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Reflecting on ELRIG’s Drug Discovery 2022 

Drug Discovery World

The DDW team spent 4-5 October, 2022 at ELRIG’s annual meeting, Drug Discovery 2022, which remains Europe’s largest meeting for life sciences industry professionals and took place at ExCel, London, UK. Looking forward .

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Can a plant-based discovery pave the way for new drug treatments?

Drug Discovery World

Scientists at the University of Bath have developed a way of joining up the head and tail of a protein, making it more stable and easier to get into cells. Drug treatments often work by binding to proteins involved in disease and blocking their activity, which either reduces symptoms or treats the disease.

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CRISPR breakthroughs: New solutions for common diseases

Drug Discovery World

Current research is focused on designing CRISPR-enhanced CAR T cells that are resistant to immunosuppressive cytokines such as transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) 2 , programmed cell death protein (PD-1) 3 , or other negative T cell regulators 4 (CTLA-4, LAG-3, and TIM-3), thus improving anti-tumour functions.

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