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Antibodies to common antibiotic possible new risk factor for type 1 diabetes

Medical Xpress

Antibodies produced against the commonly used antibiotic, gentamicin, appear to increase the risk of type 1 diabetes in children already genetically at risk, scientists say.

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Can genetic data be a magic bullet for drug R&D?

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Ben Hargreaves finds that the vast amount of genetic data that exists today could help provide a faster, more targeted way of developing new drug candidates. The logical extension to this kind of approach is treating individual patients, with their individual genetic makeup.

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Sponsored content: Why choose Bethyl antibodies for your R&D

Drug Discovery World

For over 50 years, Bethyl Laboratories (now a Fortis Life Sciences brand) has been dedicated to improving lives by supporting scientific discovery through qualified antibody products and custom services. All of our antibodies are highly validated using six pillars of validation, meaning that our antibodies do what we say they’ll do.

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Immune cells research could lead to personalised cancer treatments  

Drug Discovery World

Immune B cells could be used to develop cancer targeting immunotherapies, following new research by scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge. B cells are similar to T cell in that they work as part of the immune system to help fight infections as well as cancer.

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Scientists identified vulnerable site on multiple coronaviruses

The Pharma Data

The discovery, published in Science Translational Medicine, could inform the design of broad-acting vaccines and antibody therapies capable of stopping future coronavirus pandemics. In the new work, they mapped at atomic scale the site, or “epitope,” to which the antibody binds on the SARS-Cov-2 spike protein.

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City of Hope researchers develop new brain cancer therapy

Pharmaceutical Technology

These viruses are engineered genetically for killing cancer. Using chemokines, the scientists made the GBM tumours “hot”, making the chemokines aid in the immune cell migration to the tumour microenvironment. This chemokine is connected to the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antibody causing attachment to tumour cells.

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This week in drug discovery (15-19 January) 

Drug Discovery World

The top stories: Antibody cocktail effective against emerging Covid-19 variants Biotech company ExeVir Bio has revealed new data demonstrating that its antibodies are effective in neutralising currently circulating Covid-19 Omicron variants.

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