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How digital innovation is helping therapeutics to get to market faster

Drug Discovery World

Researchers from the University of Oslo, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, and Insilico Medicine used an AI target discovery engine to analyse transcriptomic data to identify dual targets for cancer and ageing 5. Digital tech is also helping researchers to find target candidates for some of the most challenging disease areas.

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Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University Joins Carisā€™ Precision Oncology Alliance

The Pharma Data

By leveraging the comprehensive genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic profiling available through the Caris Molecular IntelligenceĀ® platform, physicians from Winship will be able to further prioritize therapeutic options and determine which clinical trial opportunities may benefit their patients.

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The microbiome in precision medicine

Drug Discovery World

With 100-fold the number of genes in the human genome 1 , this microbial collection is a rich genetic signature of clinical significance that we have only recently gained the tools to explore. Genome editing tools such as CRISPR may be employed to create ā€œlive biotherapeuticsā€ (drugs composed of living bacteria).

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Improving quality control for CAR T cell therapies

Drug Discovery World

Finally, in 2017, after years of improving T cell engineering techniques, the first chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy received FDA approval. The immune system typically identifies foreign entities such as bacteria and viruses and activates lymphocytes such as T cells to destroy them with overwhelming force.

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Can artificial intelligence help craft new medicines?

Drug Discovery World

The magic bullet was the drug, while the specific mark it would reach in the syphilis causing bacteria to eliminate the disease was the drug target. The drug target for Penicillin is a protein that helps bacteria to synthesise its cell wall. Salvarsan was soon overtaken by the Penicillin antibiotics.

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2020 Year in Review: COVID-19, CRISPR and Immunotherapies Define the Year for the Life Sciences

XTalks

From isolating SARS-CoV-2 in early January to sequencing its genome shortly thereafter and having a prototype vaccine against it within days, scientific process and progress have held steadfast throughout the pandemic. The system can be used to precisely edit out portions of DNA flanked by CRISPR sequences. Innovations.