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This week in drug discovery (8-12 January) 

Drug Discovery World

Perhaps most importantly, a new antibiotic was found that targets a Gram-negative pathogen, mRNA was used as an effective therapy for a rare liver disease, and a common immune cell was found to attack cancer.

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This week in drug discovery (13-17 March)

Drug Discovery World

The top stories: mRNA vaccine 100% effective against deadly bacteria For the first time, researchers have developed an mRNA vaccine that is 100% effective against a type of bacteria that is lethal to humans, paving the way for effective vaccination against antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

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2021 Young Scientist Award winners announced

The Pharma Data

For their remarkable scientific contributions, doctoral student Julia Klaus, Zurich University VetSuisse Faculty, and Dr Yasmin Parr from the MRC-University of Glasgow, Centre for Virus Research, have received the 2021 ABCD Young Scientist Award. To foster young talent development in the feline health research community. References.

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Mutations leading to omicron variant did not enable virus to fully escape immune system

The Pharma Data

People who gained immunity – either through vaccination or exposure – against the original strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, also are likely to have some protection against the pathogen’s omicron variant. Singapore biotechnology company. population.

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mRNA vaccine 100% effective against deadly bacteria

Drug Discovery World

For the first time, researchers have developed an mRNA vaccine that is 100% effective against a type of bacteria that is lethal to humans, paving the way for effective vaccination against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. However, until now scientists believed that mRNA vaccines against bacteria were biologically undoable.

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Chemical found in leafy greens shown to slow growth of COVID-19 and common cold viruses

The Pharma Data

In a study described March 18 in the Nature journal Communications Biology, the scientists showed that sulforaphane, a plant-derived chemical, known as a phytochemical, already found to have anti-cancer effects, can inhibit the replication of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, and another human coronavirus in cells and mice.

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Europe: Where is the drug discovery innovation?

Drug Discovery World

Mazzetti and Schneider give the example of T3 Pharmaceuticals, a University of Basel spin-off that developed a proprietary cancer therapy platform based on regulating and harnessing the natural behaviours of live bacteria. Biotechs such as ourselves and Owkin are leveraging artificial intelligence.”

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