabolism + inflammation leads to insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes.

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Company Spotlight: Cue Biopharma Innovates in the Immunotherapy Space with its Immuno-STAT Platform

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This typically involves taking T cells from the body, engineering chimeric receptor antigens (CAR) and inserting them into the cells, expanding the cells ex vivo and injecting them back into the body. Monoclonal antibodies : these are antibodies that are designed to bind to specific targets on cells. Image from Cue Biopharma.

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